Art Standards

1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend

Artists make art from what they see, know and are curious about. As students create new artworks they synthesize interdisciplinary learning, social and cultural norms, personal narratives and the influences of visual culture. This standard includes research activities such as examination of details in the environment, noticing overlooked aspects of one’s surroundings, telling stories before, during and after making art, and using academic and informal learning to form new ideas. It includes viewing and researching the work of artists to broaden perspectives.

2. Envision and Critique to Reflect

Artists think with intention and purpose about what they want to express and evaluate the effectiveness of what they are making during the creative process. The interplay of ideas, materials, and skills makes art challenging and rewarding. This standard recognizes that the intention of the maker and the interpretation of the viewer are both valid as part of the work of art. Learning experiences may include preparatory sketches, personal reflection while working, group critique, inquiry, writing personal philosophies and artist’s statements, and analysis or interpretation of historical and contemporary artwork and ideas.

3. Invent and Discover to Create

Artists learn by making art. They ideate and employ skills to generate works of art for functional, expressive, conceptual, and social/cultural purposes. Making can involve prototyping, building, crafting, inventing, assembling, programming, fashioning and other ways of bringing visual form to ideas.

4. Relate and Connect to Transfer

Artists make new connections to their own environments, cultures, and stories through the process of making art. They integrate learning from various disciplines and philosophies, and formulate questions to study. Learning experiences include exploring creative careers, applying artistic processes to everyday challenges, studying and responding to historical and contemporary art, and applying interdisciplinary content.

Grading Rubric

4 Advanced

3 Proficient

2 Partially Proficient

(Working towards proficiency)

1 Unsatisfactory

(Did not finish their work because they are not working in class, or not finishing their ideas. Missed all answers on their quiz)

NA Not Assessed at this time

Projects

• Individual projects will be graded and sent home unless they are displayed in our art show (these pieces will be returned after our annual art show in April).

• An email through Schoology will be sent to the parents when art is completed and sent home. Grades and the project rubric will be posted in Schoology.

• Link to Schoology (OR - myCherryCreek)

Report Cards

• All of the standards will be combined into one cumulative grade when inputed into PowerSchool. For example, art has four standards: making, thinking. looking & connecting. Instead of each of these standards having their own grade, they are combined into one grade.

• You will see your child’s first Specials’ grades on the second trimester’s report cards.

• Kindergarten grades will be on PowerSchool the third trimester.

• If you have any questions about the art report card feel free to contact me.

• Link to Powerschool: myCherryCreek