Texas State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 1

TX.117.5 (1.1.) Art: Perception: The student develops and organizes ideas from the environment.

1.1. (A) The student is expected to identify similarities, differences, and variations among subjects, using the senses.

1.1. (B) The student is expected to identify color, texture, form, line, and emphasis in nature and in the human-made environment.

TX.117.5 (1.2.) Art: Creative expression/performance: The student expresses ideas through original artworks, using a variety of media with appropriate skill.

1.2. (A) The student is expected to invent images that combine a variety of colors, forms, and lines.

1.2. (B) The student is expected to place forms in orderly arrangement to create designs.

1.2. (C) The student is expected to increase manipulative skills, using a variety of materials to produce drawings, paintings, prints, and constructions.

TX.117.5 (1.3.) Art: Historical/cultural heritage: The student demonstrates an understanding of art history and culture as records of human achievement.

1.3. (A) The student is expected to identify simple ideas expressed in artworks through different media.

1.3. (B) The student is expected to select artworks that show families and groups.

1.3. (C) The student is expected to identify the use of art in everyday life.

TX.117.5 (1.4.) Art: Response/evaluation: The student makes informed judgments about personal artworks and the works of others.

1.4. (A) The student is expected to express ideas about personal artworks.

1.4. (B) The student is expected to identify simple ideas about original artworks, portfolios, and exhibitions by peers and others.

TX.117.6 (1.1.) Music: Perception: The student describes and analyzes musical sound and demonstrates musical artistry.

1.1. (A) The student is expected to identify voices and selected instruments from various musical families.

1.1. (B) The student is expected to use basic music terminology in describing musical sounds.

1.1. (C) The student is expected to identify repetition and contrast in music examples.

TX.117.6 (1.2.) Music: Creative expression/performance: The student performs a varied repertoire of music.

1.2. (A) The student is expected to sing or play a classroom instrument independently or in groups.

1.2. (B) The student is expected to sing songs from diverse cultures and styles or play such songs on a musical instrument.

TX.117.6 (1.3.) Music: Creative expression/performance: The student reads and writes music notation.

1.3. (A) The student is expected to read simple examples of music notation.

1.3. (B) The student is expected to write simple examples of music notation.

TX.117.6 (1.4.) Music: Creative expression/performance: The student creates and arranges music within specified guidelines.

1.4. (A) The student is expected to create short rhythmic patterns.

1.4. (B) The student is expected to create short melodic patterns.

TX.117.6 (1.5.) Music: Historical/cultural heritage: The student relates music to history, to society, and to culture.

1.5. (A) The student is expected to sing songs and play musical games from diverse cultures.

1.5. (B) The student is expected to identify simple relationships between music and other subjects.

TX.117.6 (1.6.) Music: Response/evaluation: The student responds to and evaluates music and musical performance.

1.6. (A) The student is expected to distinguish between beat/rhythm, higher/lower, louder/softer, faster/slower, and same/different in musical performances.

1.6. (B) The student is expected to begin to practice appropriate audience behavior during live performances.

TX.117.7 (1.1.) Theatre: Perception: The student develops concepts about self, human relationships, and the environment, using elements of drama and conventions of theatre.

1.1. (A) The student is expected to develop confidence and self-awareness through dramatic play.

1.1. (B) The student is expected to develop spatial awareness in dramatic play, using expressive and rhythmic movement.

1.1. (C) The student is expected to imitate actions and sounds.

1.1. (D) The student is expected to imitate and create animate and inanimate objects in dramatic play.

TX.117.7 (1.2.) Theatre: Creative expression/performance: The student interprets characters, using the voice and body expressively, and creates dramatizations.

1.2. (A) The student is expected to demonstrate safe use of movement and voice.

1.2. (B) The student is expected to assume roles through imitation.

1.2. (C) The student is expected to dramatize limited-action stories.

1.2. (D) The student is expected to dramatize poems and songs.

TX.117.7 (1.3.) Theatre: Creative expression/performance: The student applies design, directing, and theatre production concepts and skills.

1.3. (A) The student is expected to select aspects of the environment for use in dramatic play.

1.3. (B) The student is expected to adapt the environment for dramatic play, using simple materials.

1.3. (C) The student is expected to plan dramatic play.

1.3. (D) The student is expected to cooperate with others in dramatic play.

TX.117.7 (1.4.) Theatre: Historical/cultural heritage: The student relates theatre to history, society, and culture.

1.4. (A) The student is expected to imitate life experiences from various historical periods in dramatic play.

1.4. (B) The student is expected to identify diverse cultural dimensions in dramatic play.

TX.117.7 (1.5.) Theatre: Response/evaluation: The student responds to and evaluates theatre and theatrical performances.

1.5. (A) The student is expected to identify appropriate audience behavior.

1.5. (B) The student is expected to respond to and begin to evaluate dramatic activities.

1.5. (C) The student is expected to identify the use of music, creative movement, and visual components in dramatic play.

1.5. (D) The student is expected to observe the performance of artists and identify theatrical vocations.