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   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] VISA (6) 3 :

3) Develop new ideas through open-ended experiments, using various materials, methods and approaches in creating works of art.

[ARTS] VISA (7) 5 :

5) Apply graphic design strategies to produce a work of art, design, or media that clearly communicates information or ideas.

Example: Students design and create posters or fliers to advertise a school art show or athletic activity.

[ARTS] VISA (8) 3 :

3) Engage, experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meaning that emerge in the process of creating art.

Many times when people think of art, they only think about the visual arts. Music is also an art form. Music has the ability to inspire us, change our mood, comfort us, and teach us. It is hard to imagine a day without any sort of music. Therefore, it is necessary that when teaching the arts, students also learn about the value of music as an art form.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] VISA (6) 3 :

3) Develop new ideas through open-ended experiments, using various materials, methods and approaches in creating works of art.

[MA2019] (6) 1 :

1. Use appropriate notations [a/b, a to b, a:b] to represent a proportional relationship between quantities and use ratio language to describe the relationship between quantities.

Students will review the concept of ratios by creating a work of art based on ratio relationships.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2015] (6) 23 :

23 ) Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. [W.6.3]

a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator, characters, or both; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. [W.6.3a]

b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. [W.6.3b]

c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another. [W.6.3c]

d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events. [W.6.3d]

e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. [W.6.3e]

[ARTS] VISA (6) 2 :

2) Formulate an artistic investigation and discovery of relevant content for creating art.

Example: Make, share, and revise a list of ideas and preliminary sketches.

[ARTS] VISA (6) 3 :

3) Develop new ideas through open-ended experiments, using various materials, methods and approaches in creating works of art.

Students will analyze art and describe the beginning, middle, and end of the story portrayed.  They will write a personal narrative including a beginning, middle, and end.  They will draw a narrative storyboard in their sketchbook.  They will choose one event (beginning, middle, or end) from their storyboard and create a textile collage.  Assessment rubric, letter to parents, examples of artwork, and lesson plan included in PDF.   

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] VISA (6) 1 :

1) Work collaboratively to develop new and innovative ideas for creating art.

[ARTS] VISA (6) 3 :

3) Develop new ideas through open-ended experiments, using various materials, methods and approaches in creating works of art.

Students will analyze a sculpture of a dog and focus on how the scale was enlarged.  Classmates will brainstorm household objects.  They will draw an object on an enlarged scale.  They will build a sculpture of the object using a poster board.  Assessment rubric, letter to parents, examples of artwork, and lesson plan included in PDF. 

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] VISA (6) 1 :

1) Work collaboratively to develop new and innovative ideas for creating art.

[ARTS] VISA (6) 3 :

3) Develop new ideas through open-ended experiments, using various materials, methods and approaches in creating works of art.

[ARTS] VISA (6) 8 :

8) Collaboratively or individually develop a visual plan for displaying works of art in a designated space.

Students will analyze art focusing on juxtaposition.  Students will be divided into three groups - setting, objects, and figures.  Each group will work in secret to create their part of a large mural painting.  Classmates will work together to organize the mural.  Assessment rubric, letter to parents, examples of artwork, and lesson plan included in PDF.   

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] VISA (6) 2 :

2) Formulate an artistic investigation and discovery of relevant content for creating art.

Example: Make, share, and revise a list of ideas and preliminary sketches.

[ARTS] VISA (6) 3 :

3) Develop new ideas through open-ended experiments, using various materials, methods and approaches in creating works of art.

Students will identify analogous colors on a color wheel.  They will choose three adjacent colors.  They will create a still-life portrait using oil pastel techniques such as strokes, layers, and blending.  Assessment rubric, letter to parents, examples of artwork, and lesson plan included in PDF.