STANDARD 1.3 (ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES) Grade Two

A. Dance

1. Identify the basic dance elements of time, space/shape, and energy in planned and improvised dance sequences.
2. Identify movement qualities such as jagged, sharp, smooth, bouncy, or jerky using the vocabulary of dance.
3. Explore arts media and themes as catalysts in the composition of dance.
4. Explore personal space.

B. Music

1. Identify musical elements in response to diverse aural prompts, such as rhythm, timbre, dynamics, form, and melody.
2. Recognize ways to organize musical elements such as scales and rhythmic patterns.

C. Theater

1. Identify basic elements of theater such as setting, costumes, plots, scenes, and themes.
2. Explore the use of voice, movement, and facial expression in conveying emotions in creative drama and storytelling.

D. Visual Art

1. Identify the basic art elements of color, line, shape, form, texture, and space.
2. Discuss how art elements are used in specific works of art.