Kindergarten Fine Arts Massachusetts Standards

Creating

Performing

Responding

Connecting

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Use a variety of props when exploring movement.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Identify and distinguish between body parts in movements, (e.g., feet and toes).

Focus on and pursue a process or idea to completion during dance activities.

Refine and complete artistic work.

With prompting and support, choose favorite movement ideas, practicing and demonstrating them. (PK-K.D.3)

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Contrast movements in different levels (including, high, middle, low) and pathways (including, curvy, straight, circle, zig-zag, wavy, spiral).

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Maintain personal and general space safely and respectfully (e.g., stop, start, and control one’s own body).

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perform short dance works expressively.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Meet expectations of an audience member (e.g., listening quietly, clapping at the end).

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Articulate personal responses to dance (e.g., “this piece made me feel… this piece made me think…”).

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Share observations regarding a dance performance (e.g., "I noticed that everyone had a turn").

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Identify examples of dance in their daily life.

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

Respond in movement to music cues associated with various dance styles. e.g., tap, hip-hop, ballet, square).

Presenting

Responding

Creating

Connecting

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Identify examples of media artworks in the student's daily life.

Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding. With support, identify different types of media artwork (e.g., animation, website, digital space).

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Explore moving images or interactive art using a variety of media and tools.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Focus on and pursue a process or idea to completion during experimentation with a variety of media and tools.

Refine and complete artistic work. With prompting and support, generate multiple ideas for a moving image or interactive piece.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. Describe process and choices made when generating components for a moving image or interactive piece.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Select a media product from play and experimentation to share.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Give reasons for selecting a media product to present.

Perceive and analyze artistic work. With prompting and support, identify similarities between multiple different media art pieces.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Share observations regarding a variety of media artworks.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Articulate personal responses of media artworks (e.g., “this piece made me feel…” “this piece made me think…”).

HSS Connection: Students learn that “The Star-Spangled Banner” is the national anthem of the United States.

Dance Connection: Students select a rhythm instrument to represent the sounds a chosen creature makes and choreograph appropriate motions to represent it.

Identify examples of music they hear or perform in their daily life (e.g. in advertisements or radio).

Move to different genres and styles of music (e.g., classical, jazz, rock, country, hip-hop

With prompting and support, sing or play short original musical ideas

Focus on and pursue a process or idea to completion during play and experimentation with music.

Name and demonstrate vocal production types (including speaking, singing, whispering).

With prompting and support, choose favorite musical ideas, practicing and demonstrating them vocally or on an instrument.

Contrast different musical element opposites (including fast-slow, high-low, quiet-loud) through singing, playing, or moving.

Demonstrate beat competency by using a steady beat when performing pieces that incorporate simple rhythmic patterns (e.g., body percussion, classroom instruments, or movement).

Perform a short original musical idea through singing and playing with expression.

Meet expectations of an audience member (e.g., listening quietly, clapping at the end).

Share observations regarding diverse musical works (e.g., world, popular, folk, classical, etc.).

Articulate personal responses to music (e.g., “this piece made me feel…” “this piece made me think…”).

Performing

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work

Connecting

Responding

Refine and complete artistic work

Creating

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work

Perceive and analyze artistic work

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

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation

HSS Connection: Students give examples of characters in plays who show fairness, friendship, kindness, responsibility, and respect for one another

Connecting

Refine and complete artistic work. Repeat improvised scenes in different ways (e.g., imagine this character was happy, redo the scene if it were raining).

Responding

Creating

Performing

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. With prompting and support, identify similarities between elements of a theatrical work and personal experiences

Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding. With support, identify different types of theatrical works (e.g., puppetry, musicals, improvisation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Contribute story ideas in dramatic play.

Use everyday objects to create puppets, props, scenery, and costume pieces in dramatic play.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Understand difference between imagination and reality in dramatic play.

Focus on and pursue a process or idea to completion when experimenting during theatre activities.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. Identify realistic feelings characters might have in a theatrical work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Demonstrate appropriate behaviors of a theatrical presentation (e.g., waiting to enter, bowing at the end).

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Portray simple characters in dramatic play.

Perceive and analyze artistic work. Meet expectations of an audience member (e.g., listening quietly, clapping at the end).

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Share observations regarding a theatrical work (e.g., "I noticed that all the mean characters were dressed in red")

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Articulate personal responses to theatrical work (e.g., “this piece made me feel…” “this piece made me think…”)

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Identify examples of art in daily life and use them as inspiration for their artwork.

Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding. With support, identify different types of artwork (e.g., paintings, sculpture, performance, fiber) within their community.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. Create an image or object and describe what it represents

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Select and share a product created through experimentation with materials.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Give reasons for selecting an artwork to share.

Perceive and analyze artistic work. With prompting and support, identify similarities between multiple pieces of art.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Describe what is seen in an artwork (e.g., “I see a dot; I see yellow in the corner; I see a round part”), interpret a possible meaning, and explain why the meaning makes sense.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Select a work that evokes feelings and describe the connection between the work and the emotional response.

Responding

Connecting

Creating

Presenting

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Experiment with a wide variety of both two- and three-dimensional materials, including recycled/repurposed ones after looking at images from several artists who use those materials

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Focus on and pursue a process or idea to completion when experimenting with a wide variety of art materials

Refine and complete artistic work. Investigate more than one artistic idea using the same medium