Buffalo Ridge Elementary

Observe and Learn to Comprehend

• Artists and viewers recognize characteristics and expressive features within works of art

• Personal feelings are described in and through works of art

Envision and Critique to Reflect

• Identify that art represents and tells the stories of people, places, or things

• Artists interpret connections to the stories told in and by works of art

Invent and Discover to Create

• Create two- and three-dimensional work of art based on person relevance

Relate and Connect to Transfer

• Artists and viewers contribute and connect to their communities

Observe and Learn to Comprehend

• Works of art express feelings

• Art represents and renders the stories of people, places, or things

Envision and Critique to Reflect

• Visual arts provide opportunities to respond to personal works of art and the art of others

Invent and Discover to Create

• Create art to communicate ideas, feelings, or emotions

Relate and Connect to Transfer

• Visual arts relate experiences to self, family, and friends

Observe and Learn to Comprehend

• Artists make choices that communicate ideas in works of art

• Characteristics and expressive features of art and design are used to identify and discuss works of art

Envision and Critique to Reflect

• Visual arts use various literacies to convey intended meaning

Invent and Discover to Create

• Use familiar symbols to identify and demonstrate characteristics and expressive features of art and design

Relate and Connect to Transfer

• Use familiar symbols to identify and demonstrate characteristics and expressive features of art and design

Observe and Learn to Comprehend

• The identification of characteristics and expressive features in works of art and design help to determine artistic intent

• Art has intent and purpose

Envision and Critique to Reflect

• Artists, viewers, and patrons use the language of art to respond to their own art and the art of others

• Artists, viewers, and patrons make connections among the characteristics, expressive features, and purposes of art and design

Invent and Discover to Create

• Use basic media to express ideas through the art-making process

• Demonstrate basic studio skills

Relate and Connect to Transfer

• Works of art connect individual ideas to make meaning

• Historical and cultural ideas are evident in works of art

Observe and Learn to Comprehend

• Artists and viewers determine artistic intent by comparing and contrasting the characteristics and expressive features of art and design

• Works of art articulate and express different points of view

• Artists, viewers and patrons respond to works of art using inference and empathy

Envision and Critique to Reflect

• The critique process informs judgments about artistic and aesthetic merits in works of art

• The processes and philosophies of art and design inform interpretations in works of art

Invent and Discover to Create

• Use media to express and communicate ideas about an issue of personal interest

• Materials and processes can be used in traditional, unique, and inventive ways

Relate and Connect to Transfer

• Viewers and patrons make personal meaning and infer artistic intent

• Historical time periods and cultural settings are interpreted in works of art

Observe and Learn to Comprehend

• Visual arts connect multiple characteristics of art

• Visual arts communicate the human experience

• Visual arts learning involves analyzing the formal and sensory qualities of art

Envision and Critique to Reflect

• Evaluative criteria is used when responding to works of art

• Specific methods of planning support the development of intended meaning

Invent and Discover to Create

• Use artistic media and expression to communicate personal and objective points of view

• Create art using technological media

• Apply an understanding of art processes and creative thinking to plan and create art

Relate and Connect to Transfer

• Artists, viewers, and patrons assign intended meaning to works of art

• Artists, viewers, and patrons respond to art from familiar and unfamiliar cultures