Visual Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools
Kindergarten
1.0 Artistic Perception
Analyze Art Elements and Principles of Design
1.3 Identify the elements of art (line, color, shape/form, texture, value, space) in the environment and in works of art, emphasizing line, color, and shape/form.
2.0 Creative Expression
Communication and Expression Through Original Works of Art
2.6 Use geometric shapes/forms (circle, triangle, square) in a work of art.
4.0 Aesthetic Valuing
Derive Meaning
4.1 Discuss their own works of art, using appropriate art vocabulary (e.g., color, shape/form, texture).
4.2 Describe what is seen (including both literal and expressive content) in selected works of art.
Grade 1
1.0 Artistic Perception
Analyze Art Elements and Principles of Design
1.3 Identify the elements of art in objects in nature, in the environment, and in works of art, emphasizing line, color, shape/form, and texture.
Grade 2
1.0 Artistic Perception
Analyze Art Elements and Principles of Design
1.3 Identify the elements of art in objects in nature, the environment, and works of art, emphasizing line, color, shape/form, texture, and space.
4.0 Aesthetic Valuing
Derive Meaning
4.2 Compare different responses to the same work of art.
Make Informed Judgments
4.3 Use the vocabulary of art to talk about what they wanted to do in their own works of art and how they succeeded.
Grade 5
3.0 Historical and Cultural Context
Role and Development of the Visual Arts
3.1 Describe how local and national art galleries and museums contribute to the conservation of art.
English—Language Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools
Grade 2
1.0 Writing Strategies
Organization and Focus
1.1 Group related ideas and maintain a consistent focus.
Penmanship
1.2 Create readable documents with legible handwriting.
Research
1.3 Understand the purposes of various reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, atlas).
Evaluation and Revision
1.4 Revise original drafts to improve sequence and provide more descriptive detail.
2.0 Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)
2.2 Write a friendly letter complete with the date, salutation, body, closing, and signature.
Grade 3
1.0 Writing Strategies
Organization and Focus
1.1 Create a single paragraph:
a. Develop a topic sentence.
b. Include simple supporting facts and details.
Penmanship
1.2 Write legibly in cursive or joined italic, allowing margins and correct spacing between letters in a word and words in a sentence.
2.0 Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)
a. Students write compositions that describe and explain familiar objects, events, and experiences. Student writing demonstrates a command of standard American English and the drafting, research, and organizational strategies outlined in Writing Standard 1.0.
b. Using the writing strategies of grade three outlined in Writing Standard 1.0, students:
a. Write descriptions that use concrete sensory details to present and support unified impressions of people, places, things, or experiences.
Grade 4
1.0 Writing Strategies
Organization and Focus
1.1 Select a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based upon purpose, audience, length, and format requirements.
1.2 Create multiple-paragraph compositions:
a. Provide an introductory paragraph.
b. Establish and support a central idea with a topic sentence at or near the beginning of the first paragraph.
c. Include supporting paragraphs with simple facts, details, and explanations.
d. Conclude with a paragraph that summarizes the points.
e. Use correct indention.
1.3 Use traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question).
Penmanship
1.4 Write fluidly and legibly in cursive or joined italic.
2.3 Write information reports:
a. Frame a central question about an issue or situation.
b. Include facts and details for focus.
c. Draw from more than one source of information (e.g., speakers, books, newspapers, other media sources).
Grade 5
1.0 Writing Strategies
1.2 Create multiple-paragraph expository compositions:
a. Establish a topic, important ideas, or events in sequence or chronological order.
b. Provide details and transitional expressions that link one paragraph to another in a clear line of thought.
c. Offer a concluding paragraph that summarizes important ideas and details.
2.0 Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)
a. Students write narrative, expository, persuasive, and descriptive texts of at least 500 to 700 words in each genre. Student writing demonstrates a command of standard American English and the research, organizational, and drafting strategies outlined in Writing Standard 1.0. Using the writing strategies of grade five outlined in Writing Standard 1.0, students:
2.3 Write research reports about important ideas, issues, or events by using the following guidelines:
a. Frame questions that direct the investigation.
b. Establish a controlling idea or topic.
c. Develop the topic with simple facts, details, examples, and explanations.
2.4 Write persuasive letters or compositions:
a. State a clear position in support of a proposal.
b. Support a position with relevant evidence.
c. Follow a simple organizational pattern.
d. Address reader concerns.
United States National Standards for Visual Arts Education
Content Standard #1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
Achievement Standard: Students use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner.
Content Standard #2: Using knowledge of structures and functions
Achievement Standard: Students know the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas. Students describe how different expressive features and organizational principles cause different responses. Students use visual structures and functions of art to communicate ideas.
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