Standards
Relate the main idea or content in a dance to other experiences and explain how the main idea of a dance is similar to or different from one’s own experiences, relationships, ideas, or perspectives.
Generate resourceDevelop and research a question relating to a topic of study in school and choreograph movements to communicate key aspects of the topic.
Generate resourceDiscuss what was learned from creating a dance designed to communicate about a topic and describe how the topic might be communicated using another form of expression.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
Generate resourceExplain how and why a dance originates from a culture, society, historical period, or community.
Generate resourceIdentify choreographic ideas generated from a variety of prompts and source materials.
Generate resourceDevelop a solution to a movement problem by utilizing the five elements of dance (body, action, space, time, and energy).
Generate resourceModify choreographic devices to expand movement possibilities and create a variety of movement patterns and structures.
Generate resourceDevelop a dance study that expresses and communicates a main idea and explains the effectiveness of the movement choices.
Generate resourceImprove communication of artistic intent in a short dance study by revising movement based on peer feedback and self-reflection.
Generate resourceIllustrate the relationship between two or more dancers in a dance phrase by drawing a picture or using symbols.
Generate resourceMake static and dynamic shapes with positive and negative space and perform elevated shapes (jump shapes) with soft landings and movement sequences, alone and with others, establishing relationships with other dancers through focus of eyes.
Generate resourceAccompany other dancers using a variety of percussive instruments and sounds.
Generate resourceAnalyze movements and phrases for use of energy and dynamic changes and use adverbs and adjectives to describe them.
Generate resourceRefine dance phrases by incorporating a range of movement characteristics, based on analysis of the phrases’ energy and dynamic changes.
Generate resourceDemonstrate fundamental dance skills and movement qualities when replicating and recalling patterns and sequences of locomotor and non-locomotor movements.
Generate resourceExplain effective ways to extend movement range, increase body strength, and develop endurance for injury prevention.
Generate resourceSynchronize phrases and timing with other dancers by cueing off each other and responding to stimuli.
Generate resourceReflect on and respond to feedback from others to inform personal dance performance goals.
Generate resourceModel performer etiquette in all aspects of performance space including onstage, backstage, dressing room, and back of house.
Generate resourceIdentify and experiment with a variety of production elements to heighten the artistic intent and audience experience.
Generate resourceIdentify patterns of movement that illustrate style or intent in dance works.
Generate resourceExplain how specific context cues from movement relate to the main idea of the dance, using basic dance terminology.
Generate resourceExplain why movement choices from dances of specific genres, styles, or cultures are fitting to a specific dance.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain how their personal knowledge, interests, ideas, and choices aid them when creating, performing, and responding to music.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
Generate resourceInvestigate how cultural, historical, and societal context contribute to musicians' understanding when creating, performing, and responding to music.
Generate resourceDemonstrate performer and audience behaviors appropriate for Grades 3-5 students for a variety of venues and contexts.
Generate resourceImprovise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas and explain their connection to specific social and cultural purposes and contexts.
Generate resourceSelect and organize musical ideas to express intent in a creative product and explain the purpose and context.
Generate resourceDocument their ideas for a creative product, using systems of notation or technology.
Generate resourceEvaluate, refine, and document revisions to their music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to show improvement over time.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain how their own technical skill, musical knowledge, and context influence the selection of music selected for performance.
Generate resourceExplain and demonstrate how the elements of music influence the formal structure of music selected for performance.
Generate resourceUse teacher and student-created criteria to identify and refine rhythmic and melodic patterns in the music selected for performance.
Generate resourceUse teacher and collaboratively created criteria to evaluate the accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of music being prepared for performance.
Generate resourceRehearse to refine technical accuracy, expressive qualities, and identified performance challenges.
Generate resourcePerform a varied repertoire of music alone and with others and evaluate the performance based on personal, peer, teacher, or professional criteria.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain how a response to 16. Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence, informed by its structure, the use of the music can be informed by its structure, the how responses to music are informed by its elements of music, and context. use of musical elements, and context.
Generate resourceDemonstrate and explain how expressive qualities are used in performers’ and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent.
Generate resourceEvaluate musical works and performances, applying teacher and collaboratively created criteria, to describe their appropriateness for the context.
Generate resourceExplain verbally and/or in media artworks how media art productions and ideas relate to everyday and cultural life.
Generate resourceDetermine safe, ethical,and fair use when interacting with media arts tools and environments.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
Generate resourceSelect and use personal and external resources, including interests, research, and cultural understanding, to create media artworks.
Generate resourceInvestigate and show how media artworks create meanings and/or cultural experiences.
Generate resourceCreate and share concepts for original media arts products, utilizing a variety of creative methods including brainstorming and modeling.
Generate resourceCreate and test models for media artworks, including artistic goals and presentation.
Generate resourceArrange varied content and components to convey purpose and meaning in different media artworks, applying associated artistic principles including balance and contrast.
Generate resourceRefine media artworks by emphasizing elements of design to create an intentional effect.
Generate resourceDemonstrate different ways to combine a variety of academic, arts, and media content and forms into media arts products.
Generate resourceCollaborate to produce media artworks, using foundational artistic, design, technical, and soft skills.
Generate resourceUse tools and techniques in standard and innovative ways to construct media artworks.
Generate resourceExplain how the presentation conditions influence decisions made when fulfilling a role in presenting or distributing media artworks.
Generate resourceIdentify components in media artworks that create messages and explain how they convey those messages.
Generate resourceIdentify various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks and explain how they manage audience experience.
Generate resourceExplain how reactions to and interpretations of a variety of media artworks reflect both purpose and context.
Generate resourceUse basic criteria to evaluate and improve production processes, media artworks, and contexts.
Generate resourceIdentify the ways a given drama or theatre work reflects the perspectives of a community or culture.
Generate resourceIncorporate cross-curricular knowledge in reflecting on and responding to community and social issues in a drama or theatre work.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
Generate resourceResearch and apply cross-cultural and historical approaches to storytelling in a drama or theatre work.
Generate resourceCompare the drama or theatre conventions of a given time period with those of the present.
Generate resourceArticulate the visual details of imagined worlds and improvised stories that support the given circumstances in a drama or theatre work.
Generate resourceVisualize and design technical elements that support the story and given circumstances in a drama or theatre work.
Generate resourceDemonstrate how a character might move to support the story and circumstances in a drama or theatre work.
Generate resourceCollaboratively ask questions about characters and plots to devise original ideas for a drama or theatre work.
Generate resourceDiscuss and make group decisions regarding responsibilities involved in presenting a drama or theatre work to peers.
Generate resourceRevise and improve a scripted or improvised drama or theatre work through repetition and collaborative review.
Generate resourceIdentify and utilize physical and vocal exercise techniques for an improvised or scripted drama or theatre work, with support.
Generate resourceCollaboratively identify design and technical problems that arise in rehearsal for a drama or theatre work.
Generate resourceMake and demonstrate physical choices to develop a character in a drama or theatre work.
Generate resourceModify the dialogue and action to change the story in an original drama or theatre work.
Generate resourcePerform selected acting exercises or techniques that can be used in a group setting for a drama or theatre work.
Generate resourceInterpret artistic choices made in a drama or theatre work through participation and observation.
Generate resourceDevelop personal reflections on artistic choices made in an observed drama or theatre work.
Generate resourceCommunicate the impact of multiple personal experiences when participating in or observing a drama or theatre work.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the qualities of characters in a drama or theatre work, taking note of physical characteristics and prop or costume design choices that reflect cultural or historical perspectives.
Generate resourceInvestigate and explain how technical elements may support a theme or idea in a drama or theatre work.
Generate resourceObserve and record how a character's choices impact an audience's perspective in a drama or theatre work.
Generate resourceRelate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
Generate resourceThrough observation, infer and explain information about the time, place, and culture in which a work of art was created.
Generate resourceIndividually or collaboratively brainstorm multiple approaches to an art problem.
Generate resourceGenerate ideas and employ a variety of strategies and techniques to create a work that incorporates the principles of design.
Generate resourceUtilize and care for materials, tools, and equipment in a manner that avoids danger to themselves and others when making works of art.
Generate resourceExplain how techniques and technologies have impacted the preservation and presentation of artwork.
Generate resourceDiscuss the advantages and disadvantages of various locations for presenting and preserving artwork.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast purposes of art venues, including museums and galleries, and the experiences they provide.
Generate resourceAnalyze contextual information, subject matter, visual qualities, and use of media to interpret works of art.
Generate resourceEvaluate several works of art in terms of one criterion from the elements of art or principles of design.
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