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CURRICULUM GUIDE
Fine Arts - Grade K

Goal 25: Language of the Arts
Standard 25.A
The learner will be able to understand the sensory elements, organizational principles and expressive qualities of the arts.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 25.A Introduce IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Early Elementary, 25.A Classroom
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Sensory Elements
The learner will be able to identify body parts and basic locomotor and nonlocomotor movements; Explore personal and shared space, directions, levels, size of movement, and body shapes; Identify uses of sound, movement, and space in drama/theater; Identify loud, soft, high, and low sounds; Identify fast and slow music; Identify tone colors (timbres) of voices and environmental sounds; Identify long and short sounds; Echo a steady beat; Recognize various types of lines in given art works (e.g., thick/thin, long/short, straight/curved; Discover shapes in a given art work (e.g., circle, square, triangle); Recognize open shapes and closed space; Recognize the correct order of the spectrum (e.g., create a rainbow using colors in the correct order); Distinguish between rough and smooth textures.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 25.A Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 25A, Stage A Classroom
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Organizational Principles
The learner will be able to identify two parts in a dance or accompaniment (AB form); Identify starting and ending positions in personal or peer dances; Distinguish between same and different phrases or sections in a simple song; Identify simple patterns (e.g., AB, AA, BB, ABA); Recognize direction in an art work (e.g., up and down, back and forth, across).
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 25.A Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 25A, Stage A Classroom
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Expressive Qualities
The learner will be able to suggest meanings that locomotor and nonlocomotor movements can convey (e.g., light, quick skips suggest happiness); Match the mood, emotion, or idea expressed in a musical example with the sensory element that creates that expressive quality; Name the mood or emotion shown in an art work (e.g., happy, sad).
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 25.A Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 25A, Stage A Classroom
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Standard 25.B
The learner will be able to understand the similarities, distinctions and connections in and among the arts.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 25B Introduce IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Early Elementary, 25.B Classroom
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Art Forms: Differences
The learner will be able to name one way each art form is different from the others (e.g., music and drama use voice; dance and visual arts do not).
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 25B Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 25B, Stage A Classroom
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Describe Theme
The learner will be able to describe the theme, idea, feeling, or story within an art work (e.g., mood in "Starry Night", Peer Gynt Suite).
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 25B Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 25B, Stage A Classroom
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Goal 26: Creating/Performing
Standard 26.A
The learner will be able to understand processes, traditional tools and modern technologies used in the arts.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 26.A Introduce IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Early Elementary, 26.A Classroom
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Tools
The learner will be able to tell that the body is what dancers use for dance; Suggest movements that would be appropriate for response to words, sounds, pictures, props, and/or stories; Name the three primary tools (i.e., mind, body, voice) of drama; Demonstrate ways the mind, body, and voice are used to communicate character; Identify voices of classmates; Label environmental sounds.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 26.A Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 26A, Stage A Classroom
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Processes
The learner will be able to explore one idea/element (e.g., level or body shape); Name partner strategies used to plan a drama; Tell what practicing;rehearsing is in the development of a drama; Demonstrate differences between singing, speaking, shouting, and whispering voices; Connect sound characteristics (e.g., long/short, high/low) to iconic notation.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 26.A Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 26A, Stage A Classroom
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Tools and Processes
The learner will be able to name simple materials used to paint, draw, and construct; Select the correct tools necessary to create a 2-D or 3-D work; Use appropriate tools (e.g., brushes, scissors, clay modeling tools) correctly with simple materials when creating an art work; Demonstrate the safe use of materials and tools.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 26.A Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 26A, Stage A Classroom
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Standard 26.B
The learner will be able to apply skills and knowledge necessary to create and perform in one or more of the arts.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 26.B Introduce IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Early Elementary, 26.B Classroom
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Skills
The learner will be able to perform basic locomotor and nonlocomotor movements; Imitate body shapes (stretched, curled, angular, twisted); Explore factors of the spatial elements (personal and shared space, levels, directions, size of movement) in response to verbal cues; Explore time elements (fast/slow, tempos, beat & rhythms) in response to verbal cues; Explore force/energy elements (strong/light) in response to verbal cues; Perform singing games and folk dances representative of a variety of cultures; Improvise dances in response to words, sounds, pictures, props, and/or stories; Demonstrate ways to use space movement, and voice to create emotions, characters, objects, or to imitate natural events; Follow directions; Demonstrate cooperation skills; Sing songs of various cultures in rhythm maintaining a steady tempo.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 26.B Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 26B, Stage A Classroom
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Creating
The learner will be able to relate ideas and feelings perceived through exposure to teacher directed problem solving tasks; Repeat simple text; Improvise "answers" in the same style to given rhythmic and melodic phrases; Create and perform appropriate music to augment stories.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 26.B Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 26B, Stage A Classroom
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Skills and Creating
The learner will be able to manipulate a variety of materials to create 2-D or 3-D art works; Demonstrate eye/hand coordination when using tools and materials to create an art work; Demonstrate the use of originality/imagination when crating an art work; Construct a sculpture that expresses an idea about people.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 26.B Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 26B, Stage A Classroom
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Goal 27: Role of the Arts
Standard 27.A
The learner will be able to analyze how the arts function in history, society and everyday life.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 27.A Introduce IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Early Elementary, 27.A Classroom
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Roles of Artists and Audiences
The learner will be able to listen attentively to and observe performances and art works; Name one occupation associated with each art form (e.g., actor, painter, dancer, musician); Name the four fine arts.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 27.A Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 27A, Stage A Classroom
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Contributions of the Arts
The learner will be able to identify ways arts are used in celebrations; Interpret movements, sounds, and visual images in art works made by self and others; Tell about a personal experience in the arts.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 27.A Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 27A, Stage A Classroom
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Standard 27.B
The learner will be able to understand how the arts shape and reflect history, society and everyday life.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 27.B Introduce IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Early Elementary, 27.B Classroom
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Connections
The learner will be able to connect images and sounds from a work of art to stories about people and everyday life.
Strand Scope Source Activities
Standard 27.B Introduce IL. Performance Descriptor: 27B, Stage A Classroom
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