Grade 3 Fine Arts ILS Standards

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Construct meaningful interpretations of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Responding

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Performing

Revise, refine, and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating

Compare the relationships expressed in a dance to relationships with others. Explain how they are the same or different.

Ask a question about a key aspect of a dance. Explore it through movement. Communicate the answer to the question in oral, written, or movement form.

Find a relationship between a movement in a dance and the culture, society, or community from which the dance is derived. Explain what the movements communicate about the key aspects of the culture, society, or community.

Experiment with a variety of self-identified stimuli (for example, music/sound, text, objects, images, notation, observed dance, experiences) for movement.

Explore a given movement problem. Select and demonstrate a solution.

Identify and experiment with choreographic devices to create simple movement patterns and dance structures (for example, AB, ABA, theme and development).

Develop a dance phrase that expresses and communicates an idea or feeling. Discuss the effect of the movement choices.

Revise movement choices in response to feedback to improve a short dance study. Describe the differences the changes made in the movements.

Depict directions or spatial pathways in a dance phrase by drawing a picture map or using a symbol.

Demonstrate shapes with positive and negative space. Perform movement sequences in and through space with intentionality and focus.

Fulfill specified duration of time with improvised locomotor and nonlocomotor movements. Differentiate between "in time" and "out of time" to music. Perform movements that are the same or of a different time orientation to accompaniment. Use metric and kinesthetic phrasing.

Change use of energy and dynamics by modifying movements and applying specific characteristics to heighten the effect of their intent.

Replicate body shapes, movement characteristics, and movement patterns in a dance sequence with awareness of body alignment and core support.

Apply kinesthetic awareness to coordinate with a partner or other dancers to safely change levels, directions, and pathway designs.

Recall movement sequences with a partner or in group dance activities. Apply constructive feedback from teacher and self check to improve dance skills.

Identify the main areas of a performance space using production terminology (for example, stage right, stage left).

Explore simple production elements (for example, costumes, props, music, scenery, lighting, media) for a dance performed for an audience in a designated specific performance space.

Identify a movement pattern that creates a theme in a dance work.

Demonstrate and explain how one dance genre is different from another or how one cultural movement practice is different from another.

Select specific context cues from movement. Use basic dance terminology to explain how they relate to the main idea of the dance.

Select dance movements from specific genres, styles, or cultures. Identify characteristic movements from these dances and describe in basic dance terminology ways in which they are alike and different.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Construct meaningful interpretations of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Responding

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Producing

Revise, refine, and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating

Use personal and external resources (for example, interests, information, models) to create media artworks.

Identify and show how media artworks form meanings, situations, and/or culture (for example: popular media.)

Identify how media artworks and ideas relate to everyday and cultural life and can influence values and online behavior.

Examine and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering safety, rules, and fairness.

Conceive of original artistic goals for media artworks using a variety of creative methods (for example, brainstorming and modeling).

Form, share, and experiment with ideas, plans, and models to prepare for media arts productions.

Construct and order various content into unified, purposeful media arts productions, describing and applying a defined set of principles (for example, movement).

Practice and analyze how the emphasis of elements alters effect and purpose in refining and completing media artworks.

Practice fusing varied content (for example, arts, media, literary, science) into unified media artworks for presentation (for example, animation, music, dance).

Exhibit developing ability in a variety of artistic, design, technical, and organizational roles (for example, manipulating tools, making decisions, group planning) in media arts productions and presentations.

Exhibit basic creative skills (for example, trial and error, playful practice) to invent new content and solutions within and through media arts productions.

Exhibit standard use of tools and techniques while constructing media artworks.

Identify and describe the presentation conditions and take on roles and processes in presenting or distributing media artworks.

Identify and describe the experience and share the results of, and improvements for, presenting media artworks.

Identify and describe how messages are created by components in media artworks.

Identify and describe how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience.

Determine the purposes and meanings of media artworks while describing their context.

Identify basic criteria for evaluating media artworks, considering possible improvements and context.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Construct meaningful interpretations of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Responding

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Performing

Revise, refine, and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music as developmentally appropriate.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life as developmentally appropriate.

Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas and explain connection to specific purpose and context (for example, social, cultural).

Demonstrate selected musical ideas for a simple improvisation or composition to express intent and describe connection to a specific purpose and context.

Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic and melodic musical ideas.

Document revisions to personal musical ideas, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback.

Present the final version of personal created music to others and describe connection to expressive intent.

Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.

Demonstrate understanding of the structure in music selected for performance.

When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns and melodic phrases using iconic and standard notation.

Demonstrate and describe how intent is conveyed through expressive qualities (for example, dynamics, tempo).

Apply teacher provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback to evaluate accuracy of ensemble performances.

Perform music with expression and technical accuracy.

Perform appropriately for the audience and purpose.

Demonstrate and describe how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, or purposes.

Demonstrate and describe how a response to music can be informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (for example, personal, social).

Demonstrate and describe how the expressive qualities (for example, dynamics, tempo) are used in performers' interpretations to reflect expressive intent.

Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and describe appropriateness to the context.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Construct meaningful interpretations of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Responding

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Performing

Revise, refine, and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating

Use personal experiences and knowledge to make connections to community and culture in a drama/theatre work.

Identify connections to community, social issues, and other content areas in drama/theatre work.

Explore how stories are adapted from literature to drama/theatre work.

Research how artists have historically presented the same stories using different art forms, genres, or drama/theatre conventions.

Create roles, imagined worlds, and improvised stories in a drama/theatre work.

Imagine and articulate ideas for costumes, props, and sets for the environment and characters in a drama/theatre work.

Imagine how a character might move and speak to support the story and given circumstances in a drama/theatre work.

Devise original ideas focused on character and plot for a drama/theatre work.

Contribute ideas and accept/incorporate the ideas of others in preparing or devising a drama/theatre work.

Contribute to the adaptation of the plot and dialogue in a drama/theatre work.

Participate and contribute to physical and vocal exploration in an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Practice and refine design and technical choices to support a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Identify major dramatic elements in a drama/theatre work.

Use body, face, gestures, and voice to communicate character traits and emotions in a scene.

Participate in a variety of improvisational exercises.

Identify the basic technical elements (costumes, lights, props, set, sound) that can be used in a drama/theatre work.

Communicate through a drama/theatre work with peers as an audience.

Describe without judgement what is seen, felt, and heard in a drama/theatre work.

Describe a personal experience that relates to a moment in a drama/theatre work.

Explore folk tales or stories from multiple cultures through drama/theatre experience.

Examine characters' feelings and make connections to personal feelings in a drama/theatre work.

Apply ideas about evaluation to a drama/theatre work.

Identify the contributions of each design artist in the whole design of a drama/theatre work.

Compare and contrast the roles of audience and performer in a drama/theatre work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Construct meaningful interpretations of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Responding

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Presenting

Revise, refine, and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating

Develop a work of art based on observations of surroundings.

Recognize that responses to art change depending on knowledge of the time and place in which it was made.

Elaborate on an imaginative idea.

Apply knowledge of available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the artmaking process.

Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials.

Demonstrate an understanding of the safe and proficient use of materials, tools, and equipment for a variety of artistic processes.

Individually or collaboratively construct representations, diagrams, or maps of places that are part of everyday life.

Elaborate visual information by adding details in an artwork to enhance emerging meaning.

Investigate and discuss possibilities and limitations of spaces, including electronic, for exhibiting artwork.

Identify exhibit space and prepare works of art, including artists' statements, for presentation.

Identify and explain how and where different cultures record and illustrate stories and history of life through art.

Speculate about processes an artist uses to create a work of art.

Determine messages communicated by an image.

Communicate feelings when engaging works of art, and describe subject matter and formal characteristics to discuss meanings of artwork.

Evaluate an artwork based on given criteria.