Standards
Identify the main areas of a performance space using production terminology (for example, stage right, stage left, center stage, upstage, and downstage). Demonstrate the ability to adapt dance to alternative performance venues by modifying spacing and movements to the performance space.
Generate resourceDevelop a dance sequence that expresses and communicates an idea or feeling. Discuss the effect of the movement choices.
Generate resourceExplore a given movement problem by combining a variety of movements and manipulating the elements of dance.
Generate resourceChange use of energy/effort and dynamics by modifying movements and applying specific movement qualities to heighten the effect of their intent.
Generate resourceInvestigate an idea from another discipline of study and express the information through movement. Communicate how the movement expressed the ideas and what was learned from the experience through oral, written, visual or movement form.
Generate resourceDemonstrate fundamental dance skills (for example, alignment, coordination, balance) when replicating and recalling patterns and sequences of locomotor and non-locomotor movements.
Generate resourceRevise movement choices in response to feedback from others to improve a short dance study. Describe the differences the changes made in the dance.
Generate resourceExperiment with a variety of self-identified stimuli and build content for choreography using several stimuli (e.g., music/sound, text, objects, images, observed dance, experiences, literary forms, natural phenomena).
Generate resourceExplore and develop basic choreographic structures to create and modify movement material (e.g. devices, forms, principles).
Generate resourceInvestigate the dance literacy skills of dance observation and writing, understanding cultural influences, engaging in dialogue, and utilizing technology and symbol systems in one's learning.
Generate resourceIdentify, explore, and select a variety of production elements (costumes, props, music, scenergy, lighting or media) to heighten the artistic intent and audience experience of a dance performed in a chosen performance space.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
Generate resourceDescribe and define the characteristics that make a dance artistic and meaningful using basic dance terminology, and develop, understand and apply artistic criteria for evaluating dance.
Generate resourceIdentify symmetrical and asymmetrical body shapes and examine relationship between body parts. Demonstrate shapes with positive and negative space. Move through general space with an awareness of the other dancers. Establish relationships with other dancers through focus.
Generate resourceAnalyze and compare dance elements that elicit a specific personal response. Discuss ideas and feelings evoked by the dance, and how your response to the work relates to social and cultural experiences.
Generate resourceAdjust body-use to coordinate with a partner or other dancers to safely change levels, directions and pathway designs through leading and following improvisational strategies.
Generate resourceDance to a variety of rhythmic patterns. Recognize and respond to tempo changes as they occur in dance and music. Perform movement sequences that show the ability to respond to changes in time.
Generate resourceExplain (ex: verbally, in writing, visually) how the movements in a dance communicate the main idea. Relate movements, ideas, and context to interpret their meaning using basic dance terminology.
Generate resourceDemonstrate, explain and describe, using basic dance terminology, the qualities and characteristics of style used in a dance from an established dance genre or one's own cultural movement practice.
Generate resourceCoordinate sequences and timing with other dancers, and refine spatial relationships that reflect an awareness of self, others, and the environment.
Generate resourceDepict the dance elements of body, shape, effort, and space in a dance sequence by drawing a picture map or using symbols (e.g. body actions, spatial pathways, relationships, dynamics, and rhythm).
Generate resourceDemonstrate safe body-use practices during movement, technical exercises and combinations that promote strength, flexibility, and endurance. Identify healthful eating habits.
Generate resourcePresent the final version of personally or collectively created music to others and explain their creative process.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.
Generate resourceApply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to evaluate performance.
Generate resourceApply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to evaluate and revise personal musical ideas.
Generate resourceGenerate musical ideas (e.g. rhythms and melodies) within specified tonality and/or meter.
Generate resourceExplore and describe relationships between musics and other content areas (e.g. dance, visual art, dramatic arts, literature, science, math, social studies, and language arts).
Generate resourceDescribe how context (e.g. social, cultural, and historical) can inform a performance.
Generate resourcePerform music with appropriate expression and technique (e.g. mallet placement).
Generate resourceWith an appropriate level of independence rehearse to refine technique, expression, and identified performance challenges.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.
Generate resourceUse notation to document personal or collective rhythmic and melodic musical ideas (e.g. sequencing).
Generate resourceDemonstrate selected musical ideas for a simple improvisation or composition.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain how musical concepts and contexts affect responses to music (e.g. personal and social).
Generate resourceDemonstrate knowledge of expressive attributes and how they support creators'/performers' expressive intent.
Generate resourceDemonstrate an understanding of musical concepts (e.g. physical, verbal, or written response-- understanding of musical concepts and how creators use them to convey expressive intent).
Generate resourceApply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.
Generate resourceExplore various uses of music in daily experiences (e.g. songs of celebration, game songs, marches, T.V., movie, and video game sound tracks, dance music, and work songs).
Generate resourceExplain how music listening is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.
Generate resourceExhibit standard use of tools and techniques while constructing media artworks.
Generate resourceExamine and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering safety, rules, and fairness.
Generate resourceDetermine the purposes and meanings of media artworks while describing their context.
Generate resourcePractice and analyze how the emphasis of elements alters effect and purpose in refining and completing media artworks.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe the presentation conditions, and take on roles and processes in presenting or distributing media artworks.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe how messages are created by components in media artworks.
Generate resourceExhibit basic creative skills to invent new content and solutions within and through media arts productions.
Generate resourceForm, share, and test ideas, plans, and models to prepare for media arts productions.
Generate resourceExhibit developing ability in a variety of artistic, design, technical, and organizational roles (such as making compositional decisions, manipulating tools, and group planning in media arts productions).
Generate resourceIdentify how media artworks and ideas relate to everyday and cultural life and can influence values and online behavior.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe the experience, and share results of and improvements for presenting media artworks.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience.
Generate resourceUse personal and external resources (such as interests, information, and models) to create media artworks.
Generate resourceConstruct and order various content into unified, purposeful media arts productions, describing and applying a defined set of principles (such as movement and force).
Generate resourcePractice combining varied academic, arts, and media forms and content into unified media artworks (such as animation, music, and dance).
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding
Generate resourceDiscuss the effectiveness of and improvements for media artworks, considering their context.
Generate resourceIdentify and show how media artworks form meanings, situations, and/or culture (such as popular media).
Generate resourceDiscover multiple ideas for media artworks through brainstorming and improvising.
Generate resourceExamine how artists have historically presented the same stories using different art forms, genres, or theatrical conventions.
Generate resourceUse personal experiences and knowledge to make connections to community and culture in a theatrical work.
Generate resourceDescribe personal reactions and emotions to events presented in a guided theatrical experience (e.g. process drama, story drama, creative drama).
Generate resourceCollaborate to determine how characters move and speak to support the story and given circumstances in theatrical work.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding
Generate resourceVisual and devise ideas for costumes, props and sets for the environment and characters in a theatrical work.
Generate resourceCompare ideas with peers and make selections that will enhance and deepen group theatrical work.
Generate resourceIdentify connections to community, social issues and other content areas in theatrical work.
Generate resourceDiscuss technical elements in a guided theatrical work (e.g. process drama, story drama, creative drama).
Generate resourceDescribe connections made between personal emotions and a character's emotions in theatrical work.
Generate resourceCollaborate with peers to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given guidelines of a theatrical work.
Generate resourceExplain the elements of dramatic structure in a story to create a theatrical work.
Generate resourceWith prompting and support, use voice and sound in dramatic play or a guided theatrical experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
Generate resourceParticipate in methods of investigation to devise original ideas for a theatrical work.
Generate resourceParticipate and contribute to physical and vocal exploration in an improvised or scripted theatrical work.
Generate resourceCollaboratively create multiple representations of single/multiple object(s) in a guided theatrical experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
Generate resourceExpress multiple ways to develop a character using props or costumes that reflect cultural perspectives in theatrical work.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the relationship between and among body, voice, and mind in a guided theatrical experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
Generate resourceUse art-specific vocabulary to speculate about processes (such as pasted paper in a collage and brushmarks in a painting) an artist used to create a work of art.
Generate resourceRecognize that responses to art change depending on knowledge of the time and place in which it was made (such as using a t-chart to compare initial responses to those formed after study of the context).
Generate resourceInvestigate and discuss possibilities and limitations of spaces (such as classroom bulletin board, school lobby, local business, museum, Internet) for exhibiting artwork.
Generate resourceIdentify appropriate exhibit space and prepare works of art for presentation (such as a counter space, bulletin board, display case, media center) and write an artist statement (such as a descriptive sentence).
Generate resourceIdentify and explain how and where different cultures record and illustrate stories and preserve history through art.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding
Generate resourceDemonstrate an understanding of the safe and proficient use of materials, tools, and equipment for a variety of artistic processes.
Generate resourceCreate artwork using a variety of artistic processes, materials, and approaches (such as using elements and principles of modern art, applying artistic ideas from diverse cultures).
Generate resourceDistinguish one's preference for an artwork from one's evaluation of that artwork. ("I like it," is a preference while "It is good because…" is an evaluation).
Generate resourceDetermine messages communicated by an image (such as a deer in Native American petroglyphs, animal crossing signs, John Deere logo).
Generate resourceCreate an imaginative artwork (such as a work that responds to a story or an invented fantasy) and add details.
Generate resourceInterpret art by referring to contextual information (such as the artist's life and times) and analyzing relevant subject matter, elements and principles, and use of media.
Generate resourceIndividually or collaboratively construct representations, diagrams, or maps of places that are part of everyday life.
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