Chelmsford Visual Arts Curriculum


Here is the Elementary Art Curriculum Map that all K-4 art teachers in Chelmsford follow. You can click on the picture for an enlarged view











National Visual Art Standards BY grade 4


1.1 Use a variety of materials and media, for example, crayons, chalk, paint, clay, various kinds of papers, textiles, and yarns, and understand how to use them to produce different visual effects



1.2 Create artwork in a variety of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional

(3D) media, for example: 2D – drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, weaving; 3D – plastic (malleable) materials such as clay and paper, wood, or found objects for assemblage and construction 



1.3 Learn and use appropriate vocabulary related to methods, materials, and techniques



1.4 Learn to take care of materials and tools and to use them safely



2.1 For color, explore and experiment with the use of color in dry and wet media

 Identify primary and secondary colors and gradations of black, white and gray in the environment and artwork

Explore how color can convey mood and emotion

For example, students mix light and dark values of colors or predict the results of overlapping and blending primary colors. 



2.2 For line, explore the use of line in 2D and 3D works

Identify a wide variety of types of lines in the environment and in artwork

For example, students take a walk around the school and note jagged, straight, curved, thick, and thin lines. 



2.3 For texture, explore the use of textures in 2D and 3D works

     Identify a wide variety of types of textures, for example, smooth, rough, and bumpy, in the environment and in artwork

Create representations of textures in drawings, paintings, rubbings, or relief



2.4 For shape and form, explore the use of shapes and forms in 2D and 3D works

Identify simple shapes of different sizes, for example, circles, squares, triangles, and forms, for example, spheres, cones, cubes, in the environment and in artwork



2.5 For pattern and symmetry, explore the use of patterns and symmetrical shapes in 2D and 3D works

Identify patterns and symmetrical forms and shapes in the environment and artwork.

Explain and demonstrate ways in which patterns and symmetrical shapes



3.1 Create 2D and 3D artwork from direct observation

For example, students draw a still life of flowers or fruit, action studies of their classmates in sports poses, or sketches of the class pet having a snack or a nap.



3.2 Create 2D and 3D expressive artwork that explores abstraction

For example, a student simplifies an image by making decisions about essential colors, lines, or textures.



3.3 Create 2D and 3D artwork from memory or imagination to tell a story or embody an idea or fantasy

For example, students draw members of a family from memory; illustrate a character in a folktale or play; build a clay model of an ideal place to play; or make images that convey ideas such as friendship.



4.1 Select a work or works created during the year and discuss them with a parent, classmate, or teacher, explaining how the work was made, and why it was chosen for discussion

For example, a first grader chooses a painting and tells how she mixed the colors, and talks about the decisions she made.



4.2 Select works for exhibition and work as a group to create a display



4.3 As a class, develop and use criteria for informal classroom discussions about art



5.1 In the course of making and viewing art, learn ways of discussing it, such as by making a list of all of the images seen in an artwork (visual inventory); and identifying kinds of color, line, texture, shapes, and forms in the work 



5.2 Classify artworks into general categories, such as painting, printmaking, collage, sculpture, pottery, textiles, architecture, photography, and film



5.3 Describe similarities and differences in works, and present personal responses to the subject matter, materials, techniques, and use of design elements in artworks 



5.4 (Grades 3 and 4) Explain strengths and weaknesses in their own work, and share comments constructively and supportively within the group



6.1 When viewing or listening to examples of visual arts, architecture, music, dance, storytelling, and theatre, ask and answer questions such as, “What is the artist trying to say?” “Who made this, and why?” “How does this work make me feel?”



6.2 Investigate uses and meanings of examples of the arts in children’s daily lives, homes, and communities

For example, children learn and teach other children songs in languages other than English; interview parents and community members about dances, songs, images, and stories that are part of their family and cultural heritage.



7.1 Investigate how artists create their work; read about, view films about, or interview artists such as choreographers, dancers, composers, singers, instrumentalists, actors, storytellers, playwrights, illustrators, painters, sculptors, craftspeople, or architects

For example, teachers invite an illustrator of children’s books to school to show how she creates her illustrations.



8.1 Identify characteristic features of the performing and visual arts of native populations and immigrant groups to America, such as 

• styles of North American native cultures of the East Coast, Plains, Southwest, and Northwest;

• styles of folk and fine arts of immigrant groups from European, African, Latin American, Asian, and Middle Eastern countries

For example, students look at examples of Native American clay containers from the Southwest, and wooden containers from the Northwest and compare the similarities and differences in form and decoration.



8.2 Identify characteristic features of the visual arts of world civilizations such as styles of ancient Egypt and Africa, China, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and the Medieval period in Europe



8.3 Perform or create works inspired by historical or cultural styles



9.1 When using art materials or handling and viewing artifacts or musical instruments, ask and answer questions such as

• “What is this made of?”

• “How does this instrument produce sound?”

• “Would I design this differently?”

• “Who first thought of making something like this?”

For example, students examine a variety of percussion instruments, experiment with the different sounds they make, and learn about the cultures in which they were made. 



10.1 Integrate knowledge of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts and apply the arts to learning other disciplines

Examples of this include:

• using visual arts skills to illustrate understanding of a story read in English language arts or foreign languages;

• memorizing and singing American folk songs to enhance understanding of history and geography;

• using short dance sequences to clarify concepts in mathematics.


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