Kindergarten 

• Introduction to the Art Room environment and new vocabulary. 

• Explore six elementary art curriculum units: Landscape, Portrait, Still Life, Non-Objective, Architecture, and Three-Dimensional art. 

• Experiment with materials and techniques. 

• Learn to describe and explain their artistic choices. 

First Grade 

• Identifying and classifying their world through art. 

• Expanding vocabulary for creative choices. 

• Comparing images across settings, subjects, and cultures. 

• Continuing work in the six art curriculum units. 

Second Grade 

• Using art to explore personal interests. 

• Developing preferences for materials and techniques. 

• Comparing art across time and places. 

• Emphasizing multiple approaches to design problems. 

• Continuing work in the six art curriculum units. 

Third Grade 

• Elaborating on artistic expression. 

• Applying knowledge to thinking and creative processes. 

• Evaluating works of art and creating artist statements. 

• Continuing work in the 6 art curriculum units. 

Fourth Grade 

• Applying criteria to artwork and evaluating art in the community. 

• Learning to revise work in progress. 

• Continuing work in the six art curriculum units. 

Fifth Grade 

• Discussing artwork and comparing interpretations with peers. 

• Applying context and criteria to evaluations. 

• Generating artistic statements based on their work. 

• Continuing work in the six art curriculum units.