| Quick Check Form: Second Grade Visual Arts Curriculum |
| Big Ideas to Emphasize in Second Grade Art |
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Artists use sketchbooks as a way to practice and develop their ideas
· Artists reflect on their work to improve it over time, and keep portfolios of their work to see their progress. · Artists tell stories and show feelings using lines, colors, shapes, and symbols. |
| By the end of Second Grade: |
| Students will know:
· How to use lines and colors expressively · Two ways to show realistic space in an artwork · How to identify the art elements of line, shape, form, color, texture and value and space in their work. · How to use a sketchbook. · How to identify a portrait, self-portrait, landscape and still life as art subjects. | Students will be able to
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· Mix secondary colors, tints and shades in painting · Create textures in several art mediums · Paint with control. · Cut and fold paper with accuracy. · Keep a portfolio of their artwork. · Form opinions about what makes an artwork ‘good’ · Draw from observation. · Create complex/ freeform shapes. |
| ‘Adventures in Art’ Sequenced Core Lessons for Second Grade: |
| U2, 16, 1, 2,6,27, 8, 21, 24, 25, 17, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, U3, 26, 45, 60
Recommended Supplemental lessons: 7 (printed patterns) 30 (drawing flowers) 49 (book illustration) 52 (paper forms) 31 (clay sculpture) 33 (texturing clay sculpture) |
| Integration Points for Second Grade Art: |
| Math
Working with proportion/ scale (21/24) Symmetry / Asymmetry (34 50 60) Pattern making (7) 3D Forms (52) | Reading/ Language Arts
Develops descriptive language Uses images to tell/ sequence stories Develops visual symbols from stories Notes/ journaling in the sketchbook |
| Science Butterflies: Ad in Art lessons 1,8, 12, 16, 27 teach color mixing, symmetrical shape, observational drawing in a sketchbook and drawing animals. | Social Studies
Multicultural (lesson U3/ 45) |
| Health & Fitness
How You Think / Visual learning/ Spatial Intelligence (GBS) | Performing Arts
Translating feelings from music into images The role of practice & reflection in creative work. |
| Technology
Word processing simple statements/ placards to display with their work. Creates shapes, lines, colors and textures in simple paint programs (e.g. Kid Pix/) | Key Art Vocabulary : |
| Art Elements: Shape, Line, Color, Texture, Space, Value, Form Principles: Emphasis/ Center of Interest, Repetition, Movement , Color Wheel, Color value (tints and shades) Positive and Negative space, Freeform shape, Landscape/ Portrait,/ Self-Portrait,/Still Life Sketchbook. Mounting, Symbol, |