Kindergarten Fine Arts Delaware Standards

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods

Use improvisation to generate movement for choreography

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

Perform folk dances from various cultures

Transfer spatial patterns from the visual to the kinesthetic

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)

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

Understanding choreographic principles, processes and structures

Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing arts

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

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

Create a project that reveals similarities and differences between the arts

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

Making connections between dance and healthful living

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

Applying and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance

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

Execute basic movement phrases individually and in a group

Making connections between dance and other disciplines

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)

Transfer rhythmic patterns from the aural to the kinesthetic

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

Notate symbols and terms referring to dynamics, tempo and articulation

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

Improvising melodies, variations and accompaniments

Imitate melodic patterns

Evaluating music and musical performances

Perform with proper posture and breathing

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

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

Sing expressively utilizing dynamics and phrasing

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

Perform in groups with blend and balance

Perform rhythm accompaniments by ear

Read unfamiliar music with tonal and rhythmic accuracy

Sing demonstrating proper posture and breathing

Express personal preferences for specific musical styles

Improvise rhythmically with voice or on instrument

Perform an independent part in an ensemble setting

Identify ways for evaluating compositions and performances

Perform in groups in response to gestures of a conductor

Express changes and contrasts in music through movement

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

Identify and define standard notation symbols

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

Sing expressively with phrasing, dynamics and stylistic interpretation

Understanding music in relation to diverse cultures, times and places

Reading and notating music

Perform with proper instrument technique

Sing on pitch within the appropriate singing range

Make connections with other disciplines as they relate to music

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

Sing on pitch in rhythm while applying a steady beat

Notate symbols for pitch

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

Compose short songs and instrumental pieces

Sing in groups in response to gestures of a conductor

Sing demonstrating proper vocal technique

Read rhythmic notation

Read a single line of an instrumental or vocal part

Read melodic notation

Perform music representing diverse genres and styles

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

Sing call and response

Singing ostinati with songs

Improvise melodies over given rhythm and tonal context

Imitate rhythmic and melodic patterns on pitched and unpitched instruments

Perform melodies by ear using a melodic instrument

Discuss and evaluate the relationship between music and human emotions

Composing and arranging music within specific guidelines

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

Listen to, describing and analyzing music and musical performances

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

Notate symbols and terms for meter and rhythm

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

Comparing and integrating art forms

Improvising and writing scenes, scenarios and plays

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

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

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

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

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

Identify the foundation of playmaking in real life and fantasy

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

Designing and building environments for informal and formal presentations

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

Acting in improvised and structured presentations

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

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

Analyze works of art to speculate why they were created

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

Identify ways the visual arts are used as communication

Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines

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

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

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

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

Discuss how individual experiences influence personal works of art

Identify the elements of art

Describe how history and cultures influence the visual arts

Understanding and applying media, techniques and processes

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

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

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

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

Use media and tools in a safe and responsible manner

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

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

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

Identify historical and cultural characteristics of works of art

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

Using knowledge of structures and functions

Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures

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

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

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

Identify subject matter, symbols and ideas in works of art

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

Describe how the visual arts influence history and cultures

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

Describe personal responses to selected works of art

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