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Standard 4
Standard 5
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Standard 1

Students will understand and apply media, techniques and procedures.

Benchmark 1

The students will use different media, techniques and processes to create art.

Indicator 1

The students will become more skillful in drawing, painting and using clay.

Indicator 2

The students will draw with pencils.

Indicator 3

The students will use and combine techniques of working with paper. (cutting, tearing, and gluing)

Indicator 4

The students will use clay processes of rolling, pressing, and adding pieces.

Indicator 5

The students will learn the proper use of a ruler.

Indicator 6

The students will be introduced to weaving.

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Standard 2

Students will use knowledge of structures and functions.

Benchmark 1

The students will expand their knowledge of color.

Indicator 1

The students will combine primary colors (red, yellow, and blue) to make secondary colors (green, orange, and violet).

Indicator 2

The students will identify different colors in nature.

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Standard 3

Students will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

Benchmark 1

The students will describe general categories found in works of art.

Indicator 1

The students will discuss subject matter and themes depicted in works of art. animals, people, things)

Indicator 2

The students will decide what type of artwork they are viewing. (abstract, realistic)

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Standard 4

Students will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

Benchmark 1

The students will compare older and contemporary works of art.

Indicator 1

The students will use age-appropriate vocabulary to describe, analyze, interpret and make judgment about works of art.

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Standard 5

Students will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

Benchmark 1

The students will understand there are different responses to specific artworks.

Indicator 1

The students will know that all things made by people reflect a creative decision.

Indicator 2

The students will know and be able to use the appropriate vocabulary in discussing and making art.

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Standard 6

Students will make connections between visual arts and other disciplines.

Benchmark 1

The students will know and recognize that the visual arts are interrelated with other disciplines.

Indicator 1

The students will integrate art with history.

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