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Fine Arts
A - Creating
- demonstrate an understanding of the choreographic process
- demonstrate an understanding of dance as a form of communication
B - Performing
- identify and demonstrate movement elements, skills, and technique in ballet and jazz terminology
- understand and model dance etiquette as a classroom participant, performer, and observer
- recognize the relationship between human anatomy and movement
- understand and apply music concepts to dance
C - Responding
- demonstrate critical and creative thinking in dance
D - Connecting
- understand and demonstrate dance throughout history and in various cultures
- recognize connections between dance and wellness
- integrate dance into other areas of knowledge
A - Creating
- generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work
- organize and develop artistic ideas and work
- refine and complete artistic work
B - Presenting/Producing
- select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation
- develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation
- convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work
C - Responding
- perceive and analyze artistic work
- interpret intent and meaning in artistic work
- apply criteria to evaluate artistic work
D - Connecting
- relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding
- synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art
A - Creating
- improvise, compose, and arrange music within specified guidelines
B - Performing
- sing alone or with others
- perform on instruments through a varied repertoire of music, alone and with others
- read and identify elements of notated music
C - Responding
- listen to, analyze, and describe music
- respond to music and music performances of themselves and others
D - Connecting
- understand relationships between music, other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life
A - Creating
- improvise melodies, rhythms, variations, and accompaniments
- compose and arrange music within specified guidelines
B - Performing
- sing a varied repertoire of music, alone and with others
- perform a varied repertoire of music on instruments, alone and with others
- read and notate music
C - Responding
- listen to, analyze, and describe music
- evaluate music and music performances
- move and respond to a varied repertoire of music, alone and with others
D - Connecting
- connect music to the other fine arts and disciplines outside the arts
- connect music to history and culture
A - Creating
- organize, design, and refine theatrical work
- develop scripts through theatrical techniques
B - Performing
- act by communicating and sustaining roles in formal and informal environments
- execute artistic and technical elements of theatre
C - Responding
- engage actively and appropriately as an audience member
- critique various aspects of theatre and other media
D - Connecting
- explore how theatre connects to life experience, careers, and other content
- examine the role of theatre in a societal, cultural, and historical context
A - Creating
- engage in the creative process to generate and visualize ideas by using subject matter and symbols to communicate meaning
- create works of art based on selected themes
- understand and apply media, techniques, processes, and concepts of two- dimensional art
- understand and apply media, techniques, processes, and concepts of three- dimensional art
- demonstrate an understanding of the safe and appropriate use of materials, tools, and equipment for a variety of artistic processes
B - Presenting
- plan and participate in appropriate exhibition(s) of works of art to develop identity of self as artist
C - Responding
- use a variety of approaches for art criticism and to critique personal works of art and the artwork of others to enhance visual literacy
D - Connecting
- investigate and discover the personal relationships of artists to community, culture, and the world through making and studying art
- integrate information from other disciplines (e.g. math, science, ela, social studies) to enhance the understanding and production of works of art
- develop life skills (e.g., collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, communication) through the study and production of art
