First Grade

Curriculum Big Ideas:

• Artists use observation, memory and imagination to draw.
• Artists use a variety of tools and materials to create drawings.
• Painting is different from drawing.
• Artists use brushes to make different kinds of brushstrokes.
• Artists mix colors to make new colors as they paint.
• Sculpture is different from other art forms.
• Artists make both temporary and permanent sculpture.
• Artists explore materials by making temporary sculptures.