| Quick Check Form: Fifth Grade Visual Arts Curriculum |
| Big Ideas to Emphasize in Fifth Grade Art |
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Artists carefully observe the world around them to create realistic images.
· Artists develop many ways to use art elements in expressing their ideas and feelings. · Deciding what is ‘good art’ and ‘bad art’ is based on a thinking/ responding process, called ‘art criticism’. |
| By the end of Fifth Grade: |
| Students will know:
· The steps of the creative process and how to apply them to create original work. · Rules and guidelines for organizing compositions in common art subject matter, such as still life, landscape, portrait. · How to identify several different styles of art. · The difference between working realistically and expressively. · How to use a responding process to evaluate artwork, under teacher direction. | Students will be able to
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· Draw and paint from observation. · Blend and shade with several art mediums to show form. · Work in several different styles. · Use art language to develop criteria for evaluating artwork. · Communicate ideas and feelings through images. · Uses basic principles of perspective to show space. |
| ‘Adventures in Art’ Sequenced Core Lessons for Fifth Grade: |
| Recommended sequence: Sketchbook, 2,3,1/22, 18, 19,7,23,10,41,8,25,26,27,12,15, R1, R2, R4.
Recommended Supplemental lessons: 1 (design) 5 (tessellation/design) 29(Historical Mural), 30 (Art as a Cultural record), 33 (Architectural models in clay) 36 (paper sculpture) 42 (photo collage) 50 (clay sculpture) 54 (Coil pot in clay) |
| Integration Points for Fifth Grade Art: |
| Math
Working with proportion/ scale Symmetrical/ Asymmetrical balance Flips slides and rotations in design/ pattern designs. Converging lines (linear perspective) | Reading/ Language Arts
Developing descriptive language/ writing Correlating the writing process with the creative process Compare and contrast artworks (see overheads) Art Criticism as persuasive writing |
| Science
Motion and Design: Ad in Art lessons emphasizing technical drawing/ illustration include 12, 35, 38, 40 | Social Studies
Identifying American art/ artists Depicting American art/ traditions |
| Health & Fitness
(based on GBS)
Creating health posters: Healthy food, body systems, anti-smoking, etc Expressing emotions through art | Performing Arts
Role of balance, repetition and emphasis across art forms. The role of practice & reflection in creative work. |
| Technology
Slide Shows with a theme Creating designs using draw and paint tool bars Use of a digital camera: Composition/ using a viewfinder Cutting a pasting digital images Researching/ accessing imagery to draw or paint from | Key 5th Grade Art Vocabulary : |
| Creative process (steps), Drawing from observation/ careful observation, Composition, expression/ expressionism, implied movement, warm (advancing ) colors and cool (receding ) colors, color schemes, motif, scaffolding, radial balance, flesh tones, blending, perspective, horizon line, vanishing point, Art Criticism, criteria |