Standards
Demonstrate basic locomotor skills through moving forward, backward, and sideways in both straight and curved lines.
Generate resourceExplore non-locomotor/axial movements (in personal space) using different parts of the body. Use directional changes.
Generate resourceExplore making shapes at low, middle, and high levels by moving from one place to another.
Generate resourceExplore personal space along the body planes: forward, behind, sideward, upward. Change the base of support; change the size of the base of support.
Generate resourceRespond to drum beat at a moderate, slow, and fast tempo while moving in general space.
Generate resourceContinue discovering range of movement of selected body parts. Introduce isolation of body parts. Introduce single focus.
Generate resourceExplore locomotor movements one can execute while holding one hand; two hands with a partner. Explore axial movements relating to partner.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the ability to make a dance sentence within personal space using music with a beginning, middle, and end.
Generate resourceCreate a dance study by improvising movement using props, music, and poetry.
Generate resourceUse improvisation to explore time, force, and space using axial movements.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the ability to make a movement sequence using the elements, time, space, and force.
Generate resourceIdentify and use those parts of the video camera to be used to record movement.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the ability to describe the action of basic locomotor movements, varying them by changing time space and force.
Generate resourceSelect a human movement associated with a favorite sport or familiar work, execute the movement, and then change the movement so that it becomes dance-like.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the ability to create a dance study for presentation to peers.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the ability to vary non-locomotor movements in a number of ways. Give reasons for choices made.
Generate resourceStudents are shown two diverse music films and discuss the similarities and differences in terms of one of the elements of dance.
Generate resourceStudents explore movements of a selected sport and abstract the inherent movement(s). Discuss the differences in human movement and the selected sport.
Generate resourceStudents learn and perform dances from two countries. Selections should not involve dancing with a partner.
Generate resourceAsk parents or some other adult about dances done in their community. Ask if the person will teach you the dance and tell you about it. Share the information with classmates.
Generate resourceStudents identify three personal goals such as executing turns, performing dance steps correctly, and the self confidence to create simple dances.
Generate resourceIdentify safe/unsafe conditions, good health practices for the classroom, the school. Discuss how the findings affect their ability to create a dance.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the ability to create a dance based on a favorite piece of music.
Generate resourceRespond to a dance film by demonstrating the ability to create in another art form, and explain the connections between the dance and their response to it.
Generate resourceUse developmentally appropriate singing voice, sing melodies accurately, and physically demonstrate macro and micro beat.
Generate resourcePerform music with a variety of expressive qualities, articulation, and tempo.
Generate resourceSing and play expressively utilizing a broader continuum of dynamics and interpretation.
Generate resourceBlend timbres and match dynamic levels in response to the cues of the conductor.
Generate resourceUse a system to read quarter notes and rests, eighth notes, half notes, and whole notes.
Generate resourceCreate through exploration, improvisation, and composition, rhythmic and melodic ostinati accompaniments.
Generate resourceCreate through exploration, improvisation, and composition, answers that are rhythmic and melodic.
Generate resourceCreate through exploration, improvisation, and composition, melodic embellishments for a familiar song.
Generate resourceUse a variety of traditional and non-traditional sound sources and electronic media when composing, arranging, and improvising appropriate to 3rd grade.
Generate resourceAdd vocal, instrumental, and physical responses to a selection presented in 3rd grade.
Generate resourceUse invented or standard notation to transcribe increasingly difficult rhythms and melodies.
Generate resourceDescribe the music performed and presented in 3rd grade by moving, drawing, or through other appropriate responses.
Generate resourceWith teacher guidance, use music vocabulary to analyze, describe, and evaluate music of various styles.
Generate resourceIdentify the timbre of specific instruments in string, brass, woodwinds, and percussion families.
Generate resourceDevise student-created criteria for objective evaluation of performances and compositions.
Generate resourceUse music vocabulary to express personal reactions for musical works and styles.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe distinguishing characteristics of contrasting styles.
Generate resourceDescribe how elements of music are used in examples from world cultures, using music performed and presented in 3rd grade.
Generate resourceDemonstrate audience appropriate behavior for the context and style of music presented and performed in 3rd grade.
Generate resourceObserve and identify similarities and differences in the meanings of common vocabulary used in the various 3rd grade arts.
Generate resourceObserve and identify cross-curricular connections within the 3rd grade curriculum.
Generate resourceDramatize real and non-real characters with prompting and side-coaching.
Generate resourceIllustrate characters, environments, and situations that support the creation of a classroom dramatization.
Generate resourceManipulate simple scenery, costumes, sound, and props in the dramatic process.
Generate resourceAnalyze elements of dramatic structure for successful classroom dramatization.
Generate resourceRespond to and build upon ideas of others' personal preferences for stage design.
Generate resourceInfer lessons from multicultural stories, fairy tales, tall tales, fables, and legends.
Generate resourceIdentify the similarities and differences between live and recorded theatrical events.
Generate resourceShare how varied multimedia forms illustrate performances in one family's life.
Generate resourceCompare the use of various materials to communicate ideas and sensory experiences in an artwork.
Generate resourceDemonstrate control and safe use of a variety of art tools with environmental awareness.
Generate resourceDescribe, discuss, and model the elements of art and principles of design to communicate ideas.
Generate resourceApply materials and techniques to problem solve in the creation of art.
Generate resourceCreate a composition using the elements of art and principles of design to communicate ideas.
Generate resourceCombine ideas, symbols, and experiences that express and communicate meaning.
Generate resourceDesign artwork using computers and electronic media to create original works of art.
Generate resourceHighlight social trends that influence our emotional reactions to art.
Generate resourceSelect a piece of personal artwork, critique it using art terminology, and make revisions.
Generate resourceRecognize how the available materials and processes in a particular time or place can influence the art that is created.
Generate resourceInvestigate and identify careers related to artists who work in specific media.
Generate resourceIllustrate connections between the visual arts and other curriculum through student artwork.
Generate resourceUnderstand, analyze, and describe the arts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts.
Generate resourceRecognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.
Generate resourceRecognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.
Generate resourceUnderstand, analyze, and describe the arts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts.
Generate resourceUnderstand, analyze, and describe the arts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts.
Generate resourceUnderstand, analyze, and describe the arts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts.
Generate resourceRecognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.
Generate resourceRecognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.
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