Language of the Arts-2nd Grade

GOAL 25: Know the language of the arts.

Understand the sensory elements and expressive qualities of the arts and use them to praise God-Sensory Elements-Dance

Understand the sensory elements and expressive qualities of the arts and use them to praise God-Organizational Principles-Dance

Understand the sensory elements and expressive qualities of the arts and use them to praise God-Expressive Qualities-Dance

Understand the sensory elements and expressive qualities of the arts and use them to praise God-Sensory Elements-Drama

Understand the sensory elements and expressive qualities of the arts and use them to praise God-Organizational Principles-Drama

Understand the sensory elements and expressive qualities of the arts and use them to praise God-Expressive Qualities-Drama

Understand the sensory elements and expressive qualities of the arts and use them to praise God-Sensory Elements-Music

Understand the sensory elements and expressive qualities of the arts and use them to praise God-Organizational Principles-Music

Understand the sensory elements and expressive qualities of the arts and use them to praise God-Expressive Qualities-Music

Understand the sensory elements and expressive qualities of the arts and use them to praise God-Organizational Principles-Visual Arts

Understand the sensory elements and expressive qualities of the arts and use them to praise God-Organizational Principles-Visual Arts

Understand the sensory elements and expressive qualities of the arts and use them to praise God-Expressive Qualities-Visual Arts

Understand the similarities, distinctions and connections in and among the arts and through our faith, celebrate diversity in and among the arts.

Identify body parts and basic locomotor and nonlocomotor movements they perform.

Know that God made us and helps us keep our body parts moving.

Identify personal and shared space.

Identify quick/slow and strong/light movements.

Identify two parts in a dance or accompaniment (AB form).

Identify starting and ending positions in personal or peer dances.

Suggest meanings that locomotor and nonlocomotor movement can convey (e.g., light, quick skips suggest happiness; dragging feet suggest sadness).

Differentiate personal space, group space, and partner space.

Choose movements to communicate an idea.

Distinguish between vocal and nonvocal sounds used in a drama.

Identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

Identify the characters, setting, problem, and solution in a drama or religious story.

Dramatize stories from the Bible. 

Identify emotions (e.g., happy, sad, mad, scared) created by actors in drama.

Imitate loud, soft, high, and low sounds.

Identify fast and slow music.

Identify tone colors (timbres) of voices, environmental sounds and classroom instruments.

Identify long and short sounds.

Echo a steady beat.

Indicate the phrases or sections in simple AB and ABA songs.

Identify the sensory element that creates mood, emotion or concept in a sacred and secular musical example

Describe a variety of lines (e.g., create a drawing using spiral, jagged, zigzag, wavy).

Distinguish between organic (freeform, natural) and inorganic (geometric) forms/shapes.

Identify primary, secondary, and analogous colors in an artwork.

Identify a variety of textures from organic and person-made objects (e.g., use the technique of rubbing).

Describe God’s creation all around them.

Show size progression (e.g., organize small, medium, large).

Identify in an artwork elements (e.g., jagged lines, curved shapes, bright colors) that convey emotions (e.g., scary, mad).

Tell the story an artwork shows including religious art work.

Identify sensory elements, organizational principles and expressive qualities used in more than one art form.

Examine the same sensory elements, organizational principles and expressive qualities in two different works in the same art form.

Investigate story, feelings or expressive ideas shared in the work of two different forms.

Talk about the gifts God gave them and how they use the gifts.