GRADE 3 Essential Questions: Creating – How do artists learn from trial and error? Presenting – How do artists refine artwork? Responding – How do images shape how we see the world? Connecting – How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures? Grade Level Expectations
Instructional Strategies
CREATING Develop an idea in an original way. Cr1.1.3 Expand on original idea by using various tools and technologies to express personal ideas in artwork. Cr1.2.3 Make a personal artwork by using various kinds of art materials. Cr2.1.3 Establish safe and proficient use of materials for a variety of art materials. Cr2.2.3 Work individually or as a collaborative group to make maps of places that are part of everyday life. Cr2.3.3 Add details to visual art to explain more complex meaning. Cr3.1.3
Think, pair share Student modeling
Teacher modeling, think-alouds Cooperative learning/Marzano Nonlinguistic representations/Marzano
PRESENTING Discuss and consider different ways of presenting artwork (e.g. electronic, space limitations). Pr4.1.3 Consider all aspects of art exhibition including artist’s statements and good visual presentation. Pr5.1.3 Describe how different cultures establish unique history and culture through visual art. 6.1.3
Reinforcing effort & Providing recognition/Marzano Setting objectives & Providing feedback/Marzano
RESPONDING Consider the different ways that artists create artwork. Re7.1.3 Identify information expressed in an artwork. Re7.2.3 Describe by considering the use of different materials to create a form or feeling in an artwork. Re8.1.3 Classify artwork according to different principals of art. Re9.1.3
Identify similarities & differences/Marzano Artist investigations Response games
CONNECTING Create an artwork based on personal experiences. Cn10.1.3 Observe that feelings toward and artwork can change depending on increased knowledge of the time and place in which it was made. Cn11.1.3
Authentic art works Multimedia presentations (V-Brick & Art DVD’s)
EVIDENCE OF LEARNING
Common Performance Assessments Common Arts Literacy Assessment Art Portfolio Art Exhibit Class critiques Self-Evaluation
Waterford Public Schools
K-12 Art Curriculum
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