Kindergarten: Kindergarten art students are introduced to Art through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art-making to produce works of art that use artistic elements such as line, shape, space, color, and texture. Suggested units of (introduction of skills) include: Clay techniques, Color mixing, Drawing, Mixed media, and Printmaking. Common assessment: Lines to Music

Grade 1: Through experimentation, build skills and expand previous learning in various media and approaches to art-making to produce works of art that use artistic elements such as line, shape, space, color, and texture. Suggested units (introduction and development of skills) include: Personal narrative, Sculpture in the Round, and Drawing (Still Life). Common assessment: Collage techniques (Eric Carle)

Grade 2: Through experimentation and practice, build skills and expand previous learning in various media and approaches to art-making to produce works of art that use artistic elements such as line, shape, space, color, value, and texture. Suggested units (introduction and development of skills and concepts) include: Portraiture, Clay techniques, Drawing & Painting, Mixed Media, and Sculpture (3-D Construction). Common assessment: Color theory

Grade 3: Through experimentation and practice, build skills and expand previous learning in various media and approaches to art-making to produce works of art that use artistic elements such as line, shape, space, color, and texture and Principles of Design such as, movement, balance, emphasis, contrast, variety, pattern, rhythm and unity. Suggested units (introduction and development of skills and concepts) include: Drawing & Painting, Mixed Media/Printmaking, Sculpture, Expression Color Mood, and Atmospheric Perspective. Common assessment: Body Proportions (Figures in Motion)

Grade 4: Through experimentation and practice, build skills and expand previous learning in various media and approaches to art-making to produce works of art that use artistic elements such as line, shape, space, color, and texture and Principles of Design such as, movement, balance, emphasis, contrast, variety, pattern, rhythm and unity. Suggested units (introduction and development of skills and concepts) include: Observational drawing, Mixed media, Computer/Digital Art, and Relief Sculpture. Common assessment: Linear Perspective

Grade 5: Through experimentation and practice, build skills and expand previous learning in various media and approaches to art-making to produce works of art that use artistic elements such as line, shape, space, color, and texture and Principles of Design such as, movement, balance, emphasis, contrast, variety, pattern, rhythm and unity. Suggested units (introduction and development of skills and concepts) include: Drawing & Painting, clay construction, Mixed media, and Photography. Common assessment: Design