Visual and Performing Arts Framework-Complete - Free Downloads (CA Dept of Education)

Component Strand:

Dance

Processing, Analyzing,

and Responding to Sensory

Information Through

the Language and Skills

Unique to Dance

Music

Processing, Analyzing,

and Responding to Sensory

Information Through

the Language and Skills

Unique to Music

Theatre

Processing, Analyzing,

and Responding to Sensory

Information Through

the Language and Skills

Unique to Theatre

Visual Arts

Processing, Analyzing,

and Responding to Sensory

Information Through

the Language and Skills

Unique to the Visual Arts

Students perceive and
respond, using the elements
of dance. They demonstrate
movement skills, process
sensory information, and
describe movement, using
the vocabulary of dance.
Development of Motor Skills
and Technical Expertise
1.1 Demonstrate focus,
physical control
(e.g., proper alignment,
balance), and coordina­
tion in performing
locomotor and axial
movement.
1.2 Name and use a wide
variety of movements
(e.g., isolations/whole
body).

Comprehension and Analysis
of Dance Elements
1.3 Demonstrate a greater
dynamic range in move­
ment utilizing space,
time, and force/energy
concepts.

principles of variety,

contrast, and unity

with dance studies.

Development of Dance
Vocabulary
1.5 Use appropriate dance
vocabulary to describe
dances.

Students read, notate, listen

to, analyze, and describe

music and other aural infor­

mation, using the terminology

of music.

Read and Notate Music

form simple melodic

notation in treble clef

in major and minor

keys.

1.2 Read, write, and perform

major and minor scales.

1.3 Read, write, and

perform rhythmic nota­

tion, including quarter

note triplets and tied

syncopation.

Listen to, Analyze,

and Describe Music

music elements in

aural examples from

various genres and

cultures.

1.5 Identify vocal and instru­

mental ensembles from a

variety of genres and

cultures.

1.6 Identify and describe

music forms, including

theme and variations

and twelve-bar blues.

Students observe their envi­

ronment and respond, using

the elements of theatre.

They also observe formal and

informal works of theatre,

film/video, and electronic

media and respond, using the

vocabulary of theatre.

Development of the

Vocabulary of Theatre

of theatre, such as

sense memory, script,

cue, monologue,

dialogue, protagonist,

and antagonist, to

describe theatrical

experiences.

Comprehension and Analysis

of the Elements of Theatre

1.2 Identify the structural

elements of plot (exposi­

tion, complication, crisis,

climax, and resolution)

in a script or theatrical

experience.

Students perceive and

respond to works of art,

objects in nature, events, and

the environment. They also

use the vocabulary of the

visual arts to express their

observations.

Develop Perceptual Skills

and Visual Arts Vocabulary

the principles of

design in visual

compositions,

emphasizing unity

and harmony.

1.2 Identify and describe

characteristics of

representational,

abstract, and nonrepre­

sentational works of art.

Analyze Art Elements

and Principles of Design

1.3 Use their knowledge

of all the elements of art

to describe similarities

and differences in

works of art and in the

environment.

1.0 Artistic Perception

Grade Five Content Standards

1.4 Incorporate the

1.1 Read, write, and per­

1.4 Analyze the use of

1.1 Use the vocabulary

1.1 Identify and describe

Indicates a key content standard for the grade level. See page 23 for information on key content standards.