Amboy Middle School
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fifth grade curriculum

Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRS) in the Arts

Fifth Grade

1. The student understands and applies arts knowledge and skills.

1.1.1. Understands arts concepts and vocabulary: Elements: line, shape/form, texture, color, space, value.

Benchmark 1: Identifies and uses visual art, dance, theatre, and music vocabulary and concepts.

Understands and demonstrates the use of line through direction, type, and quality.

Understands and demonstrates the relationship of 2D shapes to 3D forms.

Uses a color wheel to demonstrate color relationships.

Recognizes and demonstrates actual and simulated texture.

Recognizes and uses spatial devices and concepts to create depth.

Recognizes and demonstrates a range of values.

1.1.2 Understands arts concepts and vocabulary: Principles of Organization: balance, emphasis/ dominance, proportion, movement/ rhythm repetition/, pattern, variety, harmony, unity.

Benchmark 1:

Identifies and uses visual art, dance, theatre and music vocabulary and concepts.

Identifies and applies principles of balance, repetition, emphasis, and movement in an artwork.

1.2 Develops arts skills and techniques

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