K-5 Benchmark

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Use materials, tech, media, tech and processes to communicate ideas and experiences.

1.  Use drawing materials to communicate ideas and experiences.

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M – Self portrait.

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2.  Use clay to introduce 3 D concept.

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M – Create 3 –D animal.

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3.  Use mixed media to create a piece of artwork.

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M – Watercolors, /markers.

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4.  Use painting materials to create a composition.

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Use art materials and tools safely and responsibly.

1.  Discuss safe use of tools.

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2.  Demonstrate safe use of a variety of materials and tools.

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M – On going examples of scissors carried point down.

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Use visual characteristics and organizational principles to communicate ideas.

1.  To identify and use primary colors and basic shapes to create an image.

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M – Draw insect using basic shapes and primary colors (i.e. caterpillar).

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2.  Use patterns and textures in a design.

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M – Pen & ink design.

3.  Use overlapping to create the illusion of depth.

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4.  Discuss and use elements of elements of design.

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Be involved in the process and presentation of a final product of exhibit.

1.  Place finished artwork on another surface to enhance.

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M – Cut & glue artwork to construction paper.

2.  Prepare, complete and sign finished artwork.

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Apply knowledge of materials techniques and processes to create artwork.

1.  Produce art using tools and materials.

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2.  Use materials with increased control.

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Apply knowledge of how visual characteristics and organizational principles communicate ideas.

1. Use organic shapes and earth tones to create design to communicate ideas.

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2.  Apply knowledge of color wheel to create mood in a composition.

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Explore and understand prospective subject matter, ideas and symbols for works of art.

1.  Draw a self portrait.

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2.  Design a personal icon.

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3.  Create texture on soft surface such as clay with tools.

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M – Mix textured tiles.

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Select and use subject matter, symbols and ideas to communicate meaning.

1.  Draw pictures related to personal experiences.

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M – My summer vacation.

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2.  Operate artwork using symbols to express an idea.

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M – Valentines Day card.

Know different purposes of visual art to creatively convey ideas.

1.  Create imaginary animal or space creature.

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M – Paint & stuff a creature.

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2.  Illustrate a story.

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Generalize about the efforts of visual structure and functions and reflect upon these effects in personal work.

1.  Discuss personal intent of why they create art.

 

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2.  Describe and name design principles in art work..

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M – Show and discuss prints of famous artists.

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Identify various purposes for creating works of visual art.

1.  View and discuss different works of art by a variety of artists.

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2.  Recognize that artwork can be functional or decorative.

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M – Play a game with flash cards.

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Understand there are different responses to specific art works.

1.  Describe how personal experiences affect response to pieces of art.

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2.  Describe sensory qualities in a work of art.

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Describe and compare the characteristics of personal work.

1.  Describe a personal piece of artwork using appropriate vocabulary.

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2.  Recognize the difference between looking at something and seeing it.

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M – Verbal classroom discussion.

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Understand how personal experience can influence the development of art work.

1.  Discuss how art expresses ideas and feeling about our  world

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M – Split picture happiness/sadness

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2.  Discuss how personal experiences influence art.

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M – Enhance a project by adding own ideas.

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Know that the visual arts have a history and specific relationships to various cultures.

1.  Recognize that humans have created artwork in the past and present

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M – Buffalo robe.

2.  Describe subject matter in the abstract of various cultures

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M – Draw.

Identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places.

1.  Introduce variety of artwork from various periods and places.

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3.  Identify symbols trademarks, and other visual motifs.

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M – Collage of symbols from newspapers and magazines.

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Demonstrate how history, culture and the visual arts can influence each other in making and studying works of art.

1.  Portray family, self, and/or school in personal drawings.

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M – Pencil drawing.

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2.  Discuss how design in advertising can influence decision making.

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Explain how visual arts have inherent relations to everyday life.

1.  Recognize art at home and in school.

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2.  Discuss how art enriches our lives.

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Identify various careers in the visual arts.

1.  Talk about how artists create their art.

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2.  Investigate careers related to artists who work in specific media.

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

1.  Recognize that human beings create art to tell a story about their ideas without words.

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M – Buffalo robe.

2.  Identify similarities between visual arts and other arts discipline.

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Identify connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum.

1.  Recognize the difference between geometric and organic shapes.

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M – Paint dropped on paper (organic shape) superimpose geometric shape over theirs.

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2.  Recognize the differences between two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional forms.

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M – Make clay forms 3-D.

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3.  Organize space through the use of horizon line or vertical line of symmetry.

M – Formal balances of faces or shapes.