Building
upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding
grades,
by the end of Grade 2, students will:
Standard 1.2
(Creation
and Performance) All students will utilize
those skills, media, methods, and technologies
appropriate to each art form in the creation,
performance, and presentation of dance, music,
theater, and visual art.
Standard 1.2.1.A
Dance
Standard 1.2.1.A.1
Perform
planned and improvised dance sequences using
the elements of time, space/shape, and energy.
Standard 1.2.1.A.2
Communicate
through the creation and performance of planned
and improvised sequences in response to meter,
rhythm, and variations in tempo.
Standard 1.2.1.A.3
Create
and perform using objects and other art forms
as creative stimuli for dance.
Standard 1.2.1.A.4
Perform
such movements as bending, twisting, stretching,
and swinging using various levels in space.
Standard 1.2.1.B
Music
Standard 1.2.1.B.1
Clap,
sing or play from simple notation that includes
pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and tempo.
Standard 1.2.1.B.2
Vocalize
the "home tone" of familiar and unfamiliar
songs, and demonstrate appropriate posture and
breathing technique while performing songs, rounds,
or canons in unison with a partner.
Standard 1.2.1.B.3
Improvise
short tonal and rhythmic patterns.
Standard 1.2.1.C
Theater
Standard 1.2.1.C.1
Portray
characters and describe basic plots and themes
in creative drama.
Standard 1.2.1.C.2
Experiment
with the use of voice and movement in creative
drama and storytelling.
Standard 1.2.1.C.3
Employ
theatrical elements to create and express stories
in various cultural settings.
Standard 1.2.1.C.4
Show
how different uses of and approaches to theater
can communicate experiences.
Standard 1.2.1.D
Visual
Arts
Standard 1.2.1.D.1
Create
works of art using the basic elements of color,
line, shape, form, texture, and space for a variety
of subjects and basic media.
Standard 1.2.1.D.2
Cite
basic visual art vocabulary used to describe
works of art.
Standard 1.2.1.D.3
Present
completed works of art in exhibition areas inside
and outside the classroom.