By the end of kindergarten students will be able to:

• engage in exploration and imaginative play with materials.
• through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art making.
• identify safe and non-toxic art materials, tools, and equipment.
• prepare and present artwork for display.
• identify uses of art within one’s personal environment.
• interpret art by identifying subject matter and describing relevant details.
• create art that tells a story about a life experience.

 

By the end of first grade students will be able to:

• engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials.
• use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.
• explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design.
• demonstrate safe and proper procedures for using materials, tools,and equipment while making art.
• use art vocabulary to describe choices while creating art.
• compare images that represent the same subject.
• identify times, places and reasons by which students make art outside of school.
• understand that people from different places and times have made art for a variety of reasons.

By the end of fifth grade students will be able to:

• combine ideas to generate an innovative idea for art - making.
• experiment and develop skills in multiple art making techniques and approaches through practice.
• demonstrate quality craftsmanship through care for and use of, materials, tools, and equipment.
• create artist statements using art vocabulary to describe personal choices in art - making.
• select, prepare and present artwork for display.
• compare one’s own interpretation of a work of art with with the interpretation of others.
• apply formal and conceptual vocabularies of art and design to view surroundings in new ways through art making.

By the end of sixth grade students will be able to:

• formulate an artistic investigation of personally relevant content for creating art.
• demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design.
• reflect on whether personal artwork conveys the intended meaning and revise accordingly.
• analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions, and actions.
• interpret art by distinguishing between relevant and non-relevant contextual information and analyzing subject matter, characteristics of form and structure and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.  
• generate a collection of ideas reflecting current interests and concerns that could be investigated in art making.

By the end of seventh grade students will be able to:

• develop criteria to guide making a work of art or design to meet an identified goal.
• demonstrate persistence  in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches in creating works of art or design.
• reflect on and explain important information about personal artwork in an artist statement or another format.
• interpret art by analyzing art making approaches, the characteristics of form, and structure, relevant contextual information, subject matter and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.
• individually or collaboratively create visual documentation of places and times in which people gather to make and experience art or design in the community.
• analyze how response to art is influenced by understanding the time and place in which it was created, the available resources and cultural uses.

By the end of eighth grade, students will be able to:

• demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of art making and designing.
• select organize, and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations.
• apply relevant criteria to examine reflect on and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.
• collaboratively prepare and present selected theme - based artwork for display and formulate exhibition narratives for the viewer.
• interpret art by analyzing how the interaction of the subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, use of media, art making approaches, and relevant contextual information contributes to understanding messages or ideas and mood conveyed.
• make art collaboratively to reflect on and reinforce positive aspects of group identity.