Standard: Fine Arts

11 Mar 2023

Arts Appreciation Series: Music

August-June

This program provides time for your students to immerse themselves in the world of music. Exploring different instruments, genres, and styles, students will have a hands-on learning experience designed to cultivate an appreciation for music in their lives.

Standards:

  • RL.2.2 Analyze literary text development. a. Determine the lesson or moral. b. Retell stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures.
  • MU.5CE Explore selected musical instruments visually and aurally.
  • MU.3RE Discuss how music communicates feelings, moods, images and meaning.

Vocabulary:

Orchestra, appreciate, genre, instruments, melody, rhythm

11 Mar 2023

Meditative Arts

August-June

Life gets stressful and busy–even for second graders. Using tools and practices centered around creativity, experience the calming effects of art, music, and movement.

Standards:

  • SS.2.10 Respect for the rights of self and others includes making responsible choices and being accountable for personal actions.
  • TH.2.4PR Engage in physical warm-ups to develop relaxation and build coordination and flexibility.
  • MU.2.1RE Explain how music is used for a variety of purposes and occasions.
  • VA.2.4PR Demonstrate flexibility in their creative processes and use of art materials.

Vocabulary:

Meditation, reflection, relaxation, creativity

07 Mar 2023

Arts in the Natural World Series: Ephemeral Art

March – October

Ephemeral Art, or Environmental Art, is all about how we can create art outside that leaves no negative environmental impact. Immerse yourself in the natural world and discover how to use your surroundings to create art with mediums you may not have considered before. This program is best suited for warmer months (March 15-October 31)

Standards:

  • LS.K.1 Living things have specific characteristics and traits.
  • VA.1.3RE Share their artmaking processes with peers.
  • VA.1.2PR Invent imagery and symbols to express thoughts and feelings.

Vocabulary:

Richard Schilling, Andy Goldsworthy, Environmental Art, ephemeral, natural materials, decompose, two-dimensional, three-dimensional

07 Mar 2023

Colors!

August-June

Have you ever been red with anger, green with jealousy, or felt blue when you are sad? Do you enjoy the changing colors of each season? The colors we see every day have many stories to tell. Explore the colors around Greenacres and let them inspire your creative mind.

Standards:

  • Sci.K Exploration leads to observation. Observation leads to questions.
  • VA.K.2PR Generate ideas and images for artwork based on observation, memory, imagination and experience.
  • MU.K.7PR Create a visual representation of sound.

Vocabulary:

Observation, primary, secondary, complimentary, warm, cool, light, dark, change

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