Grade 4 Fine Arts Delaware Standards

Initiate dance composition using improvisational skills

Perform a broad spectrum of American historical folk, social and/or theatrical dances

Set goals to improve student performance capabilities as dancers and specify steps taken to reach those goals

Use improvisation to generate movement for choreography

Making connections between dance and healthful living

Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing arts

Analyze and evaluate how dance and dancers are portrayed in contemporary media

Execute techniques from different genres/styles (e.g. ballet, modern dance, jazz, tap, multi-cultural)

Demonstrate the ability to remember extended movement sequences

Observe and explain how different accompaniment (such as sound, music, spoken text) can affect the meaning of a dance

Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning

Observe two dances and discuss (compare and contrast) how they are similar and different in terms of one of the compositional elements (e.g., space, time, force/energy)

Transfer spatial patterns from the visual to the kinesthetic

Improvise, create and perform dances based on original ideas and concepts from other sources

Observe and discuss how dance is different from other forms of human movement (e.g., sports, everyday gestures)

Demonstrate structures or forms (e.g., AB, ABA, canon, call and response, narrative, palindrome, theme and variation, rondo, round, contemporary forms) through brief dance studies

Create a movement problem and demonstrate multiple solutions; choose the most interesting solutions and discuss the reasons for their choice

Compare and contrast examples of concepts used in dance and another discipline outside the arts (such as balance, shape, pattern)

Demonstrate and/or explain how lighting and costuming can contribute to the meaning of a dance

Discuss how skills developed in dance are applicable to a variety of careers

Observe dance, both live and recorded on video; compare and contrast the aesthetic impact of the two observations through writing

Explain how healthy practices (such as nutrition, safety) enhance ability to dance, citing multiple examples

Applying and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance

Respond to a dance using another art form; explain the connections between the dance and their response to it (such as stating how their paintings reflect the dance they saw)

Demonstrate the difference between pantomiming and abstracting a gesture

Create a dance project that reveals understanding of a concept or idea from another discipline (e.g., poetry, physics, geometry)

Perform folk dances from various cultures

Create a project that reveals similarities and differences between the arts

Take an active role in a class discussion about interpretations of and reactions to a dance

Communicate emotional themes through dance

Create and identify the sequential parts of a dance phrase (e.g., beginning, middle, and end)

Perform axial movements (e.g., bend, stretch, twist, turn, swing, collapse)

Explain and execute the underlying principles of movement skill (e.g., alignment, balance, initiation of movement, articulation of isolated body parts, weight shift, elevation and landing, fall and recovery)

Explore, discover and realize multiple solutions to a given movement problem; choose their favorite solution and discuss the reasons for that choice

Demonstrate accuracy in moving to a musical beat and responding to changes in tempo

Understanding choreographic principles, processes and structures

Work alone, with a partner and in a small group during the choreographic process

Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior in watching dance performances; discuss their opinions about the dances with their peers in a supportive and constructive way

Transfer rhythmic patterns from the aural to the kinesthetic

Demonstrate eight basic locomotor movements (e.g., walk, run, hop, jump, leap, gallop, slide, skip) traveling forward, backward, sideward, diagonally, turning

Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods

Making connections between dance and other disciplines

Execute basic movement phrases individually and in a group

Demonstrate basic partner skills (e.g., copying, leading and following, mirroring)

Compare and contrast dance steps and movement styles from a variety of cultures

Memorize and reproduce extended movement sequences

Create and perform a phrase utilizing compositional elements (e.g., space, time, force/energy)

Sing in groups in response to gestures of a conductor

Identify and explain compositional devices and techniques used in a musical work

Arrange short songs and/or instrumental pieces

Utilize standard written notation in composition of short songs

Develop criteria for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of music performances and compositions and apply the criteria in their personal listening and performing

Describe how elements of music are used in various historical periods, cultures, genres and styles

Improvise melodies over basic chord progressions

Identify and describe basic music forms

Notate symbols and terms for meter and rhythm

Making connections between music, the other arts and other curricular areas

Compose short songs and instrumental pieces

Sing on pitch within the appropriate singing range

Improvise melodies over given rhythm and harmonic context consistent to the styles

Sing expressively with phrasing, dynamics and stylistic interpretation

Express personal preferences for specific musical styles

Sing a repertoire of songs representing different genres, styles and languages

Listen to music from various periods and diverse cultures by genre or style

Evaluating music and musical performances

Perform an independent part in an ensemble setting

Sing rounds

Identify and classify voices by range and quality

Composing and arranging music within specific guidelines

Identify sources of American music genres; trace the evolution of those genres and wellknown musicians associated with them

Perform melodies by ear using a melodic instrument

Manipulate a variety of traditional, non-traditional and electronically produced sounds while creating or arranging

Improvising melodies, variations and accompaniments

Notate symbols for pitch

Compare and contrast terms common between the arts and other curricular areas (e.g., texture, color, form)

Improvise rhythmic variations on given melodies

Notate symbols and terms referring to dynamics, tempo and articulation

Classify and describe distinguishing characteristics of representative music genres and styles from various cultures and historical periods

Sing demonstrating proper posture and breathing

Performing on instruments independently and with others a varied repertoire of music

Improvise rhythmically with voice or on instrument

Perform music representing diverse genres and styles

Organize the elements of music into compositions which are unified and varied

Identify, compare and contrast the roles of creators, performers and consumers in the production and presentation of the arts including music

Perform with proper instrument technique

Identify ways for evaluating compositions and performances

Understanding music in relation to diverse cultures, times and places

Critically evaluate one's own musical creations

Express changes and contrasts in music through movement

Identify and describe the roles of musicians in various historical periods, cultures, genre and styles

Read unfamiliar music with tonal and rhythmic accuracy

Make connections with other disciplines as they relate to music

Read simple melodies in 2 or more clefs

Sing partner songs

Perform expressively with phrasing, dynamics and stylistic interpretation

Singing ostinati with songs

Sing music in 4 parts with and without accompaniment

Perform rhythm accompaniments by ear

Compare and contrast artistic themes across cultures, history and multiple media

Perform in groups in response to gestures of a conductor

Sing demonstrating proper vocal technique

Read melodic notation

Improvise melodies over given rhythm and tonal context

Improvise unaccompanied melodies

Perform with proper posture and breathing

Reading and notating music

Read a single line of an instrumental or vocal part

Singing independently and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Sing on pitch in rhythm while applying a steady beat

Identify and explain the characteristics that cause a musical work to be considered culturally, historically and/or geographically significant

Illustrate ways in which the principles and subject matter of other curricular areas are interrelated to music

Sing call and response

Listen to, describing and analyzing music and musical performances

Develop and apply criteria for evaluating compositions and performances

Improvise melodic variations

Improvise ostnato accompaniments

Imitate melodic patterns

Identify the elements of music within a musical composition

Perform tonal accompaniments by ear

Perform on pitched and unpitched instruments in rhythm while applying a steady beat

Utilize compositional technology

Discuss and evaluate the relationship between music and human emotions

Identify and define standard notation symbols

Sing music in 2 and 3 parts

Sing expressively utilizing dynamics and phrasing

Identify and classify instruments according to family

Improvise melodic embellishments on given melodies in various tonalities

Sing a repertoire of choral literature with expression and technical accuracy including songs performed from memory

Critically evaluate the compositions, arrangements, and improvisations of others by applying specific criteria appropriate for the style of the music and offer constructive suggestions for improvement

Read rhythmic notation

Explain personal music preferences using appropriate terminology

Perform in groups with blend and balance

Read an instrumental or vocal score

Sing in groups and blending vocal timbres

Identify and describe common instrumental and vocal ensembles

Express through verbal and non-verbal means various styles/genres of music

Imitate rhythmic and melodic patterns on pitched and unpitched instruments

Identify the foundation of playmaking in real life and fantasy

Compare and contrast story lines presented through different artistic media (theater, dance, literature, music)

Assess how an audience's response can impact a theatrical presentation

Record the improvised movement and/or dialogue of a play through writing, taping or other means

Observe different forms of communication and transfer them into usage in performance (verbal, nonverbal, ASL, written, iconic, etc.)

Adapt a piece of literature into a theatrical piece

Managing and producing informal and formal presentations

Analyze the contributions of various art forms within a theatrical production (e.g., scenery, lighting, music, dance, costumes)

Establish criteria for evaluating a presentation's effectiveness in communicating ideas and emotions

Analyze the meaning of improvised or scripted scenes, scenarios and/or plays

Develop and implement costume and makeup designs for a structured theatrical production

Evaluate the artistic quality of a production based on established criteria

Write an original oneact play with clearly developed characters, setting, conflict and resolution

Analyze and understand the importance of backstage needs and communicate a plan for managing backstage traffic, props and prop tables; dressing areas and costume changes; the use of wing space/backstage area and set units

Explain how dramatic elements (plot, character, action, diction, music, spectacle, Aristotle's "Poetics", etc.) combine to make a whole

Apply design concepts (line, color, space, shape, texture) to design a set that communicates locale and mood for a theatrical production

Construct scenery and props appropriate to the setting of a theatrical production

Recall and recite assigned lines for a theater piece

Portray a believable character with effective performance techniques (use of voice, facial expressions and body movement) in both improvised and structured presentations

Apply various acting and performance methodologies to appropriate theatrical styles (DelSarte, Kabuki, Noh, Viewpoints, Theatre of the Oppressed, Theatre-in-Education, Restoration, etc.)

Responding to, describing, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating theatre works and performances

Analyze dramatic works in the context of the culture, time and place in which they originated

Identify the basic elements of a play (e.g., characters, setting, plot)

Compare and contrast different genres of theater (e.g., drama, comedy, musical theater, opera)

Improvising and writing scenes, scenarios and plays

Identify character motivations through research and analysis and be able to articulate how they affect the character's actions

Relate the elements of a dramatic production and the impact they have on the viewer

Observe examples of role playing in life and analyze how those roles could be used by theatre artists

Employ variations in movement, gesture and vocal expression (pitch, tempo, tone) to create characters

Designing and building environments for informal and formal presentations

Directing by envisioning and realizing improvised or scripted scenes

Create a concept that conveys meaning for a scripted scene (be it linear, episodic, abstract) through the use of metaphor, mood or theme

Develop an improvisation utilizing characters and setting that creates tension and suspense, with a subsequent resolution

Understanding theatre works in relation to cultures, times and places

Acting in improvised and structured presentations

Explore human issues and various outcomes in order to devise a performance piece that is linear in presentation form

Comparing and integrating art forms

Incorporate elements of dance, music, and visual arts to express ideas and emotions in improvised and structured scenes

Identify and employ techniques for active listening and viewing of theatrical productions

Use media and tools in a safe and responsible manner

Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures

Analyze works of art to speculate why they were created

Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others

Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines

Understanding and applying media, techniques and processes

Analyze the principles of design

Select and apply the knowledge of the elements of art and principles of design to convey ideas in works of art

Describe and/or demonstrate how skills transfer between the visual arts and other disciplines

Identify ways the visual arts are used as communication

Describe how learning in the visual arts helps develop essential skills for life and the workplace

Integrate a variety of sources for subject matter, symbols and/or ideas which best communicate an intended meaning in works of art

Compare the use of technology, media and processes of the visual arts with other disciplines

Evaluate the artist's intent and effectiveness in communicating ideas and emotions in works of art

Demonstrate how a single medium or technique can be used to create multiple effects in works of art

Select and use different media, techniques and processes that are used to create works of art

Apply visual arts vocabulary when reflecting upon and assessing works of art

Select and use subject matter, symbols and ideas to communicate meaning in works of art

Compare the purpose of works of art and design in history and cultures

Plan, design and execute multiple solutions to challenging visual arts problems

Analyze how the elements of art and principles of design applied through various media, techniques and processes produce different effects

Describe how the arts and artists influence each other across history and cultures

Identify subject matter, symbols and ideas in works of art

Describe and differentiate the origins of specific subject matter, symbols and ideas in works of art

Identify the elements of art

Evaluate the sources for content to validate the manner in which subject matter, symbols and ideas are used in works of art

Compare and contrast relationships and characteristics between the visual arts and other disciplines

Compare and contrast the different effects created by various two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art

Select and use the elements of art in works of art

Select and use the principles of design in works of art

Speculate on how history and culture give meaning to a work of art

Identify different media, techniques and processes that are used to create works of art

Describe and differentiate the roles of artists in society across history and cultures

Describe how media and techniques are used to create two-dimensional and three dimensional works of art

Discuss how individual experiences influence personal works of art

Analyze the elements of art

Evaluate works of art in terms of structure and function

Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas

Identify historical and cultural characteristics of works of art

Describe how the visual arts influence history and cultures

Describe how history and cultures influence the visual arts

Describe how a work of art can convey a voice of one or a voice of many

Identify the principles of design

Analyze how the use of subject matter, symbols and ideas are used in works of art

Describe personal responses to selected works of art

Using knowledge of structures and functions

Use selected two-dimensional and three-dimensional media to communicate ideas