STANDARD 1.3 (ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES) Grade Four

Strands with Cumulative Progress Indicators

A. Dance

1. Investigate the relationship of dance and other art forms.
2. Differentiate basic compositional structures in choreography.
3. Recognize contrasting and complementary shapes and shared weight centers in composition and performance.

B. Music

1. Explore musical elements through verbal and written responses to diverse aural prompts and printed scores.
2. Identify and categorize sound sources by common traits.
3. Differentiate basic structures in music composition.

C. Theater

1. Recognize basic stage directions in the dramatization of stories/plays.
2. Examine the basic structural characteristics of the well-made play.

D. Visual Art

1. Identify the design principles of balance, harmony, unity, emphasis, proportion, and rhythm/movement.
2. Identify elements and principles of design in specific works of art.