Grade 3, 4, 5: Emphasis:

• Establish self-esteem and self-confidence.
• Refine motor skills and sharpen intuitive abilities.
• Expand aesthetic awareness and develop aesthetic judgement.
• Increase exposure to the study of art history (political and cultural conditions).
• Further identify the elements of art (line, shape, color, texture, pattern, space).
• Discuss design ideas and techniques and identify aspects that contribute to the effectiveness of a work of art.
• Communicate responses to art.
• Formulate an understanding of and criteria for making judgements through involvement in viewing, discussing and analyzing works of art.
• Develop experimental art-related skills.
• Use a variety of materials to create art.
• Use personal and cultural experiences as subject matter in art work.
• Focus on creative art expression, images, symbols, and personal experience.
• Identify art materials and media that are used to convey messages in commercial art.
• Describe the benefits of gaining skill in the arts.