Grades

Standard

  • Recognize and explain the unique characterizations of the dramatic script such as dramatic action and dialogue.

  • Infer meaning from a script to create characters.

  • Create monologues, dialogues, and short plays in response to real life conflict.

  • Discuss the role of the designer and technical elements in the theatre process.

  • Develop criteria based on musical knowledge and personal reflections to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of music performances. Apply these [...]

  • Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of one’s own and others’ musical performances and creations by applying specific and appropriate criteria, [...]

  • Identify a repertoire of music from diverse cultures.

  • Sing melodies with confidence in a large group.

  • Classify by genre a varied body of exemplary musical works.

  • Sing and play accurately in both small groups and large ensembles, with appropriate technique and breath control.

  • Compare, in several cultures of the world, the functions music serves.

  • Use technology in a variety of ways in musical performance.

  • Identify the uses of technology in music.

  • Sight read basic melodies in treble or bass clef, using combinations of whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes and rests; [...]

  • Identify characteristics materials of each art form.

  • Improvise tonic accompaniments.

  • Embellish a melody of rhythmic pattern in various ways.

  • Improvise short melodies consistent in style, meter, and tonality.

  • Compose short pieces to communicate ideas and/or stories.

  • Demonstrate an understanding of some instrumental and vocal ranges.

  • Use a variety of traditional and nontraditional sound sources when composing, arranging, and improvising.

  • Identify and describe specific musical elements and events in a given aural example, using appropriate terminology.

  • Identify elements of music used in music of diverse genres and styles.

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of rhythm, simple meter (2/4, 3/4, 4/4), and the intervals of a major scale.

  • Introduce and explore creating contrasting and complimentary shapes, and taking and supporting weight with a partner.

  • Introduce and explore the concept of warm-ups for mind and body.

  • Introduce and explore creating movement that communicates a topic of personal significance.

  • Introduce, research, and explore similarities and differences of other art disciplines.

  • Introduce using a video camera to record dance movement.

  • Sing and play with expression and technical accuracy, an increasingly diverse repertoire of literature at developmentally-appropriate levels. Perform at least [...]

  • Introduce the concept of dance analysis and the appropriate dance/movement vocabulary.

  • Introduce and be able to identify different accompaniment that could have an affect on the meaning of dances.

  • Introduce and explore the concept of using different lighting and costumes to contribute to the meaning of a dance.

  • Introduce manipulation of movement and the concepts related to movement selection.

  • Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior while watching live dance, including how to appropriately express their opinions during and after the performance.

  • Identify and demonstrate understanding of dance elements, space, time, and force when looking at a dance.

  • Explore individual components used in determining aesthetic criteria such as skills of performers, originality, visual and/or emotional impact, variety, and [...]

  • Observe a variety of live and video recorded dances for aesthetic impact.

  • Introduce and explore folk and/or classical dances from other cultures.

  • Introduce, research, and explore folk, social, or theatrical dance forms learned from resources in their own community, of different cultures, [...]

  • Introduce, research, and explore the role of dance in a culture or time period.

  • Introduce the concept of personal goals and how it relates to dance.

  • Introduce the concepts of reordering and chance process.

  • Introduce concept of dance injury prevention.

  • Defend the history of visual arts and specific relationships to various cultures and times.

  • Compare and contrast works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times, and places.

  • Demonstrate how history, culture, and the visual arts interrelate in making and studying works of art.

  • Explain how visual arts have inherent relationships to everyday life.

  • Identify various careers in the visual arts.

  • Understand and use comparative characteristics of the visual arts and other arts disciplines.

Grades

Standard

  • Recognize and explain the unique characterizations of the dramatic script such as dramatic action and dialogue.

  • Infer meaning from a script to create characters.

  • Create monologues, dialogues, and short plays in response to real life conflict.

  • Discuss the role of the designer and technical elements in the theatre process.

  • Develop criteria based on musical knowledge and personal reflections to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of music performances. Apply these [...]

  • Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of one’s own and others’ musical performances and creations by applying specific and appropriate criteria, [...]

  • Identify a repertoire of music from diverse cultures.

  • Sing melodies with confidence in a large group.

  • Classify by genre a varied body of exemplary musical works.

  • Sing and play accurately in both small groups and large ensembles, with appropriate technique and breath control.

  • Compare, in several cultures of the world, the functions music serves.

  • Use technology in a variety of ways in musical performance.

  • Identify the uses of technology in music.

  • Sight read basic melodies in treble or bass clef, using combinations of whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes and rests; [...]

  • Identify characteristics materials of each art form.

  • Improvise tonic accompaniments.

  • Embellish a melody of rhythmic pattern in various ways.

  • Improvise short melodies consistent in style, meter, and tonality.

  • Compose short pieces to communicate ideas and/or stories.

  • Demonstrate an understanding of some instrumental and vocal ranges.

  • Use a variety of traditional and nontraditional sound sources when composing, arranging, and improvising.

  • Identify and describe specific musical elements and events in a given aural example, using appropriate terminology.

  • Identify elements of music used in music of diverse genres and styles.

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of rhythm, simple meter (2/4, 3/4, 4/4), and the intervals of a major scale.

  • Introduce and explore creating contrasting and complimentary shapes, and taking and supporting weight with a partner.

  • Introduce and explore the concept of warm-ups for mind and body.

  • Introduce and explore creating movement that communicates a topic of personal significance.

  • Introduce, research, and explore similarities and differences of other art disciplines.

  • Introduce using a video camera to record dance movement.

  • Sing and play with expression and technical accuracy, an increasingly diverse repertoire of literature at developmentally-appropriate levels. Perform at least [...]

  • Introduce the concept of dance analysis and the appropriate dance/movement vocabulary.

  • Introduce and be able to identify different accompaniment that could have an affect on the meaning of dances.

  • Introduce and explore the concept of using different lighting and costumes to contribute to the meaning of a dance.

  • Introduce manipulation of movement and the concepts related to movement selection.

  • Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior while watching live dance, including how to appropriately express their opinions during and after the performance.

  • Identify and demonstrate understanding of dance elements, space, time, and force when looking at a dance.

  • Explore individual components used in determining aesthetic criteria such as skills of performers, originality, visual and/or emotional impact, variety, and [...]

  • Observe a variety of live and video recorded dances for aesthetic impact.

  • Introduce and explore folk and/or classical dances from other cultures.

  • Introduce, research, and explore folk, social, or theatrical dance forms learned from resources in their own community, of different cultures, [...]

  • Introduce, research, and explore the role of dance in a culture or time period.

  • Introduce the concept of personal goals and how it relates to dance.

  • Introduce the concepts of reordering and chance process.

  • Introduce concept of dance injury prevention.

  • Defend the history of visual arts and specific relationships to various cultures and times.

  • Compare and contrast works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times, and places.

  • Demonstrate how history, culture, and the visual arts interrelate in making and studying works of art.

  • Explain how visual arts have inherent relationships to everyday life.

  • Identify various careers in the visual arts.

  • Understand and use comparative characteristics of the visual arts and other arts disciplines.