BISD K-4 art learning standards follow Washington State Arts Learning Standards, which are adapted from National Core Art Standards. These standards are organized into four processes: (1) Creating (conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work); (2) Performing/Presenting/Producing (interpreting and presenting artistic work); (3) Responding/Understanding (understanding and evaluating how art conveys meaning); and (4) Connecting (relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context).

Within each of the four processes, Anchor Standards define general knowledge and skills students should demonstrate. These 11 Anchor Standards are:

CREATING

Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.

PERFORMING/PRESENTING/PRODUCING

Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

UNDERSTANDING

Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

CONNECTING

Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

At each grade level, these anchor standards guide learning; students engage and perform in age appropriate experimentation, investigation, creative action and critical thinking about art. Please see the grade level descriptions below for specific first semester BISD art performance standards.

Kindergarten

CREATING

• Engage in exploration and imaginative play with materials.

• Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art-making.

PERFORMING/PRESENTING/PRODUCING

• Select art objects for personal display, explaining why they were chosen.

UNDERSTANDING

• Identify uses of art within one’s personal environment.

• Describe what an image represents.

CONNECTING

• Create art that tells a story about a life experience.

First Grade

CREATING

• Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

• Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design.

PRESENTING

• Explain why some objects, artifacts, and artwork are valued over others.

UNDERSTANDING

• Compare images that represent the same subject.

CONNECTING

• Understand that people from different places and times have made art for a variety of reasons.

Second Grade

CREATING

• Make art or design with various materials and tools to explore personal interests, questions, and curiosity.

• Experiment with various materials and tools to explore personal interests in a work of art or design.

PRESENTING

• Categorize artwork based on a theme or concept for an exhibit.

UNDERSTANDING

• Perceive and describe aesthetic characteristics of one’s natural world and constructed environments.

CONNECTING

• Create works of art about events in home, school, or community life.

• Compare and contrast cultural uses of artwork from different times and places.

Third Grade

CREATING

• Elaborate on an imaginative idea.

• Apply knowledge of available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the art-making process.

• Create personally satisfying artwork, using a variety of artistic processes and materials.

PRESENTING

• Identify and explain how and where different cultures record and illustrate stories and history of life through art.

UNDERSTANDING

• Determine messages communicated by an image.

CONNECTING

• Develop a work of art based on observations of surroundings.

Fourth Grade

CREATING

• Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art or design problem.

• Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches.

PRESENTING

• Analyze how past, present, and emerging technologies have impacted the preservation and presentation of artwork.

UNDERSTANDING

• Analyze components in visual imagery that convey messages.

CONNECTING

• Create works of art that reflect community cultural traditions.

• Through observation, infer information about time, place, and culture in which a work of art was created.