Visual Arts: Grade 3

Creating

  • 1:

    Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and works.

    1. 3.

      Elaborate on an imaginative idea.VA:Cr1.1.3

    2. 3.

      Apply knowledge of available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the art-making process.VA:Cr1.2.3

  • 2:

    Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

    1. 3.

      Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials.VA:Cr2.1.3

    2. 3.

      Demonstrate an understanding of the safe and proficient use of materials, tools, and equipment for a variety of artistic processes.VA:Cr2.2.3

    3. 3.

      Individually or collaboratively construct representations, diagrams, or maps of places that are a part of everyday life.VA:Cr2.3.3

  • 3:

    Refine and complete artistic work.

    1. 3.

      Elaborate visual information by adding details in an artwork to enhance emerging meeting.VA:Cr3.1.3

Presenting

  • 4:

    Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

    1. 3.

      Investigate and discuss possibilities and limitations of spaces, including electronic, for exhibiting artwork.VA:Pr4.1.3

  • 5:

    Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

    1. 3.

      Identify exhibit space and prepare works of art including artists' statements, for presentation.VA:Pr5.1.3

  • 6:

    Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

    1. 3.

      Identify and explain how and where different cultures record and illustrate stories and history of life though art.VA:Pr6.1.3

Responding

  • 7:

    Perceive and analyze artistic work.

    1. 3.

      Speculate about processes an artist uses to create a work of art.VA:Re7.1.3

    2. 3.

      Determine messages communicated by an image.VA:Re7.2.3

  • 8:

    Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

    1. 3.

      Interpret art by analyzing use of media to create subject matter, characteristics of form, and use of media.VA:Re8.1.3

  • 9:

    Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

    1. 3.

      Evaluate an artwork based on given criteria.VA:Re9.1.3

Connecting

  • 10:

    Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

    1. 3.

      Develop a work of art based on observations of surroundings.VA:Cn10.1.3

  • 11:

    Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

    1. 3.

      Recognize that responses to art change depending on knowledge of the time and place in which it was made.VA:Cn11.1.3

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 3
When were these standards adopted?
2015
Where can I read the official document?
Kansas Curricular Standards for Visual Arts