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K–12 Standards

The Arts

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DANCE

  • 1

    Movement Elements and Dance Skills. Students will identify and demonstrate movement elements and dance skills.PreK–12-1

  • 2

    Choreography. Students will create movement compositions based on choreographic principles, processes, and forms.PreK–12-2

  • 3

    Dance as Expression. Students will demonstrate an understanding of dance as a way to express and communicate meaning.PreK–12-3

  • 4

    Performance in Dance. Students will rehearse and stage dance works.PreK–12-4

  • 5

    Critical Response. Students will describe and analyze their own dances and the dances of others using appropriate dance vocabulary. When appropriate, students will connect their analysis to interpretation and evaluation.PreK–12-5

MUSIC

  • 6

    Singing. Students will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.PreK–12-6

  • 7

    Reading and Notation. Students will read music written in standard notation.PreK–12-7

  • 8

    Playing Instruments. Students will play instruments, alone and with others, to perform a varied repertoire of music.PreK–12-8

  • 9

    Improvisation and Composition. Students will improvise, compose, and arrange music.PreK–12-9

  • 10

    Critical Response. Students will describe and analyze their own music and the music of others using appropriate music vocabulary. When appropriate, students will connect their analysis to interpretation and evaluation.PreK–12-10

THEATRE

  • 11

    Acting. Students will develop acting skills to portray characters who interact in improvised and scripted scenes.PreK–12-11

  • 12

    Reading and Writing Scripts. Students will read, analyze, and write dramatic material.PreK–12-12

  • 13

    Directing. Students will rehearse and stage dramatic works.PreK–12-13

  • 14

    Technical Theatre. Students will demonstrate skills in using the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production.PreK–12-14

  • 15

    Critical Response. Students will describe and analyze their own theatrical work and the work of others using appropriate theatre vocabulary. When appropriate, students will connect their analysis to interpretation and evaluation.PreK–12-15

VISUAL ARTS

  • 16

    Methods, Materials, and Techniques. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the methods, materials, and techniques unique to the visual arts.PreK–12-16

  • 17

    Elements and Principles of Design. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the elements and principles of design.PreK–12-17

  • 18

    Observation, Abstraction, Invention, and Expression. Students will demonstrate their powers of observation, abstraction, invention, and expression in a variety of media, materials, and techniques.PreK–12-18

  • 19

    Drafting, Revising, and Exhibiting. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the processes of creating and exhibiting their own artwork: drafts, critique, self-assessment, refinement, and exhibit preparation.PreK–12-19

  • 20

    Critical Response. Students will describe and analyze their own work and the work of others using appropriate visual arts vocabulary. When appropriate, students will connect their analysis to interpretation and evaluation.PreK–12-20

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PRE-K and Kindergarten

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