Art- Grade 4

Grades K-5 art will include the following media experiences: drawing (including observational drawing), printmaking, painting, sculpture, ceramics, crafts, and mixed media

All grades are expected to use oral and written language and art related vocabulary when discussing artworks and artmaking processes.

Pacing Guides

On this site you will find links to our pacing guides for all grade levels, along with course descriptions and correlating Standards of Learning for each.

Click HCPS Art  to access your specialist’s resources.

 

MP 1 MP 2 MP 3 MP 4
Communication/ Production

  • Use steps of art making processes including, brainstorming, preliminary sketching, planning, and reflecting to generate ideas for and to create works of art (4.1) Two Weeks/ ongoing
  • Use contour drawing and shading techniques to create observational drawings (4.9) Two Weeks/ ongoing

Art History/Cultural Context

  • Identify and discuss a variety of artist and art careers careers (e.g., potter, weaver, glass-maker, jeweler, local community artist and other art related career pathways) (4.15) One Week/ ongoing
  • Examine the roles of crafts and artisans in various cultures (4.12) One Week/ ongoing

Analysis, Evaluation and Critique

  • Identify and investigate ways that works of art from popular culture reflect the past and influence the present (4.16) One Week/ ongoing

Aesthetics:

  • Formulate questions about aesthetic qualities of works of art (4.21) One Week/ ongoing
Communication/ Production

  • Create a work of art that uses themes, ideas, and art forms from the past (4.3) One Week/ ongoing
  • Demonstrate craftsmanship in personal works of art  (4.2) One Week/ ongoing
  • Describe and use hand-building techniques to make a ceramic work of art (4.10) Two Weeks/ ongoing
  • Use actual or implied texture in art (4.5.2) One Week/ ongoing
  • Identify and use variety, repetition, and unity in a work of art (4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.7) One Week/ ongoing

Art History/Cultural Context

  • Describe artists and their work (4.13) One Week/ ongoing
  • Students will use positive ethics of integrity in all public, digital and anonymous forums exemplifying the HCPS core values of respect, honesty, responsibility, accountability. One Week/ ongoing

Analysis Evaluation and Critique

  • The student will interpret works of art for multiple meanings (4.19) One Week/ ongoing

Aesthetics

  • Explain preferences for works of art by responding to aesthetic questions(4.23) One Week/ ongoing
Communication/ Production

  • Identify and use the characteristics of color, including hue, tint, shade, and intensity (4.5.1) One Week/ ongoing
  • Use imaginative and expressive imagery to create works of art (4.3) One Week/ ongoing
  • Create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface, using overlapping, size variation, and placement on the picture plane. (4.8) One Week/ ongoing
  • ArtHistory/CulturalContext
  • Compare and contrast characteristics of diverse cultures depicted in works of art (4.14) One Week/ ongoing
  • Analysis, Evaluation, and Critique
  • Analyze works of art based on visual properties and contextual information (4.18) One Week/ ongoing
  • Aesthetics
  • Discuss how personal beliefs influence responses to works of art (4.20) One Week/ ongoing
Communication/ Production

  • Create works of art that connect ideas, art forms, or cultural themes to personal experiences (4.4) One Week/ ongoing
  • Analyze how line choices affect the intent of a work of art and make selections accordingly (4.6) One Week/ ongoing
  • Use contour drawing, perspective drawing, and shading techniques in art. Two Weeks/ ongoing

Art History/Cultural Context

  • Identify a variety of artists and art careers (4.15) One Week/ ongoing

Analysis, Evaluation and Critique

  • Discuss why works of art have been interpreted and valued by different cultures throughout history. One Week/ ongoing
  • Compare and contrast abstract, representational, and nonrepresentational works (4.17) One Week

Aesthetics

  • Discuss how criteria used to value art may vary from one culture to another (4.22) One Week/ ongoing
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