STANDARD 1.2 (CREATION AND PERFORMANCE) Grade Two
Strands with Cumulative Progress Indicators
A. Dance
- Perform planned and improvised dance sequences using the elements of time, space/shape, and energy.
- Communicate through the creation and performance of planned and improvised sequences in response to meter, rhythm, and variations in tempo.
- Create and perform using objects and other art forms as creative stimuli for dance.
- Perform such movements as bending, twisting, stretching, and swinging using various levels in space.
B. Music
- Clap, sing or play from simple notation that includes pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and tempo.
- 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.
- Improvise short tonal and rhythmic patterns.
C. Theater
- Portray characters and describe basic plots and themes in creative drama.
- Experiment with the use of voice and movement in creative drama and storytelling.
- Employ theatrical elements to create and express stories in various cultural settings.
- Show how different uses of and approaches to theater can communicate experiences.
D. Visual Art
- Create works of art using the basic elements of color, line, shape, form, texture, and space for a variety of subjects and basic media.
- Cite basic visual art vocabulary used to describe works of art.
- Present completed works of art in exhibition areas inside and outside the classroom.
- Recognize how art is part of everyday life.
