Grade 3 Art
Course Description
This dynamic and immersive course invites students to unlock their creativity and refine their artistic skills in an encouraging and collaborative environment. Throughout the year, young artists will dive into a rich variety of mediums, including drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media, and 3D sculpture. Each lesson will focus on essential art concepts such as line, color, shape, texture, form, space, pattern, proportion, contrast, emphasis/focal point, value. Students will be encouraged to experiment, nurturing their unique artistic voices and personal styles. Students will engage in thoughtful discussions, learning to articulate their thoughts and emotions about their own creations and those of their peers as well as artistic exemplars. This practice will deepen their appreciation for different forms of artistic expression and enhance their critical thinking skills.
To celebrate their artistic achievements, students will participate in an inspiring art showcase at the end of the year, where they can proudly display their creations and share their artistic journeys with family and friends.
Course Big Ideas
- The skills, techniques, elements and principles of the arts can be learned, studied, refined and practiced.
- Artists use tools and resources as well as their own experiences and skills to create art.
- There are formal and informal processes used to assess the quality of works in the arts.
- People use both aesthetic and critical processes to assess quality, interpret meaning and determine value.
Course Essential Questions
- How do artists use art tools and materials safely and appropriately in the art room?
- Why is it important for artists to follow routines and procedures in the art room and maintain and preserve art materials?
- How do artists use various art processes to create personally pleasing works of art?
- How can artists use the elements and principles of art to create personally pleasing works of art?
- How can artists elaborate on an imaginative work of art?
- How are artists able to use elements of art to talk about their artwork and other’s artwork?
- How are artists able to discuss, and evaluate their artwork and other’s artwork?
Course Competencies
- Create art using the elements of art: line, color, shape, texture, form, space, pattern, proportion, contrast, emphasis/focal point, value.
- Explore art making through drawing, painting, sculpture, multimedia, and printmaking.
- Use safe practices and procedures with art materials and tools.
- Describe and analyze artwork using art vocabulary, artistic processes and concepts.
- Compare and contrast artwork based on art vocabulary, artistic processes and concepts.
- Select artwork for presentation.
Course Assessments
- Observations
- Discussions
- Projects/Products
- Modeling artistic procedures