Enduring Understanding: Artists and designers shape artistic investigations, following or breaking with traditions in pursuit of creative artmaking goals.

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Apply knowledge of available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the art-making process. - See more at: http://nationalartsstandards.org/customize-handbook

Skills, Processes, Materials, and Tools

• 2.1 Explore ideas for art in a personal sketchbook.
• 2.2 Mix and apply tempera paints to create tints, shades, and neutral colors.

Communication and Expression Through Original Works of Art

• 2.3 Paint or draw a landscape, seascape, or cityscape that shows the illusion of space.
• 2.4 Create a work of art based on the observation of objects and scenes in daily life, emphasizing value changes.
• 2.5 Create an imaginative clay sculpture based on an organic form.
• 2.6 Create an original work of art emphasizing rhythm and movement, using a selected printing process.

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Develop Perceptual Skills and Visual Arts Vocabulary

• 1.1 Perceive and describe rhythm and movement in works of art and in the environment.
• 1.2 Describe how artists use tints and shades in painting.
• 1.3 Identify and describe how foreground, middle ground, and background are used to create the illusion of space.
• 1.4 Compare and contrast two works of art made by the use of different art tools and media (e.g., watercolor, tempera, computer).

Analyze Art Elements and Principles of Design

• 1.5 Identify and describe elements of art in works of art, emphasizing line, color, shape/form, texture, space, and valu

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Role and Development of the Visual Arts

• 3.1 Compare and describe various works of art that have a similar theme and were created at different time periods.
• 3.2 Identify artists from his or her own community, county, or state and discuss local or regional art traditions.
• 3.3 Distinguish and describe representational, abstract, and nonrepresentational works of art.

Diversity of the Visual Arts

• 3.4 Identify and describe objects of art from different parts of the world observed in visits to a museum or gallery (e.g., puppets, masks, containers).
• 3.5 Write about a work of art that reflects a student's own cultural background.

• Connections and Applications

• 5.1 Describe how costumes contribute to the meaning of a dance.
• 5.2 Write a poem or story inspired by their own works of art.

• Visual Literacy

• 5.3 Look at images in figurative works of art and predict what might happen next, telling what clues in the work support their ideas.

• Careers and Career-Related Skills

• 5.4 Describe how artists (e.g., architects, book illustrators, muralists, industrial designers) have affected people's lives.

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Derive Meaning

• 4.1 Compare and contrast selected works of art and describe them, using appropriate vocabulary of art.

Make Informed Judgments

• 4.2 Identify successful and less successful compositional and expressive qualities of their own works of art and describe what might be done to improve them.
• 4.3 Select an artist's work and, using appropriate vocabulary of art, explain its successful compositional and communicative qualities.

I Can Common Core Revised to work with Art

 I can effectively participate in discussions. SL.3.1
 I can come to discussions prepared to share my ideas. SL.3.1
 I can follow appropriate rules for discussions, such as taking my turn. SL.3.1
 I can ask questions to help me understand discussions and stay on topic. SL.3.1
 I can explain my own thinking and ideas after a discussion. SL.3.1
 I can figure out the main idea and details of what I see and hear. SL.3.2
 I can ask and answer questions about information I hear from another speaker. 
SL.3.2
I Can Share What I Know
 I can report on a topic or tell a story with correct and appropriate facts. SL.3.4
 I can speak clearly and at a good pace. SL.3.4
 I can create engaging audio recordings to show fluency in my reading. SL.3.5
 I can create visual displays to help others understand what I am sharing. SL.3.5
 I can speak in complete sentences to make what
 I am sharing more clear to others. SL.3.6