5th grade
unit
5th grade ART compentencies
Creating
Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
VA:Cr1.1.5a—Combine ideas to generate an innovative idea for art-making.
VA:Cr1.2.5a—Identify and demonstrate diverse methods of artistic investigation to choose an approach for beginning a work of art.
Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
VA:Cr2.1.5a—Experiment and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice.
VA:Cr2.2.5a—Demonstrate quality craftsmanship through care for and use of materials, tools, and equipment.
VA:Cr2.3.5a—Identify, describe, and visually document places and/or objects of personal significance.
Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
VA:Cr3.1.5a—Create artist statements using art vocabulary to describe personal choices in art-making.
Presenting
Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret work for presentation.
VA:Pr4.1.5a—Define the roles and responsibilities of a curator, explaining the skills and knowledge needed in preserving, maintaining, and presenting objects, artifacts, and artwork.
Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.
VA:Pr5.1.5a—Develop a logical argument for safe and effective use of materials and techniques for preparing and presenting artwork.
Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
VA:Pr6.1.5a—Cite evidence about how an exhibition in a museum or other venue presents ideas and provides information about a specific concept or topic.
Responding
Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze work.
VA:Re.7.1.5a—Compare one’s own interpretation of a work of art with the interpretation of others.
VA:Re.7.2.5a—Identify and analyze cultural associations suggested by visual imagery.
Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
VA:Re8.1.5a—Interpret art by analyzing characteristics of form and structure, contextual information, subject matter, visual elements, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.
Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
VA:Re9.1.5a—Recognize differences in criteria used to evaluate works of art depending on styles, genres, and media as well as historical and cultural contexts.
Connecting
Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
VA:Cn10.1.5a—Apply formal and conceptual vocabularies of art and design to view surroundings in new ways through art-making.
Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding
VA:Cn11.1.5a—Identify how art is used to inform or change beliefs, values, or behaviors of an individual or society.
CHARACTERISTICS OF 5TH GRADERS
Love being designers-Have them design clothing, furniture, a house, and so on
Are eager to help
Open to creative problem solving
Are interested in learning about new tools and techniques, are capable of working with almost any material.
May lose confidence in their artistic ability because their drawings aren't real enough.
Tend to stay separate (boys and girls) with different interests, hobbies, and activities
More in depth study of the visual arts from different cultures and time periods
Produce projects that are highly detailed works
TEACHING 5TH GRADERS
Let them point out strengths and weaknesses in their artwork and changes that might improve it
Introduce many styles of art and discuss whether something has to be "real" to express a thought or idea
Assign research projects about artists
Enlist students to help hanging artwork, or organizing materials, and performing any art room tasks
Review concepts of realism, abstraction, positive and negative space, light and shadow, and texture.
Do group study, reporting, and projects