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K–12 Standards

Media Arts: Grades 3-4

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Creating

  • 1

    Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Generate media arts ideas that utilize moving imagery and interactivity.3-4.MA.Cr.01

  • 2

    Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Organize and plan an idea using a teacher-selected strategy (e.g., sketching, brainstorming, simplified story boarding, flow charts, or modeling).3-4.MA.Cr.02

  • 3

    Refine and complete artistic work. Respond to artistic challenges and hypothesize possible outcomes (e.g., How can moving images be used to teach others about endangered species?).3-4.MA.Cr.03

Presenting

  • 4

    Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. Explain the process used when making personal art, including documenting the early stages of the creative process using a variety of methods.3-4.MA.P.04

  • 5

    Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Refine a specific technique to produce a media artwork (e.g., creating realistic interactive object like a basketball).3-4.MA.P.05

  • 6

    Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Create a work that expresses, evokes, or communicates a directed idea (e.g., students create a work that delivers a message to a specified audience).3-4.MA.P.06

Responding

  • 7

    Perceive and analyze artistic work. Analyze how aesthetic principles impact the effect and purpose of media artworks.3-4.MA.R.07

  • 8

    Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Explain how a piece of artwork can identify multiple perspectives and diverse community ideas and can help connect oneself to a community or culture.3-4.MA.R.08

  • 9

    Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Identify how the basic technical elements of media artwork (e.g., moving image, sound, interactivity) can be used to support the artist's purpose.3-4.MA.R.09

Connecting

  • 10

    Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Distinguish personal preferences in media arts from those of others (e.g., friends, family, teachers).3-4.MA.Co.10

  • 11

    Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding. Describe ways media arts can be used to express ideas in unique ways.3-4.MA.Co.11

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 3 and Grade 4
Where can I read the official document?
Media Arts: Grades 3-4

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