Kindergarten

Visual Arts

Strand: CREATE (K.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 K.V.CR.1-3).

Standard K.V.CR.1:
Engage in self-directed exploration and imaginative play with art materials, and engage collaboratively in creative art-making in response to an artistic problem.

Standard K.V.CR.2:
Build skills in various media and approaches to art-making; use art materials, tools, and equipment in a safe way; and create art that communicates a story about a natural or constructed environment.

Standard K.V.CR.3:
Share and talk about the artwork and the process of making art while creating.

Strand: PRESENT (K.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 K.V.P.1-3).

Standard K.V.P.1:
Select art objects for personal portfolio and display, giving explanation for choices.

Standard K.V.P.2:
Explain the purpose of the portfolio or collection.

Standard K.V.P.3:
Explain what an art museum is, and distinguish how it is different from other buildings and venues.

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

Standard K.V.R.1:
Recognize art, identify its uses within one's personal environment, and describe what an image represents.

Standard K.V.R.2:
Identify subject matter and describe relevant details.

Standard K.V.R.3:
Explain reasons for selecting a preferred art work.

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

Standard K.V.CO.1:
Explore the world using descriptive and expressive words, and create art that tells a story about a life experience.

Standard K.V.CO.2:
Recognize that people of many cultures make art, and identify a cultural purpose of an artwork.

Source: uen.org