Grade: 4th

27 Feb 2025

Arts in the Natural World: Patterns in Nature

August-October 31; March 15-June

Patterns are all around us. Sometimes they occur naturally, while other times they are made by artists or scientists. In this program, we will discover patterns in nature and the science behind them while exploring how naturally occurring patterns can be used as inspiration in the artistic process. Programs in the Arts in the Natural World Series seek to demonstrate intersections between the arts and the world around us. This program only operates in warmer months (August-October 31; March 15-June).

Fine Arts Standards:

  • VA.4.1RE Identify qualities that contribute to the design and meanings of works of art.
  • VA.4.2CO Explore universal themes expressed across arts disciplines.
  • MUS.4.2CR Compose using known rhythms, whole notes, dotted notes, sixteenth-note combinations, or syncopated rhythms in a variety of meters using phrase and large form, standard and iconic notation, and a variety of sound sources.
  • MUS.4.4PE Play a variety of classroom instruments, alone and with others while demonstrating various proper techniques.

Ohio Science Standards:

  • SIPA Grade 3-5: Observe and ask questions about the world that can be answered through scientific investigations.
  • SWK Grade 3-5: Science is a way of knowing about the world around us based on evidence from experimentation and observations.

NGSS Standards:

  • 4-ESS1-1 Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
  • ESS.4.1 Earth’s surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

    Vocabulary:

    observation, discovery, pattern, line, shape, repetition, architecture, fossils

    08 Feb 2025

    The Show Must Go On!

    August-June

    Putting on a show is a collaborative masterpiece that encourages an array of creative skills. For example, technical artists design sets, props, and lighting, while performing artists bring the story to life with their voice, body, and imagination. Join us at the Greenacres Arts Center to explore the artful thought that goes into every aspect of a performance!

    Fine Arts Standards:

    • TH.4.1PE Manipulate voice, movement, space, design, and physical objects to communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas in both improvised and scripted activities.
    • TH.4.1RE Explain, through appropriate theatrical vocabulary, how manipulation of technical elements brings about changes in performances.

    Ohio English Language Arts:

    • ELA.4.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).

    Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

    • SEL.C4.1.b Identify others’ reactions by tone of voice, body language and facial expressions.

    Vocabulary:

    design, scenes, props, stage presence

    08 Feb 2025

    The Sounds of Cinema

    August-June

    Sound is an important part of our everyday lives. Learn about how the art of sound enhances all other art forms and how most forms of media would fall short without it! Spend the day learning the ways of a Foley Artist as we engineer our own sound effects for film.

    Fine Arts Standards:

    • MUS.4.3RE Compare and contrast elements of music using developmentally appropriate vocabulary.
    • MUS.4.1CO Discuss the connection between emotion and music in selected musical works using elements of music.
    • MUS.4.3CO Discuss how the elements and subject matter of music connect with other subject areas.
    • VA.4.2CO Explore universal themes expressed across arts disciplines.

    Ohio English Language Arts:

    • ELA.SL.4.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

      Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

      • SEL.E1.1.b Generate possible solutions or responses to a problem or needed decision recognizing that there may be more than one perspective.

      Vocabulary:

      sound effect, composer, film score, storyboard, ambience

      08 Feb 2025

      Arts Center Adventure: The Case of the Missing Artifact

      August-June

      Something is amiss at Greenacres Arts Center! Learn about the hundred-year-old history of the Arts Center, its hidden treasures, and its original owner, Julius Fleischmann Jr. Put on your detective cap as we find clues, solve riddles, and work together to track down a “missing” artifact! Students will explore some of the Arts Center’s assets, including its Norman-style architecture, its enormous Aeolian Pipe Organ, and collection of artworks.

      Fine Arts Standards:

      • VA.4.3CO Demonstrate empathetic reactions in response to works of art.

      Ohio English Language Arts:

      • ELA.W.4.8 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information and provide a list of sources.

      Ohio Math Standards:

      • 4.MD.4 Display and interpret data in graphs (picture graphs, bar graphs, and line plots) to solve problems using numbers and operations for this grade.

      Ohio Social Studies Standards:

      • SS.4.2 Primary and secondary sources can be used to create historical narratives.

      Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

      • SEL.A4.2.b Demonstrate confidence in the ability to complete a range of tasks and address challenges while expressing positive attitudes towards self.

      Vocabulary:

      teamwork, history, architecture, artwork, artifact, evidence, clue  

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