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Grade 1 Fine Arts CA Core Standards

216 standards - CA Core

These are the official Grade 1 Fine Arts CA Core — the exact codes and student expectations grade 1 teachers are required to teach and CAASPP assesses. Browse every standard below, then generate a print-ready, CA Core-aligned worksheet, lesson plan, exit ticket, or assessment for any of them in seconds.

Standards

1.DA.Cr1.a

Explore movement inspired by a variety of stimuli (e.g., music/ sound, text, objects, images, symbols, observed dance, experiences) and identify the source.

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1.DA.Cr1.b

Explore a variety of locomotor and nonlocomotor movements by experimenting with and changing the elements of dance.

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1.DA.Cr2.a

Improvise a series of movements that have a beginning, middle, and end, and describe movement choices.

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1.DA.Cr2.b

Choose movements that express an idea or emotion, or follow a musical phrase.

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1.DA.Cr3

Explore suggestions to change movement from guided improvisation and/or short remembered sequences.

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1.DA:Cn10.a

Find an experience expressed or portrayed in a dance that relates to a familiar experience. Identify the movements that communicate this experience.

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1.DA:Cn10.b

Discuss observations from a story. Identify ideas for dance movement and demonstrate the big ideas of the story.

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1.DA:Cn11

Watch and/or perform a dance from a different culture and discuss or demonstrate the types of movement danced.

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1.DA:Pr4.a

Demonstrate locomotor and nonlocomotor movements that change body shapes, levels, and facings. Move in straight, curved, and zigzagged pathways individually and with others. Find and return to place in space.

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1.DA:Pr4.b

Relate quick, moderate and slow movements to duration in time. Recognize steady beat and move to varying tempi of steady beat.

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1.DA:Pr4.c

Demonstrate movement characteristics along with descriptive vocabulary (e.g., use adverbs and adjectives that apply to movement).

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1.DA:Pr5.a

Demonstrate a range of locomotor and nonlocomotor movements, body patterning, body shapes, and directionality

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1.DA:Pr5.b

Move safely in general space through a range of activities and group formations while maintaining and changing personal space.

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1.DA:Pr5.c

Modify movements and spatial arrangements upon request.

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1.DA:Pr6.a

Dance for others in a space where audience and performers occupy different areas.

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1.DA:Pr6.b

Explore the use of props to enhance performance.

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1.DA:Re7.a

Find a movement that repeats in a dance to make a pattern.

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1.DA:Re7.b

Demonstrate and describe observed or performed dance movements from a specific genre or culture.

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1.DA:Re8

Select movements from a dance that suggest ideas and explain how the movement captures the idea using simple dance terminology.

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1.DA:Re9

Identify and demonstrate several movements in a dance that attracted attention. Describe the characteristics that make the movements interesting and talk about why they were chosen.

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Convey Meaning Through the Presentation of Artistic Work

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N-1FQ6E

Apply Criteria to Evaluate Artistic Work

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N-1JBW0

Performing

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N-1M697

Select, Analyze, and Interpret Artistic Work for Presentation

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N-1RZKS

Organize and Develop Artistic Ideas and Work

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N-1S516

Generate and Conceptualize Artistic Ideas and Work

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N-1TAK7

Synthesize and Relate Knowledge and Personal Experiences to Make Art

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N-1VYG7

Perceive and Analyze Artistic Work

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N-659XF

Creating

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Responding

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N-9FWS3

Relate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding

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N-9PX55

Refine and Complete Artistic Work

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N-ADP68

Interpret Intent and Meaning in Artistic Work

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N-F8VLC

Develop and Refine Artistic Techniques and Work for Presentation

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N-RDWV9

Connecting

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1.MA:Cn10.a

Use personal experiences, interests, and models in making media artworks.

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1.MA:Cn10.b

Share meaningful experiences of media artworks.

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1.MA:Cn11.a

Discuss and describe media artworks in everyday life, such as popular media and connections with family and friends.

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1.MA:Cn11.b

Interact safely and appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering rules and fairness.

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1.MA:Cr1

Express and share ideas for media artworks through sketching and modeling.

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1.MA:Cr2

With guidance, identify and use ideas to form plans and/or models for media arts productions.

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1.MA:Cr3.a

Create, capture, and assemble media arts content for media arts productions, identifying basic aesthetic principles, such as pattern and repetition.

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1.MA:Cr3.b

Practice and identify the effects of making changes to the content, form, or presentation, in order to refine and complete media artworks.

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1.MA:Pr4

Combine varied academic, arts, and media content in media artworks, such as an illustrated story

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1.MA:Pr5.a

Describe and demonstrate various artistic skills and roles, such as technical steps, tool use, planning, and collaborating, in media arts productions.

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1.MA:Pr5.b

Describe and demonstrate basic creative skills, such as varying techniques, within media arts productions.

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1.MA:Pr6

With guidance, discuss presentation conditions and audience, and perform a task in presenting media artworks.

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1.MA:Re7.a

Identify components and messages in media artworks.

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1.MA:Re7.b

With guidance, identify how a variety of media artworks create different experiences.

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1.MA:Re8

With guidance, identify the meanings of a variety of media artworks and their context.

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1.MA:Re9

Identify the effective components and possible changes to media artworks, considering viewers.

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N-17TU9

Connecting

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N-18ZWV

Generate and Conceptualize Artistic Ideas and Work

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N-1FOU6

Organize and Develop Artistic Ideas and Work

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N-1LUF4

Convey Meaning Through the Presentation of Artistic Work

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N-1QD49

Relate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding

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N-9O1I5

Apply Criteria to Evaluate Artistic Work

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N-BVHRA

Creating

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N-DSTPD

Interpret Intent and Meaning in Artistic Work

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N-FOJ8Z

Select, Analyze, and Interpret Artistic Work for Presentation

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N-JAU77

Refine and Complete Artistic Work

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N-JTWC4

Perceive and Analyze Artistic Work

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N-OOOQP

Synthesize and Relate Knowledge and Personal Experiences to Make Art

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Develop and Refine Artistic Techniques and Work for Presentation

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N-WK6T4

Responding

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Producing

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1.MU:Cn10

Synthesize and Relate Knowledge and Personal Experiences to Make Art

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1.MU:Cn10.1

Musicians connect their personal interests, experiences, ideas, and knowledge to creating, performing, and responding.

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1.MU:Cn10.1.a

With limited guidance, discuss how personal interests connect to creating, performing, and responding to music.

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1.MU:Cn11

Relate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding

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1.MU:Cn11.1

Musicians connect societal, cultural, and historical contexts when creating, performing, and responding.

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1.MU:Cn11.1.a

With limited guidance, discuss connections between music and culture.

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1.MU:Cr1

Generate and Conceptualize Artistic Ideas and Work

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1.MU:Cr1.1

The creative ideas, concepts, and feelings that influence musicians’ work emerge from a variety of sources.

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1.MU:Cr1.1.a

With limited guidance, create musical ideas (such as answering a musical question) for a specific purpose.

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1.MU:Cr1.1.b

With limited guidance, generate musical ideas in multiple tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters (such as duple and triple).

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1.MU:Cr2

Organize and Develop Artistic Ideas and Work

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1.MU:Cr2.1

Musicians’ creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent.

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1.MU:Cr2.1.a

With limited guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal reasons for selecting musical ideas that represent expressive intent.

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1.MU:Cr2.1.b

With limited guidance, use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to document and organize personal musical ideas.

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1.MU:Cr3

Refine and Complete Artistic Work

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1.MU:Cr3.1

Musicians evaluate and refine their work through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.

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1.MU:Cr3.1.a

With limited guidance, discuss and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to refine personal musical ideas.

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1.MU:Cr3.2

Musicians’ presentation of creative work is the culmination of a process of creation and communication.

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1.MU:Cr3.2.a

With limited guidance, convey expressive intent for a specific purpose by presenting a final version of personal musical ideas to peers or informal audience.

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1.MU:Pr4

Select, Analyze, and Interpret Artistic Work for Presentation

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1.MU:Pr4.1

Performers’ interest in and knowledge of musical works, understanding of their own technical skill, and the context for a performance influence the selection of repertoire.

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1.MU:Pr4.1.a

With limited guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections.

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1.MU:Pr4.2

Analyzing creators’ context and how they manipulate elements of music provides insight into their intent and informs performance.

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1.MU:Pr4.2.a

With limited guidance, demonstrate knowledge of music concepts (such as beat and melodic contour) in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance.

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1.MU:Pr4.2.b

When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns using iconic or standard notation.

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1.MU:Pr4.3

Performers make interpretive decisions based on their understanding of context and expressive intent.

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1.MU:Pr4.3.a

With limited guidance, demonstrate and describe music’s expressive qualities (such as voice quality, dynamics, and tempo) that support the creators’ expressive intent.

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1.MU:Pr5

Develop and Refine Artistic Techniques and Work for Presentation

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1.MU:Pr5.1

To express their musical ideas, musicians analyze, evaluate, and refine their performance over time through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.

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1.MU:Pr5.1.a

With limited guidance, apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performances.

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1.MU:Pr5.1.b

With limited guidance, use suggested strategies in rehearsal to address interpretive challenges of music.

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1.MU:Pr6

Convey Meaning Through the Presentation of Artistic Work

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1.MU:Pr6.1

Musicians judge performance based on criteria that vary across time, place, and cultures. The context and how a work is presented influence audience response.

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1.MU:Pr6.1.a

With limited guidance, perform music for a specific purpose with expression.

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1.MU:Pr6.1.b

With limited guidance, demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for the purpose.

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1.MU:Re7

Perceive and Analyze Artistic Work

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1.MU:Re7.1

Individuals’ selection of musical works is influenced by their interests, experiences, understandings, and purposes.

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1.MU:Re7.1.a

With limited guidance, identify and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.

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1.MU:Re7.2

Response to music is informed by analyzing context (social, cultural, and historical) and how creators and performers manipulate the elements of music.

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1.MU:Re7.2.a

With limited guidance, demonstrate and identify how specific music concepts (such as beat or pitch) are used in various styles of music for a purpose.

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1.MU:Re8

Interpret Intent and Meaning in Artistic Work

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1.MU:Re8.1

Through their use of elements and structures of music, creators and performers provide clues to their expressive intent.

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1.MU:Re8.1.a

With limited guidance, demonstrate and identify expressive qualities that reflect creators’ and performers’ expressive intent.

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1.MU:Re9

Apply Criteria to Evaluate Artistic Work

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1.MU:Re9.1

The personal evaluation of musical work(s) and performance(s) is informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.

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1.MU:Re9.1.a

With limited guidance, apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.

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N-1C2QE

Performing

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N-1EC6W

Connecting

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N-1N30G

Responding

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N-1QOJ3

Creating

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N-14WX3

Develop and Refine Artistic Techniques and Work for Presentation

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N-1ELV4

Responding

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N-1HSY1

Connecting

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N-1QM2W

Generate and Conceptualize Artistic Ideas and Work

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N-1SERY

Apply Criteria to Evaluate Artistic Work

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N-1SMRS

Select, Analyze, and Interpret Artistic Work for Presentation

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N-1U6IA

Relate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding

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N-1UNH6

Organize and Develop Artistic Ideas and Work

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N-1XCAN

Convey Meaning Through the Presentation of Artistic Work

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N-7TFLW

Creating

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N-BW2DI

Performing

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N-NYBZQ

Synthesize and Relate Knowledge and Personal Experiences to Make Art

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N-PYUTV

Perceive and Analyze Artistic Work

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N-RJI0Q

Interpret Intent and Meaning in Artistic Work

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N-WAVNK

Refine and Complete Artistic Work

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Prof.MU:H.Cn10

Connect and demonstrate how personal interests, knowledge, and skills relate to choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

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Prof.MU:H.Cn11

Connect and demonstrate the relationships between music and societal, cultural, and historical contexts when creating, performing, and responding.

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Prof.MU:H.Cr1

Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for improvisations, compositions, and three-or-more chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

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Prof.MU:H.Cr2

Select, develop, and use standard notation and audio/ video recording to document melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for drafts of improvisations, compositions, and three-or-more chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

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Prof.MU:H.Cr3.1

Develop and apply criteria to critique, improve, and refine drafts of improvisations, compositions and three or more chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

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Prof.MU:H.Cr3.2

Perform final versions of improvisations, compositions, and three-or-more chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns, demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of composition/improvisation and originality in developing and organizing musical ideas.

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Prof.MU:H.Pr4.1

Explain the criteria used when selecting a varied repertoire of music for individual or small group performances that include melodies, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

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Prof.MU:H.Pr4.2

Identify and describe important theoretical and structural characteristics and context (social, cultural, or historical) in a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

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Prof.MU:H.Pr4.3

Describe in interpretations the context (social, cultural, or historical) and expressive intent in a varied repertoire of music selected for performance that includes melodies, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

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Prof.MU:H.Pr5

Develop and apply criteria to critique individual and small group performances of a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns, and create rehearsal strategies to address performance challenges and refine the performances.

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Prof.MU:H.Pr6

Perform with expression and technical accuracy, in individual and small group performances, a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns, demonstrating sensitivity to the audience and an understanding of the context (social, cultural, or historical).

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Prof.MU:H.Re7.1

Apply criteria to select music for specified purposes, supporting choices by citing characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose, and context (social, cultural, and historical).

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Prof.MU:H.Re7.2

Compare passages in musical selections and explain how the elements of music and context (social, cultural, or historical) inform the response.

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Prof.MU:H.Re8

Explain and support possible interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical selections, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, context (personal, social, and cultural), (when applicable) the setting of the text, and outside sources.

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Prof.MU:H.Re9

Develop and apply teacher provided and established criteria based on personal preference, analysis, and context (personal, social, and cultural) to evaluate individual and small group musical selections.

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1.TH:Cn10

Identify character emotions in a guided drama experience and relate it to personal experience.

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1.TH:Cn11.1.a

Apply skills and knowledge from different art forms and content areas in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Cn11.1.b

Use active listening skills to participate in and observe a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Cn11.2.a

Identify similarities and differences in stories from one’s own community in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Cn11.2.b

Collaborate on the creation of a short scene based on a fictional literary source in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Cr1.a

Propose potential choices characters could make in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Cr1.b

Identify ways in which gestures and movement may be used to create or retell a story in guided drama experiences.

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1.TH:Cr1.c

Collaborate with peers to conceptualize costumes and props in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Cr2.a

Contribute to the development of a sequential plot in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Cr2.b

With prompting and supports, participate in group decision making in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Cr3.a

Contribute to the adaptation of the plot in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Cr3.b

Identify similarities and differences in sounds and movements in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Cr3.c

Collaborate to imagine multiple representations of a single object in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Pr4.a

Describe a story’s character actions and dialogue in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Pr4.b

Use body, face, gestures, and voice to communicate character traits and emotions in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Pr5.a

With prompting and supports, identify and understand that physical movement is fundamental to guided drama experiences.

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1.TH:Pr5.b

With prompting and supports, identify technical theatre elements that can be used in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Pr6

With prompting and supports, use movement and gestures to communicate emotions in a guided drama experience and share with others.

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1.TH:Re7

Recall choices made in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Re8.a

Explain preferences and emotions in a guided drama experience or ageappropriate theatre performance.

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1.TH:Re8.b

Identify causes of character actions in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Re8.c

Explain or use text and pictures to describe how personal emotions and choices compare to the emotions and choices of characters in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Re9.a

Build on others’ ideas in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Re9.b

Compare and contrast the experiences of characters in a guided drama experience.

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1.TH:Re9.c

Identify props and costumes that might be used in a guided drama experience.

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N-10ZK7

Performing

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N-13GO0

Convey Meaning Through the Presentation of Artistic Work

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N-16YV6

Select, Analyze, and Interpret Artistic Work for Presentation

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N-19OKF

Creating

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N-19UW7

Generate and Conceptualize Artistic Ideas and Work

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N-1PBHZ

Responding

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N-1QUKF

Develop and Refine Artistic Techniques and Work for Presentation

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N-1TM6W

Organize and Develop Artistic Ideas and Work

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N-1UUWP

Refine and Complete Artistic Work

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N-1X12L

Synthesize and Relate Knowledge and Personal Experiences to Make Art

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N-5B6YH

Apply Criteria to Evaluate Artistic Work

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N-6KPRA

Relate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding

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N-9FRDN

Interpret Intent and Meaning in Artistic Work

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N-VVU9T

Connecting

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N-WBKOD

Perceive and Analyze Artistic Work

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1.VA:Cn10

Identify times, places, and reasons for which students make art outside of school.

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1.VA:Cn10

Synthesize and Relate Knowledge and Personal Experiences to Make Art

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1.VA:Cn11

Understand that people from different places and times have made art for a variety of reasons.

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1.VA:Cn11

Relate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding

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1.VA:Cr1

Generate and Conceptualize Artistic Ideas and Work

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1.VA:Cr1.1

Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with various arts materials.

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1.VA:Cr1.2

Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

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1.VA:Cr2

Organize and Develop Artistic Ideas and Work

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1.VA:Cr2.1

Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design.

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1.VA:Cr2.2

Demonstrate safe and proper procedures for using materials, tools, and equipment while making art.

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1.VA:Cr2.3

Identify and classify uses of everyday objects through drawings, diagrams, sculptures, or other visual means.

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1.VA:Cr3

Use art vocabulary to describe choices while creating art.

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1.VA:Cr3

Refine and Complete Artistic Work

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1.VA:Pr4

Explain why some objects, artifacts, and artworks are valued over others.

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1.VA:Pr4

Select, Analyze, and Interpret Artistic Work for Presentation

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1.VA:Pr5

Ask and answer questions such as where, when, why, and how artwork should be prepared for presentation or preservation.

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1.VA:Pr5

Develop and Refine Artistic Techniques and Work for Presentation

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1.VA:Pr6

Identify the roles and responsibilities of people who work in and visit museums and other art venues.

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1.VA:Pr6

Convey Meaning Through the Presentation of Artistic Work

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1.VA:Re7

Perceive and Analyze Artistic Work

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1.VA:Re7.1

Select and describe works of art that illustrate daily life experiences of one’s self and others.

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1.VA:Re7.2

Compare images that represent the same subject.

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1.VA:Re8

Interpret art by categorizing subject matter and identifying the mood and characteristics of form.

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1.VA:Re8

Interpret Intent and Meaning in Artistic Work

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1.VA:Re9

Classify artwork based on different reasons for preferences using learned art vocabulary.

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1.VA:Re9

Apply Criteria to Evaluate Artistic Work

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N-1CVGL

Presenting

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N-1L4YC

Connecting

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N-1W9WL

Creating

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N-XTGTL

Responding

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