Warwick School District

Curriculum❯Art - Grade 1

Art - Grade 1

Grade Levels: 01 |

Course Description

  • The elementary art program consists of units that introduce students to the ways that artists think and work.
  • It will allow the student to understand and use proper vocabulary.
  • They will develop an understanding of the Elements of Art to express and solve creative problems.
  • Students will explore, revise, and create original works using skills in various materials and forms of art.

Core Curriculum Content Standards

Arts and Humanities (2002)

  • Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts

    • GRADE 3

      • Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities. Elements -Dance: • energy/force • space • time -Music: • duration • intensity • pitch • timbre -Theatre: • scenario • script/text • set design -Visual Arts: • color • form/shape • line • space • texture • value Principles -Dance: • choreography • form • genre • improvisation • style • technique -Music: • composition • form • genre • harmony • rhythm • texture -Theatre: • balance • collaboration • discipline • emphasis • focus • intention • movement • rhythm • style • voice -Visual Arts: • balance • contrast • emphasis/focal point • movement/rhythm • proportion/scale • repetition • unity/harmony(9.1.3.A)
      • Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts. -Dance: • move • perform • read and notate dance • create and choreograph • improvise -Music: • sing • play an instrument • read and notate music • compose and arrange •improvise -Theatre: • stage productions • read and write scripts • improvise • interpret a role • design sets • direct -Visual Arts: • paint • draw • craft • sculpt • print • design for environment, communication, multi-media(9.1.3.B)
      • Recognize and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms.(9.1.3.C)
      • Handle materials, equipment and tools safely at work and performance spaces. -Identify materials used. -Identify issues of cleanliness related to the arts. -Recognize some mechanical/electrical equipment. -Recognize differences in selected physical space/environments. -Recognize the need to select safe props/stage equipment. -Identify methods for storing materials in the arts.(9.1.3.H)
      • Know and use traditional and contemporary technologies for producing, performing and exhibiting works in the arts or the works of others. -Know and use traditional technologies (e.g., charcoal, pigments, clay, needle/thread, quill pens, stencils, tools for wood carving, looms, stage equipment). -Know and use contemporary technologies (e.g., CDs/software, audio/sound equipment, polymers, clays, board-mixers, photographs, recorders).(9.1.3.J)
      • Know and use traditional and contemporary technologies for furthering knowledge and understanding in the humanities.(9.1.3.K)

  • Critical Response

    • GRADE 3

      • Know that works in the arts can be described by using the arts elements, principles and concepts (e.g., use of color, shape and pattern in Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie-Woogie; use of dynamics, tempo, texture in Ravel’s Bolero).(9.3.3.B)

Units

Unit #1 - Trimester 1

Unit #2 - Trimester 2

Unit #3 - Trimester 3

Course Resources

PBS Learning Media – Free educational videos and interactive resources on art and creativity.

PBS Kids – Games and activities with characters that integrate art concepts.

YouTube – Channels like Art for Kids Hub, Cassie Stephens, and Scratch garden Music videos, Tate Kids

Google Arts & Culture – Virtual museum tours, artist explorations, and interactive art activities.

Crayola Education – Lesson plans and creative activities.

MetKids (Metropolitan Museum of Art) – Kid-friendly explorations of famous artworks.

Sketchpad – Free online drawing tool for kids.

Autodraw – AI-assisted drawing for young artists.

Sumo Paint – A digital painting app for kids.
Procreate App on Ipad

Art History & Museum Resources
MoMA Learning – Lesson plans and artist resources.

The National Gallery of Art Kids – Virtual art-making and history lessons.

Smithsonian Learning Lab – Free art collections and lesson plans.

Getty Museum for Kids – Fun art games and exploration tools.