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Standard One: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the art (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

Dance		Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

		PI	identify and demonstrate movement elements and skills (such as bend, twist, slide, skip, hop)	Life of a Navajo Weaver Kaleidoscopic Cloud Dance Sphere's Density Dance Navajo Weaving Ballet and Classical Music Sing and Show Patterns
		PI	demonstrate ways of moving in relation to people, objects, and environments in set dance forms	Life of a Navajo Weaver Kaleidoscopic Cloud Dance Sphere's Density Dance Native American Chants and Movement Ballet and Classical Music
		PI	create and perform simple dances based on their own movement ideas	Shaping Patterns and Dancing Shapes Why Dance? Navajo Weaving Dancing Winds Weather and Wind Animal Habitats Sing and Show Patterns

Music		Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

		PI	create short pieces consisting of sounds from a variety of traditional (e.g., tambourine, recorder, piano, voice), electronic (e.g., keyboard), and nontraditional sound sources (e.g., water-filled glasses)	String Instruments and Pitch Woodwind Instruments and Pitch Percussion Instruments and Pitch Patterns of a Lighthouse The Connection Between Poetry and Music
		PI	sing songs and play instruments, maintaining tone quality, pitch, rhythm, tempo, and dynamics; perform the music expressively; and sing or play simple repeated patterns (ostinatos) with familiar songs, rounds, partner songs, and harmonizing parts	Sing Me a Song About the USA Harriet Tubman Integrated Unit: Lesson 4 Animal Habitats A-Hunting We Will Go: Teaching Rhyming Through Musical Verse Using Songwriting to Build Awareness of Beginning Letter Sounds Learning Vocabulary Down By the Bay
		PI	read simple standard notation in performance, and follow vocal or keyboard scores in listening	The Connection Between Poetry and Music
		PI	in performing ensembles, read very easy/easy music (New York State School Music Association [NYSSMA] level I-II) and respond appropriately to the gestures of the conductor
		PI	identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions used in performing and composing music of their own and others.	Doggie Dance What Does This Song Really Say?

Theatre		Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

		PI	use improvisation and guided play writing to communicate ideas and feelings	Today I Feel . . . What a Character! If the Shoe Fits Pioneer America: Journey West The Message in the Song Historical Figure: A Monologue Dancing Winds Telling a Story through Dance Freeze Frame Scratch Dance Can You Measure Up? Mountains: A Drama Exploration Hats Off to Color Improving Fluency Through Group Literary Performance
		PI	imitate experiences through pantomime, play making, dramatic play, story dramatization, story telling, and role playing, improvisation and guided play writing	Today I Feel . . . What a Character! When I Was Young If the Shoe Fits Comparing Tales through Performance Twelve Dancers Freeze Frame Masks and Aesop's Fables Uppity Farm Animals Mountains: A Drama Exploration Readers Theatre with Jan Brett
		PI	use language, voice, gesture, movement, and observation to create character and interact with others in improvisation, rehearsal and performance use basic props, simple set pieces, and costume pieces to establish place, time, and character for the participants	Today I Feel . . . Immigrating to America Pioneer America: Legendary Westerners The Message in the Song Freeze Frame Scratch Dance Pioneer America: Folklore and Tall Tales Mountains: A Drama Exploration Improving Fluency Through Group Literary Performance
		PI	create props, scenery, and costumes through individual and group effort	Comparing Tales through Performance Pioneer America: Pioneer Living Twelve Dancers Historical Figure: A Monologue Creating Costumes Masks and Aesop's Fables Readers Theatre with Jan Brett

Visual Arts		Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

		PI	experiment and create art works, in a variety of mediums (drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, video, and computer graphics), based on a range of individual and collective experiences	Who Has Seen the Wind? Shapes and Color Collage String 'Em Up Take a Walk Through My Day Making a Rainstick The Map That Keeps You Warm Who Has Seen the Wind? Story Advertisements Sunflowers Wonka's New Product Picture This Mapping Our Worlds
		PI	develop their own ideas and images through the exploration and creation of art works based on themes, symbols, and events	Picture Perfect Facts Who Has Seen the Wind? Shapes and Color Collage Symbols and Overlays Take a Walk Through My Day Make a Wampum Belt Drawing from Observation Torn Paper Collage Traveling Collage Newspapers of the Colonial Era Walk in My Shoes Organizations that Create Change Creating a Wall Story Learning about Maps and Colors Greek Mythology: Cultures and Art What a Crafty Idea! An Owl in the Woods Creating Comic Strips Who Has Seen the Wind? Media Unit: Lesson 1 Media Unit: Lesson 2 Oceans: A Fact Haiku Patterns of a Lighthouse Story Advertisements Sunflowers Magicicada: A Life Cycle Masks and Aesop's Fables Make a Wampum Belt Wonka's New Product Tolerance: Comparing Cultural Holidays Harriet Tubman Integrated Unit: Lesson 2 Adjective Monster Peace 2: Writing and Illustrating a Diamante Poem Paper Bead Necklace Picture This You Too Can Haiku Dr. King's Dream Under the Deep Blue Sea Unicorns, Dragons, and Other Magical Creatures Egyptian Symbols and Figures: Hieroglyphs Egyptian Symbols and Figures: Scroll Painting A Trip to Wonderland: The Nursery "Alice" Draw a Story: Stepping From Pictures to Writing Draw a Math Story: From the Concrete to the Symbolic Giant Story Problems: Reading Comprehension through Math Problem Solving The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing Life on the Rivers of Asia
		PI	understand and use the elements and principles of art (line, color, texture, shape) in order to communicate their ideas	Shapes and Color Collage Drawing from Observation Torn Paper Collage Traveling Collage Newspapers of the Colonial Era Paper Bead Necklace Walk in My Shoes Creating a Wall Story Learning about Maps and Colors Greek Mythology: Cultures and Art An Owl in the Woods Creating Comic Strips Media Unit: Lesson 2 Media Unit: Lesson 3 Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Painting Freedom Quilts Magicicada: A Life Cycle Wonka's New Product Adjective Monster Hats Off to Color Paper Bead Necklace My Favorite Place Draw a Story: Stepping From Pictures to Writing The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing
		PI	reveal through their own art work understanding of how art mediums and techniques influence their creative decisions	Drawing from Observation Paper Bead Necklace Papermaking and Poetry Walk in My Shoes Creating a Wall Story What a Crafty Idea! An Owl in the Woods Media Unit: Lesson 1 Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Painting Creating Costumes Magicicada: A Life Cycle Adjective Monster Paper Bead Necklace Dr. King's Dream The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing
		PI	identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles and means for designing, producing, and exhibiting art works.

	Featured
	Into the Ocean photograph by David Doubilet Grades: K-2, but readily adaptable to all elementary grades. Overview: Students are familiar with fish and perhaps some other underwater animals, but have they ever thought about where in the ocean these animals live? In this lesson, students will be encouraged to learn more about the special adaptations of animals with which they are already familiar. It will introduce students to different ocean depths and to the ways in which animals have adapted to live at different depths. In the process, they will look at the photographs of David Doubilet and think about how photography can help save the oceans. While listed as an arts lesson, this also meets social studies & science standards. S1 Visual Arts (a) __________ Sculpture Unit It is not uncommon to see MarcoPolo partners creating a series of lessons on a theme or topic to form a complete unit of instruction that is flexible enough that it can be used as stand-alone lessons or as a series, mixed and matched to interdisciplinary needs. The sculpture unit is one of these and introduces students to the basic concepts of sculpture through a variety of media including clay, paper, and other materials and uses sculpture activities to underscore and enhance students' learning about a variety of historical, literary, and cultural subjects. Check out Sculpture: Making a Mask and Sculpture: Creating State Floats for a Parade and then follow the links to other Sculpture Unit lessons.


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