Standard: Fine Arts

05 Feb 2025

Avenues in the Arts

August-June

Your third graders are in a critical developmental stage of self-discovery and preference-building. Studies show that engagement with the arts and culture develops critical thinking, perseverance, and historical empathy. Join us at Greenacres Arts Center for a hands-on “taste tester” program, where students get to explore the visual and performing arts as participants and perhaps discover a new interest!

Fine Arts Standards:

  • DN.3.2CR Improvise, create, and perform dances in response to movement prompts.
  • MUS.3.4PE Play a variety of classroom instruments, alone and with others while demonstrating consistently proper techniques.
  • TH.3.2CR Create the movements and expressive voice of a character to explain and solve problems in a teacher-created improvisation or text.
  • VA.3.2CR Investigate artistic challenges using various materials and tools.

    Ohio Social Studies Standards:

    • SS.3.3 Local communities change over time

      Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

      • SEL.A2.1.b Identify personal strengths based on interests and qualities.

        Vocabulary:

        dance, music, theatre, visual art, preference, perseverance

        05 Feb 2025

        Get Movin’ and Groovin’!

        August-June

        Movement is a way to express ourselves, interact with other artforms, and explore the world around us. Join the Greenacres Arts Educators to explore how movement allows us to be active participants and creators of the arts. Students will engage in a kinesthetic style of learning to build confidence and have fun!

        Fine Arts Standards:

        • DN.3.2CR Improvise, create, and perform dances in response to movement prompts.
        • DN.3.2CO Recognize and describe the role of dance in life and community.
        • MUS.3.4RE Interpret music through movement, dance, drama, and visual art.
        • TH.3.2PE Use voice, movement, and space to communicate a storyline and a character’s thoughts, feelings and ideas.

          Ohio Social Studies Standards:

          • SS.3.7 Systems of transportation and communication move people, products and ideas from place to place.

          Physical Education Standards:

          • PE.3.1.4 Perform teacher-selected and developmentally appropriate dance steps and movement patterns.

          Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

          • SEL.C1.1.b Identify verbal and nonverbal cues representing feelings in others.

            Vocabulary:

            interpret, perform, improvise, spatial awareness, culture

            05 Feb 2025

            Patterns Around Us

            August-June

            Patterns are a part of our everyday lives and help us make sense of the world. Join us at Greenacres Arts Center to search for and create our own patterns through the visual and performing arts. Parts of this program change with the seasons, so there is always something new to explore!

            Fine Arts Standards:

            • DN.2.1CR Explore and experiment with basic locomotor and non-locomotor movement patterns using changes in time, space, body shape, and movement quality to construct and express personal meaning.
            • MUS.2.1CR Improvise simple rhythmic and melodic phrases using known patterns and a variety of sound sources.
            • TH.2.1PE Create movements and voices of characters to communicate feelings and ideas in dramatic or theatrical contexts (e.g., skits, puppetry, pantomime, improvisation and storytelling).
            • VA.2.3PE Produce works that intentionally incorporate the elements of art.

              Math  Standards:

              • G.2.1 Recognize and identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons based on the number of sides or vertices. Recognize and identify cubes, rectangular prisms, cones, and cylinders.
              • MP.2.7 Look for and make use of structure.

              Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

              • SEL.A4.2.a Demonstrate confidence in the ability to complete simple tasks and challenges independently, while expressing positive attitudes towards self.

                Vocabulary:

                seasons, shape, pattern, repetition, rhythm, phrases

                05 Feb 2025

                Art for the Heart

                August-June

                Using tools and practices centered around creativity and perseverance, experience the calming effects of visual art, music, and mindful movement. This program supports the “love and belonging” and “esteem” stages of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and focuses on Whole Student Education. We will empower students by sharing self-regulation strategies that can support their academic and social-emotional success.

                Fine Arts Standards:

                • DN.2.1RE Describe different ways movements shaped into dance depict feelings and emotions.
                • DN.2.1CO Recognize and discuss how dance is an avenue for physical fitness.
                • MUS.2.7RE Explain how music is used for a variety of purposes and occasions in various cultures.
                • VA.2.1CO Recognize and discuss the different ways in which art communicates ideas and serves many purposes.

                Science Standards:

                • K.PS.1 Objects and materials can be sorted and described by their properties.
                • NGSS: K-ESS2-1 Earth’s Systems: Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

                Social Studies Standards:

                • SS.2.9 Interactions among cultures lead to sharing ways of life.

                Physical Education Standards:

                • Phys.Ed.2.2 Perform combinations of locomotor, non-locomotor, weight transfer and static and dynamic balance skills.

                Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

                • SEL.B1.3.a Identify and begin to use strategies to regulate emotions and manage behaviors.

                Vocabulary:

                mindfulness, reflection, regulate, breathe

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