Kindergarten Visual Art Curriculum

Standard A:  A student should be able to create and perform in the arts.

A student who meets the content standard should:

  1. Participate in dance, drama, music, visual arts, and creative writing;
  2. Refine artistic skills and develop self-discipline through rehearsal, participation, and revision;
  3. Appropriately use new and traditional materials, tools, techniques, and processes in the arts;
  4. Demonstrate the creativity and imagination necessary for innovative thinking and problem solving.
  5. Collaborate with others to create and perform works of art’
  6. Integrate two or more art forms to create a work of art; and
  7. Investigate careers in art production.

 

ACTIVITIES

·        Identifies basic colors and shapes.

·        Uses a variety of lines to create an artwork.

·        Uses line to communicate ideas.

·        Creates a design using a variety of shapes

·        Explores actual textures.

·        Explores how the primary colors can be mixed to create the secondary colors.

·        Uses a variety of tools to create artworks, e.g. brushes, crayons, glue, paste.

·        Learns how to use the materials safely and appropriately, e.g. storing brushes with the bristles up, cutting on a line, coloring only on given materials.

·        Uses a variety of materials to create artworks, e.g. clay, crayons, computer, felt, found objects, fur, paint, paper, pencil, pens, raffia, rocks, sand, snow

·        Uses a variety of techniques and processes to create artworks, e.g. finger painting, printmaking, drawing, painting, clay construction, collage.

·        Creates artworks using real and simulated textures.

·        Combines materials to create a collage.

·        Expresses own ideas using pictures and symbols.

·        Selects ideas for works of art.

·        Creates illustrations of real and imaginary events.

·        Creates a self-portrait.

·        Works with one or more other student(s) to create a work of art.

 

 

ASSESSMENT:

·        Display of student work

·        Student samples

 

 

 

Standard B: A student should be able to understand the historical and contemporary role of the arts in Alaska, the nation, and the world.

A student who meets the content standard should:

  1. Recognize Alaska Native cultures and their arts;
  2. Recognize United States and world cultures and their arts;
  3. Recognize the role of tradition and ritual in the arts;
  4. Investigate the relationships among the arts and the individual, the society, and the environment;
  5. Recognize universal themes in the arts such as love, war, childhood, and community;
  6. Recognize specific works of art created by artists from diverse backgrounds;
  7. Explore similarities and differences in the arts of world cultures;
  8. Respect differences in personal and cultural perspectives; and
  9. Investigate careers relating to arts history and culture.

 

ACTIVITIES

·        Looks at and talks about examples of a wide variety of art from other cultures and historical periods.

·        Identifies art works at home.

 

 

ASSESSMENT:

·        Display of student work

·        Teacher observation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard C: A Student should be able to critique the student’s art and the art of others.

A student who meets the content standard should:

  1. Know the criteria used to evaluate the arts; these may include craftsmanship, function, organization, originality, technique, and theme.
  2. Examine historical and contemporary works of art, the works of peers, and the student’s own works as follows:
    1. Identify the piece;
    2. Describe the use of basic elements;
    3. Analyze the use of basic principles;
    4. Interpret meaning and artist’s intent;
    5. Express and defend an informed opinion;
  3. Accept and offer constructive criticism;
  4. Recognize and consider an individual’s artistic expression;
  5. Exhibit appropriate audience skills; and
  6. Investigate careers relating to arts criticism.

 

ACTIVITIES

·        Describes various lines in an artwork, such as fat/thin, short/long, straight/zig-zag, fuzzy/sharp.

·        Identifies basic geometric and organic shapes.

·        Identifies the primary and secondary colors (red, yellow, blue, orange, green, violet).

·        Observes and discusses many examples of visual arts in a variety of media and art presentations. Answers the question, “What do you see?”

·        Displays own artwork and share in the classroom. Explains own artwork in terms of purpose or intent.

·        Sits quietly while others are sharing their artwork.

 

 

ASSESSMENT:

·        Display of student work

·        Student portfolio

·        Rubric/checklists

·        Observational, anecdotal records

·        Student samples

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard D: A student should be able to recognize beauty and meaning through the arts in the student’s life.

A student who meets the content standard should:

  1. Make statements about the significance of the arts and beauty in the student’s life;
  2. Discuss what makes an object or performance a work of art;
  3. Recognize that people tend to devalue what they do not understand;
  4. Listen to another individual’s beliefs about a work of art and consider the individual’s reason for holding those beliefs;
  5. Consider other culture’s beliefs about works of art;
  6. Recognize that people connect many aspects of life through the arts;
  7. Make artistic choices in everyday living; and
  8. Investigate careers related to the search for beauty and meaning, which is aesthetics.

 

ACTIVITIES

·         Shares ways the student’s parent makes their home more beautiful, e.g. curtains, art on walls, color in décor, furniture styles, objects of art with the class.

·        Shares opinion with the class about one’s clothing and choice of color matching. Answer the question, “What goes together.”

·        Shares own opinion with the class about a work of art by a famous artist.

·        Listens quietly while others share their opinions.

·        Identifies the difference between painting, sculpting, and printmaking.

·         Knows various purposes for creating works of art.

 

ASSESSMENT

·        Display of student work

·         Observation