By Romero Britto
By Wayne Thiebaud
By Georges Seurat
By Romero Britto
ART CLASS
Welcome to Art Class 2021-2022
Purpose Starts Here!
In the art classroom, students rely on personal observations and perceptions as sources for thinking about, planning, and creating original artworks.
Students communicate their thoughts and ideas with innovation and creativity.
Through art, students challenge their imaginations, foster critical thinking, collaborate with others, and build reflective skills.
While exercising meaningful problem-solving skills, students develop the lifelong ability to make informed judgments.
Most importantly, the students learn while having fun and expressing themselves.
Kindergarten
Within other skills, the students identify...
- similarities, differences, and variations among subjects in the environment using the senses;
- elements of art: line, shape, color, texture, and form; and
- principles of design: emphasis, repetition/pattern, and balance, in nature and human-made environments.
They will also invent images that combine a variety of lines, shapes, colors, textures, and forms;
and place components in orderly arrangements to create designs.
First Grade
Additional to the skills performed in the previous grade level, within other skills, the students will...
- increase manipulative skills necessary for using a variety of materials to produce drawings, paintings,
prints, constructions, and sculptures, including modeled forms.
- identify simple ideas expressed in artworks through different media; and
- explain ideas about personal artworks.
Second Grade
Additionally to the skills performed in the previous grade level, within other skills, the students will...
- compare and contrast variations in objects and subjects from the environment using the senses;
- identify a new element of art, space;
- express ideas and feelings in personal artworks using space;
- create compositions using the elements of art and principles of design; and
- examine historical and contemporary artworks, making connections to various cultures.
Third Grade
Within other skills, the students will...
- explore ideas from life experiences as sources for original works of art;
- use appropriate vocabulary when discussing the elements of art and the principles of design;
- discuss the elements of art as building blocks and the principles of design as organizers of works of art;
- integrate ideas drawn from life experiences to create original works of art and compositions, producing
drawings and paintings.
Fourth Grade
Additional to the skills performed in the previous grade level, within other skills, the students will...
- connect art to career opportunities for positions as architects, animators, cartoonists, engineers, illustrators,
fashion designers, film makers, graphic artists, interior designers, photographers, and web designers;
- compile collections of personal artworks for purposes of self-assessment or exhibition such as
physical artworks, electronic images, sketchbooks, or portfolios; and
- evaluate the elements of art, principles of design, intent, or expressive qualities in artworks of self,
peers, and historical and contemporary artists.
Fifth Grade
Additional to the skills performed in the previous grade level, within other skills, the students will...
- develop and communicate ideas drawn from life experiences about self, peers, family, school,
or community and from the imagination as sources for original works of art;
- produce drawings; paintings; sculpture, and other art forms such as digital art and media,
and photographic imagery using a variety of materials;
- compare the purpose and effectiveness of artworks from various times and places, evaluating the artist's
use of media and techniques, expression of emotions, or use of symbols; and
- use methods such as written or oral response or artist statements to identify themes found in artworks
created by self, peers, and major artists in real or virtual portfolios, galleries, or art museums.
