Creating & Performing- 1st Grade

GOAL 26: Through creating and performing understand how works of art are produced.

Understand processes, traditional tools and modern technologies used in the arts (dance). Use God-given talents of creating and performing to honor God.-Dance

Understand processes, traditional tools and modern technologies used in the arts. Use God-given talents of creating and performing to honor God. -Tools-Drama

Understand processes, traditional tools and modern technologies used in the arts. Use God-given talents of creating and performing to honor God. -Processes-Drama

Understand processes, traditional tools and modern technologies used in the arts. Use God-given talents of creating and performing to honor God. -Tools-Music

Understand processes, traditional tools and modern technologies used in the arts. Use God-given talents of creating and performing to honor God. -Processes-Music

Understand processes, traditional tools and modern technologies used in the arts. Use God-given talents of creating and performing to honor God. -Tools & Processes-Visual Arts

Apply skills and knowledge necessary to create and perform in one or more of the arts. Apply God-given talents, as a reflection of our faith, to create and perform in one or more of the arts. -Skills-Dance

Apply skills and knowledge necessary to create and perform in one or more of the arts. Apply God-given talents, as a reflection of our faith, to create and perform in one or more of the arts. -Skills-Drama

Apply skills and knowledge necessary to create and perform in one or more of the arts. Apply God-given talents, as a reflection of our faith, to create and perform in one or more of the arts. -Creating-Drama

Apply skills and knowledge necessary to create and perform in one or more of the arts. Apply God-given talents, as a reflection of our faith, to create and perform in one or more of the arts. -Skills-Music

Apply skills and knowledge necessary to create and perform in one or more of the arts. Apply God-given talents, as a reflection of our faith, to create and perform in one or more of the arts. -Creating-Music

Apply skills and knowledge necessary to create and perform in one or more of the arts. Apply God-given talents, as a reflection of our faith, to create and perform in one or more of the arts. -Skills & Creating-Visual Arts

Tell that the body is what dancers use for dance.

Suggest movements that would be appropriate for response to sacred or secular words, sounds, pictures, props, and/or stories.

Recognize their God-given talents when dancing. 

Name the three primary tools (i.e., mind, body, voice) of drama.

Demonstrate ways the mind, body, and voice are used to communicate character.

Name strategies used to plan a sacred and secular drama.

Tell what practicing/rehearsing is in the development of a drama.

Identify voices of classmates.

Label environmental sounds.

Demonstrate differences between singing, speaking, shouting, and whispering voices when performing sacred and secular songs.

Relate sound characteristics (e.g., long/short, high/low) to iconic notation. 

Name simple materials used to paint, draw, and construct.

Use materials to draw, paint, and construct religious scenes.

Use appropriate tools (e.g., brushes, scissors, clay, modeling tools) correctly and respectfully when creating an artwork.

Demonstrate the safe use of materials and tools to protect the bodies God gave us.

Perform basic locomotor and nonlocomotor movements and recognize they are using God-given talents.

Imitate body shapes (stretched, curled, angular, twisted).

Explore factors of the spatial elements (personal and shared space, directions, size of movement) in response to verbal cues.

Explore time elements (fast/slow, tempos, beat & rhythms) in response to verbal cues.

Perform singing games and folk dances representative of a variety of cultures.

Improvise dances in response to words, sounds, pictures, props, and/or stories.

Demonstrate ways to use space movement, and voice to create emotions, characters, objects, or to imitate natural events.

Follow directions.

Demonstrate and practice cooperation skills respectfully.

Repeat simple text.

Retell a Bible story.

Sing songs of various cultures and faiths in rhythm maintaining a steady tempo with correct breathing techniques.

Improvise “answers” in the same style to given rhythmic and melodic phrases.

Create and perform appropriate music to augment stories.

Manipulate a variety of materials to create art works.

Demonstrate the use of originality/imagination when creating an art work.

Create a work of art reflecting our Catholic values/beliefs.