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Art - Grade One
Standard:  A.   Visual Memory and Knowledge

Benchmark:  A.1.1   Develop a basic mental storehouse of shapes

Benchmarks - Art Grade One - click here to open the Benchmark document which contains Power Benchmarks, Skills, Vocabulary
Skills: Strategies/Activities/Assessments: Resources/Teaching Tools:
D - Observe a variety of images
  • Students will view visual images from a variety of sources in media and in their environment
 
  • Prints, books, SMART Boards, websites, dvds, and online art galleries
D - Explore famous artists and their works
  •  Student will view images of the work of  past and present artists
 
  • Prints, books, websites, SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
Standard:  A.  Visual Memory and Knowledge

Benchmark:  A.1.2   Learn basic vocabulary related to their study of art 

D -
Use art vocabulary to describe art materials and processes

 
  • Students view Word Wall presentation
  • Visual Presentation of media skill steps
  • Teacher demonstration of skills and process
  • Students create projects with a variety of materials
  • Vocabulary display/Word Wall
  • Art Product visuals
  • Art Process visual/dvd
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard:  A.  Visual Memory and Knowledge
Benchmark:  A.1.6  Know that art is a basic way of thinking and communicating about the world
B - Know that objects in the world can include basic shapes
  •  Identify shapes seen in images of the world and our community
 
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
B - Identify art in their community
  •  Brainstorm examples of art in our community
 
  • SMART Boards, Online art resources
  • Teacher-created photographic display of local public art 

Standard: B.  Art and Design History, Citizenship, and Environment
Benchmark: B.1.2.  Recognize form and expressive qualities of art and design change from culture to culture and artist to artist

B - Recognize differences in art between two different cultures or artists
  • View images of art from two different cultures, noticing difference of materials and style
 
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries  
Standard: B.  Art and Design History, Citizenship, and Environment 
Benchmark:  B.1.4  Know that art is influenced by artists and cultures

B - Identify characteristics of cultures and artists

B - Know that art is created by cultures, materials available influence the qualities of the art

  • Compare and contrast the art of two different cultures for the presence of certain elements of art (i.e. line, shape, color qualities)
 
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
Standard:  B.  Art and Design History, Citizenship, and Environment 
Benchmark:  B.1.5  Understand that their choices in art are shaped by their own culture and society
B - Compare art of two different cultures
  • Compare and contrast the art of two different cultures, categorize the subjects portrayed
 
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
Standard: C.  Visual Design and Production
Benchmark:  C.1.1  Explore the elements and principles of design 
D - Produce art that includes line, shape, and color - Q2

 

  • Students will produce a work of art with line, shape and color in either a warm/cool or primary/secondard color scheme
 
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
D- Identify form, texture, value
  • Students will explore and identify the difference between visual and actual texture, and how pattern relates to visual texture
  • Students will creante a sculpture with form and texture
  • Students will use shading in a drawing
 
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard:  C.  Visual Design and Production 
Benchmark:  C.1.5  Look at nature and works of art as visual resources
   
D - Know that subjects of art include nature (i.e., animals, plants, environment)
  •  Student will view art with natural themes
 
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
D - Understand that the sky and land meet at the horizon line
  • Students will create a landscape drawing that includes a horizon line
 
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard:  C.  Visual Design and Production 
Benchmark:  C.1.6  Use sketching to develop ideas for their artwork
   
D - Draw a simple picture from their own ideas
  • Sketch to produce drawing ideas
  • Choose one sketch and develop into a finished drawing with detail
 
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard: C.  Visual Design and Production 
Benchmark:  C.1.7  Use art tools effectively to create art that exhibits quality over time
D - Use art tools correctly (i.e., scissors, glue bottle, hands, drawing materials, supplies)
  • Teacher will demonstrate proper use of materials and tools in a demonstration.
 

 

  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard: C.  Visual Design and Production 
Benchmark:  C.1.8  Explore the natural characteristics of materials and their possibilities and limitations
D - Follow directions to use materials appropriately
  • Teacher will demonstrate proper use of materials
 

 

  • Teacher models skills and work process
D - Select the appropriate tools to express their idea
  • When presented with two materials, students will make a choice for which material to use to best convey an idea.
 
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard: C.  Visual Design and Production 
Benchmark:  C.1.10  Develop personal responsibility for their learning and creative processes
D - Identify and follow set up and clean up procedures
  •  Student uses classroom procedure guidelines
 

 

  • Teacher models skills and work process
D - Be resourceful with materials
  • Students will demonstrate respect for materials and the ability to conserve materials
 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard: D.   Practical Applications
Benchmark:  D.1.4  Learn about basic concepts in art, such as originality and symmetry
S -Use their own ideas rather than copying others- Q4
  •  Students will develop an original idea, and create a work of art.
 
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
B -  Explore symmetry in their artwork
  • Students will learn to identify formal and informal balance, and apply the knowledge to create a symmetrical design.
 
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process

Standard:  D.   Practical Applications
Benchmark:  D.1.5  Learn basic language used in art

D - Generate a value statement about a piece of artwork
  • Student will evaluate/rate examples from three styles of art, and explain why they value some styles more highly than others
 
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
Standard:  D.   Practical Applications
Benchmark:  D.1.6  Use problem-solving strategies that promote flexibility and elaboration
D - Work through mistakes to make their products complete
  • Student will use a mistake in a sketch to develop a new direction for the project

 

  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
D - Extend ideas by adding details
  • Student will take a drawing or painting, and elaborate on the idea by adding detail and texture
 
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard: E.  Visual Communication and Expression
Benchmark:  E.1.1  Communicate basic ideas by producing 2-D and 3-D studio art forms

D - Produce a 2-D work of art

B - Produce a 3-D work of art

  •  Students will produce a 2-D sketch, and transform it into a 3-D sculpture

 

  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard: E.  Visual Communication and Expression
Benchmark:  E.1.4  Communicate basic ideas by producing visual communication forms useful in everyday life, such as sketches and plans
   
B - Produce a sketch to communicate an idea visually    
  • Reproductions of artist sketchbooks
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
B - Produce a plan to communicate an idea (i.e., map)    
  • Online resources, websites,  SMART Boards, and online art galle
  •  
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard:  F.  Visual Media and Technology 
Benchmark:  F.1.1  Learn that art includes mass media, such as television, computers, and films
B - Recognize that art is used in mass media productions    
  • Prints, books, magazines, television,  SMART Boards, websites, dvds, and movies and staplers
Standard: G.   Art and Design Criticism 
Benchmark:  G.1.1  Know that art communicates ideas
 
D - Create art that communicates ideas    
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard: G.   Art and Design Criticism 
Benchmark:  G.1.2  Know that artwork has meanings
D - Share ideas about the meaning of a picture    
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard:  H.   Visual Thinking 
Benchmark:  H.1.1  Study the patterns and color in nature
D - Identify warm and cool colors    
  • Prints, books, websites,  SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
B- Identify tints, shades and neutral colors    
  • Prints, books, websites, color wheel
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
D - Identify patterns in nature    
  • Prints, books, websites,   SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard:  H.   Visual Thinking 
Benchmark:  H.1.2  Use drawing to examine objects closely
B - Create a drawing with details (i.e., portraits with details)    
  • Prints, books, websites,   SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard: H.   Visual Thinking 
Benchmark:  H.1.3  Show differences among colors, shapes, textures, and other qualities of objects in their artwork
B - Explore difference between visual or actual texture    
  • Prints, books, websites,   SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
D - Produce art that uses a variety of colors and shapes    
  • Prints, books, websites,   SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
Standard: H.   Visual Thinking
Benchmark:  H.1.4  Create three-dimensional forms with paper, clay, and other materials 
D - Identify and produce a three dimensional form    
  • Prints, books, websites,   SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard: I.  Personal and Social Development
Benchmark:  I.1.1  Use art to understand how they feel
 
B - Identify how they felt when they created a work of art    
  • Prints, books, websites,   SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard: I.  Personal and Social Development
Benchmark:  I.1.2  Make art that shows how they sometimes feel
   
D - Use colors to express their feelings in a work of art    
  • Prints, books, websites,   SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard:  I.  Personal and Social Development
Benchmark: I.1.3  Talk about feelings in a work of art
D - Share what they feel is happening in a work of art    

 

  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard:  I.  Personal and Social Development
Benchmark:  I.1.4  Recognize their own feelings when they look at a work of art
Benchmark:  I.1.6  Realize that creating or looking at art can bring out different feelings 
D - Share if they like or dislike a work of art  

 

  • Teacher models observation of an art piece and verbal sharing about the art
Standard:  I. Personal and Social Development
Benchmark:  I.1.7  Work alone and with others to develop visual ideas and objects
D - Cooperate with others when creating a piece of artwork    
  • Models skills and work process
Standard: J.  Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding
Benchmark:  J.1.1  Explore the purposes and functions of art
  
D -  Know that art is a form of self expression    
  • Prints, books, websites,   SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
S- Know  pictures tell stories - Q3    

 

B - Understand that art can be functional or decorative    
  • Prints, books, websites,   SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
Standard:  J.  Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding
Benchmark:  J.1.9  Understand the difference between original artworks and reproductions
B - Discuss the difference between original and a reproduction of a piece of art    
  • Prints, books, websites,   SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard:  L.  Visual Imagination and Creativity
Benchmark:  L.1.1  Use their knowledge and personal experiences to develop ideas for artwork
B - Create a piece of artwork based on their knowledge and personal experience    

 

  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard:  L.  Visual Imagination and Creativity
Benchmark:  L.1.3  Explore the role that personal traits, such as independent thinking, dedication, and patience, play in creating quality art and design
D - Understand that art takes a long time to create    
  • Prints, books, websites,   SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
  • Teacher-generated examples 
  • Teacher models skills and work process
Standard:  L.  Visual Imagination and Creativity
Benchmark:  L.1.5  Explore nature and designs by artists as sources for new ideas for their artwork
B - Explore existing artwork to generate ideas for their artwork  

 

 
  • Prints, books, websites,   SMART Boards, dvds, and online art galleries
     

Integration Matrix - Visual Arts and Information and Technology Literacy

Benchmarks for Visual Arts and Information and Technology Literacy

Compare and contrast the art of two different cultures for the presence of certain elements of art (i.e. line, shape, color types, subject)

 


  

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