GRADE K ART Description All Students in Kindergarten Art Will Learn to Use Tools and Materials Safely
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
GRADE K ART Description All students in kindergarten art will learn to use tools and materials safely. All students will be able to identify colors and shapes in their world. They will understand how line is used to create shapes and forms. Students will be able to differentiate between two dimensional and three dimensional art. Course Overview Course Objectives Essential Questions Sample Performance Assessments Students will be able to: • How can we use scissors successfully? • Explore cutting and gluing through collage • Recognize basic shapes and the difference • How can we glue effectively? and paper construction. between a line and a shape. • What shapes are in our world? • Identify colors in their art work and the • Identify and recognize colors in their • Where do you see color in the world? world around them. world. • Where do you see forms in the world? • Experience the difference between a two- • Understand how to use scissors and all art • What lines can you see in the world? dimensional and a three-dimensional form. tools safely and correctly. • Explore the difference between a line and a • Understand how line is used to create shape. shapes and forms two dimensional and three dimensional forms. • Understand how lines are used to create shapes and forms. Content Outline Standards Grade Level Skills • Be able to use the correct scissor grip I. Unit 1 – Cutting and Gluing Connecticut SDE Arts Curriculum Framework when cutting straight and curved lines. II. Unit 2 – Identifying Colors • Be able to apply glue neatly and select and III. Unit 3 – Identifying Shapes Connecticut State Visual Arts Standards are met in use various methods for applying glue. IV. Unit 4 – Line the following areas: • Be able to adhere materials securely. V. Unit 5 – Introduction to Form • Media • Select colors that express an idea. • Connections • Use light and dark colors. • Overlap colors. • Create art work with primary colors. • Draw and cut geometric shapes. • Use shapes within a composition. • Draw a variety of lines. • Use tools and manipulate materials to build a representational form. Grade K Art Curriculum BOE Approved 03/13/12 KINDERGARTEN: Cutting and Gluing Standards Students will understand, select and apply media techniques and processes. Students will use art media and tools in a safe and responsible manner. Unit Objectives Essential Questions Sample Performance Assessments Students will be able to: • How can we use scissors in our daily lives? • Collage • Understand how to use scissors safely. • How can we glue effectively? • Paper construction • Identify the correct scissor grip. • Paper mobiles • Recognize cutting on lines. Focus Questions • Cutting areas within an art composition • Understand how to use glue neatly. • How do I hold scissors correctly to cut various • Identify the various methods of gluing for materials? each task. • What is the correct application of glue? Resources Materials Skill Objectives • Exemplar Artists such as Matisse, • Various papers Students will: Mondrian, Miro, Kandinsky, Eric Carle • White glue and glue sticks • Be able to use the correct scissor grip. Ezra Jack Keats • Scissors • Be able to cut straight and curved lines. • Children’s books such as: The Very • Collage materials • Be able to apply glue neatly. Hungry Caterpillar, Peter’s Chair • Colored Foam Sheets • Be able to select and use various • Constellation Series of Posters on Miro • Popsicle Sticks methods for applying glue. • Be able to adhere materials securely. Technology Resources Differentiated Instruction Sample Historic and Cultural Connections • Dropping In On Series of DVD’s • Adaptive glue sticks • Mondrian, Miro, Kandinsky • www.kinderart.com • Adaptive scissors • Native American Cultures • www.incredibleartdepartment.com • Additional drawing exercises for gifted students • Mexican Art • Additional time as rewards for students during • Chinese Art Art class times. Grade K Art Curriculum BOE Approved 03/13/12 KINDERGARTEN: Identifying Colors Standards Students will make connections between the visual arts, other disciplines and daily life. Students will demonstrate understanding of how the visual arts are used in the world around us. Unit Objectives Essential Questions Sample Performance Assessments Students will be able to: • Where do you see color in the world? • Collage • Identify and recognize colors in their • Resist painting world. Focus Questions • Abstract tempera painting • Understand the difference between lights • What are the colors around us? • Painting people and darks in color. • Responding to children’s books • Recognize and understand primary colors and their source. Resources Materials Skill Objectives • Applicable storybooks such as, • Tempera paint or cakes Students will: Mouse Paint, White Rabbit’s Color Book, • Watercolors • Select colors that express an idea. and Color Dance, The Color Tree • Brushes • Use light and dark colors. • Color Wheels • Crayons • Overlap colors. • Color paddles • Oil pastels • Create art work with primary colors. • Posters of artist’s work such as • Various colored papers Mondrian • Collage materials Technology Resources Differentiated Instruction Sample Historic and Cultural Connections • www.mrsbrownart.com • Adaptive markers and crayons • Kandinsky, Matisse, Mondrian, Miro • www.deepspacesparkle.com • Color paddles • Mexican culture • www.crayola.com • Slant boards • Extra time and materials Grade K Art Curriculum BOE Approved 03/13/12 KINDERGARTEN: Identifying Shapes Standards Students will make connections between the visual arts, other disciplines and daily life. Students will demonstrate understanding of how the visual arts are used in the world around us. Unit Objectives Essential Questions Sample Performance Assessments Students will be able to: • What shapes are in our world? • Cutting and gluing shapes • Understand the difference between a line • Create tracer. and a shape. Focus Questions • Rubbings • Recognize geometric shapes. • What is a square? • Model magic or clay to create three • Recognize invented shapes. • What is a rectangle? dimensional forms • Identify shapes in the world around them. • What is a circle? • What is a triangle? Resources Materials Skill Objectives • Applicable Storybooks such as Mouse • Various papers Students will: Shapes, When a Line Bends a Shape • Markers and crayons • Draw and cut geometric shapes. Begins • Scissors • Invent made up shapes. • Exemplar artists such as Mondrian, • Glue • Use shapes within a composition. Kandinsky, Calder. • A variety of paints • Use shapes to create recognizable • Three dimensional materials objects. Technology Resources Differentiated Instruction Sample Historic and Cultural Connections • www.teacherdiscovery.com • Stencils and templates • Calder mobiles, stabiles • www.deepspacesparkle.com • Adaptive scissors • Mondrian, Miro • www.incredibleartdepartment.com • Adaptive brushes • Mexican Art • Molds and manipulatives • Native American patterns Grade K Art Curriculum BOE Approved 03/13/12 KINDERGARTEN: Line Standards Students will make connections between the visual arts, other disciplines and daily life. Students will demonstrate understanding of how the visual arts are used in the world around us. Unit Objectives Essential Questions Assessments Students will be able to: • What lines can you identify in the world? • Watercolor resist • Identify various types of lines. • Pencil and marker drawings • Recognize lines in their environment. Focus Questions • Painting a variety of lines What is a straight line? • Understand how lines can create shapes • • Wire on a two dimensional surface and forms. • What is a zig zag line? • What is a wavy line? • What is a dotted line? Resources Materials Skill Objectives • Applicable storybooks such as: • Pencils Students will: Taking a Walk with a Line, & • Fine and broad line markers • Draw a variety of lines. Harold and the Purple Crayon • Paper • Use lines to create shapes. • Posters demonstrating a variety of lines • Straight edge • Use lines to create a pattern. • Watercolors • Make trace lines. • crayons • Draw thin and thick lines. Technology Resources Differentiated Instruction Sample Historic and Cultural Connections • Samples on the internet that show where • Adaptive markers and crayons • Keith Haring lines exist in nature and in everyday life • Larger pencils • Giacometti • Smart boards to experience and • Grips • Native American design work demonstrate line • Larger paper • Early American Quilts • www.sharpies.com Grade K Art Curriculum BOE Approved 03/13/12 KINDERGARTEN: Introduction to Form Standards Students will make connections between the visual arts, other disciplines and daily life. Students will demonstrate understanding of how the visual arts are used in the world around us. Unit Objectives Essential Questions Sample Performance Assessments Students will be able to: • Where do you see forms in the world? • Pinch pots • Understand the difference between a • Clay animals/dinosaurs shape and form. Focus Questions • Stabiles • Differentiate between two dimensional • What is the difference between a circle and a • Clay beads and three dimensional art. sphere? • Paper sculpture - curls, zigzags, fringes • Recognize forms in their world. • What is the difference between a square and a • Identify sculpture. box? Resources Materials Skill Objectives • Set of 3-dimensional forms • Clay or Model magic Students will: • Artists such as: Alexander Calder, • Various recycled materials • Combine and attach materials to create Andrew Goldsworthy, Miro