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Curriculum Map
Subject : Elementary Art
Grade Level: Kindergarten
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Month |
Content/Topic |
Skills |
Assessment |
Standards |
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September |
· Cats in Art
· Color, shape, line |
· Talking about shape, color and line.
· Drawing
· Painting |
· Discussion
· Color selection
· Thick and thin lines
· Use of shape |
· A1, C5, C6, C8, J9, J10 |
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October |
· Clay Animals
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· Creating four-legged animal using the pinch method of clay
· Learn basic clay vocabulary (kiln)
· Learn about the clay material
· Hands on building skills
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· Four-legged animal
· Use of pinch method
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· A2, E1, H2, H4, K1, K3, K4, L1
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November |
· Continue Clay Animals
· Habitat |
· Build a habitat out of construction paper to correlate with their clay animal
· Cutting
· Pasting
· Learn about animal habitat (environment to provide food, shelter, play and safety)
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· Habitat relation to clay animal
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· A2, E1, H2, H4, K1, K3, K4, L1
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December |
· Shoe Fish
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· Hand coordination
· Creativity challenge (turning a shoe into a fish)
· Identify parts of a fish
· Look at pictures of real life fish and use them as inspiration for their own composition
· Know vocabulary word overlap
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· Creativity
· Overlapping
· Craftsmanship
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· C2, C5, C7, C9, H3
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January |
· Tear Bears
· Color Mixing
· Texture
· Collage
· Eric Carle |
· Be able to identify shapes
· Realize that there are other ways to cut shapes out of paper (tear)
· Learn that combining two different colors can create a new color
· Create texture in paint by using different tools
· Learn about collage and the work of Eric Carle |
· Identifying shapes
· Creativity
· Craftsmanship
· Identify shapes
· Discovery of color mixing
· Recognize the artwork of Eric Carle
· Craftsmanship |
· A2, A6, C5, C8, D6, E2, G1, H1, I1, I2, K3, K4, L1, L7
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February |
· Collage (cont.)
· Eric Carle (cont.)
· Claude Monet
· Talking About Art |
· Learn about Claude Monet
· Examine his painting, “Water Lilies.”
· Know the difference between masterpiece and reproduction
· Be able to look at a work of art and discuss what they see and feel
· Symmetry |
· Craftsmanship
· Identify Claude Monet and his work “Water Lilies”
· Being able to discuss art |
· A1, A2, A6, B6, C5, D4, D6, E2, G1, G3, H1, I1, I4, K3, L1
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March |
· Claude Monet (cont.)
· Talking About Art (cont.) |
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· A1, B6, D4, G3
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April |
· Printmaking
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· Learn basic printmaking technique
· Learn simple vocabulary related to printmaking (print, brayer, ink)
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· Creation of animal out of tape
· Use of basic printmaking technique |
· A2, C8, D5, D6, E1
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May |
· Primary colors
· Symmetrical Turtles
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· Learn primary colors
· Examine symmetry
· Review geometric shapes
· Look at pictures of turtles and discuss pattern and repetition on shells |
· Complete worksheet showing knowledge of colors
· Show knowledge of shapes
· Show knowledge of pattern
· Show knowledge of symmetry |
· A1, A2, C2, D4, H1, H8, J10
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June |
· Wrap-up discussion, clean up and completion of art projects
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