Grade 2 Fine Arts Massachusetts Standards

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Make connections between personal experience and a work of dance.

Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding.

Identify different styles of dance (e.g., tap, hip-hop, ballet, square).

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Generate dance ideas that utilize levels (e.g., high, low), pathways (e.g., straight, curvy), shapes (e.g., symmetric and asymmetric) and directions (e.g., backward, diagonal).

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Initiate movements from locomotive or non-locomotive movements using different body parts.

Refine and complete artistic work.

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

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Demonstrate the difference between pantomime and gesture in dance.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Demonstrate partner skills of copying, leading, and following.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Move in ways that match cues, directions and artistic interpretations.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

With support, identify the basic elements of dance (including, body, action, space, time, and energy).

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Move to and categorize dance works by mood.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Demonstrate active observation as an audience member (e.g., noticing details, making connections).

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Performing

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Make connections between an artwork and their personal experience.

Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding. Identify examples of different contexts within media artworks.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Generate ideas using a variety of platforms (e.g., webpages, animation, videos).

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Develop plans for media arts productions (e.g., a student says before starting a media project, "I'm going to make an animation using only triangles").

Refine and complete artistic work. Refine ideas using artistic elements (e.g. color, movement) for moving imagery or interactive art.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. Identify different times, places, audiences, and contexts for presenting media artwork.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Organize artwork with artistic intent (e.g. by theme, concept, or other organizational principle).

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Identify one's best work or one's favorite work for sharing.

Perceive and analyze artistic work. With support, identify the basic elements of media art (collections of images and sound, technology, interactivity).

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Categorize artwork by subject matter and mood.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Demonstrate close observation of artistic work (e.g. noticing details, making connections).

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Make connections between personal experience and musical works.

Identify different genres and styles of music (e.g., folk songs, lullaby, jazz, reggae).

Improvise short original musical ideas.

Connect multiple original musical ideas together into a single piece.

Explore different musical ideas by experimenting with the voice or instruments.

Sing songs using head voice, appropriately produced tone quality, and correct posture.

Individually sing and play simple phrases following basic standard notation (e.g., half and quarter notes or matching simple pentatonic patterns).

Sing and play in groups matching dynamic levels and responding to the cues of a conductor.

With support, identify basic elements in familiar songs (including tempo, dynamics, rhythm, melody).

Demonstrate active listening as an audience member (e.g., noticing details, making connections).

Categorize musical works by feeling or mood.

HSS Connection: Students reflect on their own reactions to the songs of immigrant musicians, such as Cuban-born singer Gloria Estefan.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Creating

Performing

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Connecting

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding.

Responding

Refine and complete artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Make connections between personal experience and a character's actions or emotions.

Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding. Identify different sources of theatrical works (e.g., folk and fairy talks, everyday life).

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Propose ideas for costumes, props, and scenery in a guided drama experience.

Contribute to the development of a sequential plot.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Build on others' ideas in dramatic play or a guided drama experience.

Creates props, costumes, or sets based on a plan (e.g., students place sheets over chairs to create a forest).

Refine and complete artistic work.

Propose new details to existing character, plot, and story in a guided drama experience.

Develop voices and body movements consistent with the character.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. Identify characters and settings in a specific theatrical work (e.g., the characters are the wolf and the three pigs, the setting is a Chinese village).

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Contribute to the adaptation of dialogue and plot in a guided drama experience.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Portray a character based on an existing plan (e.g., script, improvisation structure)

Perceive and analyze artistic work. With support, identify the basic elements of theatre (including, character, plot).

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Share observations regarding a theatrical work (e.g., "I noticed that the set looked like a city street").

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Demonstrate active observation as an audience member (e.g., noticing details, making connections)

Visual Arts Connection: Students examine artworks as living paintings by incorporating freeze frames and thought tapping.

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Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Make connections between personal experience and an artwork to use as inspiration for their work

Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding. Identify different types of artwork (e.g., paintings, sculpture, performance, fiber) within their community and other places they have encountered.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Use a wide variety of two- and three-dimensional media that communicates a teacher directed idea after looking at images made by artists who use similar materials. (e.g., students use repurposed materials to create a musical instrument or make a collage).

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Focus on and pursue a process or idea to completion by setting up, maintaining, and cleaning up a suitable workspace for a wide variety of art materials and tools.

Refine and complete artistic work. Use different tools to experiment with artistic elements (e.g. using found objects to create texture)

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. Explain more than one purpose for presenting art (e.g., building a portfolio, curating an exhibit in a museum, producing an advertisement campaign)

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Organize artwork with artistic intent (e.g. by theme, concept, or other organizational principle).

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Identify one's best work or one's favorite work for sharing and explain the choice.

Perceive and analyze artistic work. With support, identify the basic elements within an artwork (including, color, line, shape).

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Categorize artwork by subject matter and mood

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Set a criterion for judging a work (e.g., it is detailed, it has bright colors).

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