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K–12 Standards

Grade K

Other Hawaii Fine Arts sets

Visual Arts — Understand and apply art materials, techniques, and processes in the creation of original works of art and understand how the visual arts communicate a variety of ideas, feelings, and experiences

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    How the Arts are Organized

    1. 1.

      Use developmentally appropriate art vocabularyFA.K.1.1

    2. 2.

      Use developmentally appropriate art media, tools, and processesFA.K.1.2

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    How the Arts Communicate

    1. 3.

      Create art that expresses feelings about a familiar subjectFA.K.1.3

    2. 4.

      Explain preferences for particular works of artFA.K.1.4

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    How the Arts Shape and Reflect Culture

    1. 5.

      Explain the concept that all artwork is meant to be appreciated and some artwork is also meant to be usefulFA.K.1.5

Music — Understand and apply elements of music and understand how music communicates ideas, feelings, and experiences across cultures

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    How the Arts are Organized

    1. 1.

      Use singing voice to echo short melodic patterns in appropriate rangeFA.K.2.1

    2. 2.

      Demonstrate simple representation of high and low, short and long, loud and soft, fast and slowFA.K.2.2

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    How the Arts Communicate

    1. 3.

      Use an instrument to maintain a steady beat using quarter notes and quarter restsFA.K.2.3

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    How the Arts Shape and Reflect Culture

    1. 4.

      Identify various sources of music that can be heard in daily life and their purposeFA.K.2.4

Drama and Theatre — Understand and apply the skills of acting, design, and technical theatre and understand the role of drama in various cultures throughout history

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    How the Arts are Organized

    1. 1.

      Perform imitative movementsFA.K.3.1

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    How the Arts Communicate

    1. 2.

      Explain how theatrical performances often cause emotional reactionsFA.K.3.2

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    How the Arts Shape and Reflect Culture

    1. 3.

      Demonstrate how cultures have used dramatic play to express human experienceFA.K.3.3

Dance — Understand and apply elements of dance, appreciate how dance communicates meaning, and recognize its role across cultures and throughout history

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    How the Arts are Organized

    1. 1.

      Use body, energy, space, and time to move in different waysFA.K.4.1

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    How the Arts Communicate

    1. 2.

      Create movements that represent ideas, persons, and placesFA.K.4.2

    2. 3.

      Use movement to respond to a variety of stimuli, such as observed dance, words, sounds and songsFA.K.4.3

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    How the Arts Shape and Reflect Culture

    1. 4.

      Perform a folk/traditional dance from another cultureFA.K.4.4

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Kindergarten
When were these standards adopted?
2006
Where can I read the official document?
Hawaii Content and Performance Standards for Fine Arts

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