The elementary school art curriculum is based on themes that show students the relevance of art in their own lives and the lives of people across time and place. These themes cross the boundaries of traditional disciplines and make connections between the student, art, and real-life issues; and they provide focus for exploration, expression, communication, and the creation of art.
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Kindergarten: The kindergarten curriculum allows students to experience the joy of discovering materials, developing skills, and inventing new ways to create art while engaged in various art forms such as drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, puppets and mask-making, textiles, collage, and ceramics. Students will explore the following art elements in kindergarten: color, shape, pattern, texture, line; and that objects in a composition can be identified using basic design principles (e.g. over/under, top/bottom, near/ far, inside/out)
Students will explore the following art elements in kindergarten: color, shape, pattern, texture, line; and that objects in a composition can be identified using basic design principles (e.g. over/under, top/bottom, near/ far, inside/out)
First Grade:
In Grade 1, students will know and be able to use the following art elements and design principles in making and responding to art: color, line, shape, texture, form, pattern, and repetition
Second Grade:
In Grade 2, students will know and be able to use the following art elements and design principles in making and responding to art: color, line, shape, texture, form, pattern, repetition, contrast, and balance.
Third Grade
In Grade 3, students will know and be able to use the following art elements and design principles to making and responding to art: color, line, texture, form, space, shape, pattern, contrast, balance, repetition, emphasis, and rhythm/movement.
Fourth Grade
In Grade 4, students will know and be able to use the following art elements and design principles in making and responding to art: color, line, texture, form, value, space, shape, pattern, contrast, balance, repetition, emphasis, rhythm/movement, and unity.
Fifth Grade:
In Grade 5, students will know and be able to use the following art elements and design principles in creating and responding to art: color, line, texture, form, value, space, shape, pattern, contrast, balance, repetition, emphasis, rhythm/movement, and unity.