1st Grade

Visual Arts

Strand: CREATE (1.V.CR.)
Students will generate artistic work by conceptualizing, organizing, and completing their artistic ideas. They will refine original work through persistence, reflection, and evaluation (Standards 1.V.CR.1-3).

Standard 1.V.CR.1:
Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with art materials, and use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

Standard 1.V.CR.2:
Explore the use of materials and tools to create works of art or design; use art materials, tools, and equipment in a safe way; and identify and classify uses of everyday objects through drawings, diagrams, sculptures, or other visual means.

Standard 1.V.CR.3:
Use art vocabulary to describe choices while creating art.

Strand: PRESENT (1.V.P.)
Students will analyze, interpret, refine, and select artistic work for presentation. They will convey meaning in the manner in which the art is presented (Standards 1.V.P.1-3).

Standard 1.V.P.1:
Explain why some objects, artifacts, and artworks are valued over others.

Standard 1.V.P.2:
Ask and answer questions such as where, when, why, and how artwork should be prepared for presentation or preservation.

Standard 1.V.P.3:
Identify the roles and responsibilities of people who work in and visit museums and other art venues.

Strand: RESPOND (1.V.R.)
Students will understand, evaluate, and articulate how works of art convey meaning for the observer as well as the creator (Standards 1.V.R.1-3).

Standard 1.V.R.1:
Select and describe works of art that illustrate daily life experiences of one's self and others, and compare images that represent the same subject.

Standard 1.V.R.2:
Interpret art by categorizing subject matter and identifying the characteristics of form.

Standard 1.V.R.3:
Classify artwork based on different reasons for preferences.

Strand: CONNECT (1.V.CO.)
Students will relate artistic skills, ideas, and work with personal meaning and external context (Standards 1.V.CO.1-2).

Standard 1.V.CO.1:
Identify times, places, and reasons by which students make art outside of school.

Standard 1.V.CO.2:
Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding that people from different times and places have made art for a variety of reasons.

Source: uen.org