Describe the artwork of classmates using art terminology.

Discuss why people use art as a creative outlet.

Identify symbols, trademarks, icons, emblems, and other visual motifs in student's culture.

Describe how the subject matter of artwork may be connected to the environment in which it was created.

Give examples that illustrate how artwork of different groups is influenced by the environment in which it was created.

Recognize art forms created for functional and recreational purposes.

Identify artists in the community.

Identify similarities between the visual arts and other arts disciplines.

Discover connections between the visual arts and other curriculum through student artwork.

Recognize the characters and setting in stories.

Recognize sequence of events.

Recognize likes and dislikes regarding music, sound, movement, dance, and design in classroom dramatizations.

List character choices, story settings, and plot lines.

Listen and respond to teacher and peer comments.

Reinforce the recognition of the character's wants and needs.

Describe emotions and thoughts evoked by performances.

Recognize and discuss cultural traditions in stories.

List the variety of forms of live and recorded theatrical events.

Name various types of multimedia forms used to share performances in everyday life.

Identify artists in the community.

Identify and experiment with materials to communicate ideas related to the student's world.

Demonstrate the responsible use of project materials with environmental awareness.

Recognize and illustrate the elements of art to communicate personal experiences.

Use revision strategies to enhance personal artwork.

Explore and experiment with materials and processes while creating artwork based on personal routines, activities, or environments.

Explore the use of knowledge of the elements of art.

Explore and discuss how artists construct ideas in artworks.

Plan and create artwork using subject matter selected from personal experiences.

Understand how artists/illustrators use images to tell stories.

Use a variety of traditional and non-traditional sound sources and electronic media when composing arranging and improvising appropriate to 1st [...]

Add vocal, instrumental, and physical responses to a selection presented in 1st grade.

Identify call and response, solo, chorus, and ABA when presented aurally.

Use invented or standard notation to transcribe increasingly difficult rhythms and melodies.

Describe the music performed and presented in 1st grade by moving, drawing, or through other appropriate responses.

Introduce music vocabulary for the elements of music; i.e. melody, harmony, rhythm, tone color/timbre, form.

Identify the timbre of pitched classroom instruments.

Devise student created criteria for objective evaluation of performances and compositions.

Introduce aesthetic responses to music.

Identify and describe distinguishing characteristics of several different styles presented in 1st grade.

Describe how elements of music are used in examples from world cultures, using music performed and presented in 1st grade.

Demonstrate audience appropriate behavior for the context and style of music presented and performed in 1st grade.

Observe and identify similarities and differences in the meanings of common vocabulary used in the various 1st grade arts.

Observe and identify cross-curricular connections within the 1st grade curriculum.

Discuss the various rationales for using music in daily experiences.

Imitate and re-create the sounds of objects, animals, and people.

Role-play a variety of real and non-real characters through guided dramatization.

Identify characters, environments, and situations that support the creation of a classroom dramatization.

Paraphrase dialogue from a story.

Recognize simple scenery, costumes, sound, and props in the dramatic process.

Learn and perform a simple dance from two cultures.