Grade 3 Fine Arts BC Learning Standards

Big Ideas

Exploring and creating

Reasoning and reflecting

Communicating and documenting

Content

Explore relationships among cultures, communities, and the arts

Connect knowledge and skills from other areas of learning in planning, creating, and interpreting works for art

Demonstrate increasingly sophisticated application and/or engagement of curricular content

dance: body, space, dynamics (dance), time, relationships, form

elements in the arts, including but not limited to:

Apply learned skills, understandings, and processes in new contexts

Observe, listen, describe, inquire, and predict how artists (dancers, actors, musicians, and visual artists) use processes, materials, movements, technologies, tools, and techniques

Choose elements, processes, materials, movements, technologies, tools, techniques, and environments of the arts

The mind and body work together when creating works of art.

processes, materials, technologies, tools, and techniques to support arts activities

drama: character, time, place, plot, tension

Interpret and communicate ideas using symbolism in the arts

Refine ideas, processes, and technical skills in a variety of art forms

Create artistic works collaboratively and as an individual, using ideas inspired by imagination, inquiry, experimentation, and purposeful play

Creative experiences involve an interplay between exploration, inquiry, and purposeful choice.

notation to represent sounds, ideas and movement

music: beat/pulse, duration, rhythm (music), tempo, pitch, timbre, dynamics (music), form (music), texture

Express feelings, ideas, and experiences in creative ways

Reflect on creative processes and make connections to personal experiences

Explore identity, place, culture, and belonging through arts experiences

Dance, drama, music, and visual arts are each unique languages for creating and communicating.

a variety of dramatic forms

visual arts: elements of design: line, shape, space, texture, colour, form (visual arts); principles of design: pattern, repetition, rhythm (visual arts), contrast, emphasis

Describe and respond to visual and performing art pieces and provide constructive feedback

The arts connect our experiences to the experiences of others.

symbolism as ways of creating and representing meaning

Experience, document and share creative works in a variety of ways

traditional and contemporary Aboriginal arts and arts-making processes

a variety of local works of art and artistic traditions from diverse cultures, communities, times, and places

personal and collective responsibility associated with creating, experiencing, or sharing in a safe learning environment