• Express opinions about artwork.
• Describe art works through the storytelling process.
• Recognize that works of art do not always have to be realistic.
• Understand that personal artwork is original.

In Skills and Techniques, your student:

• Creates artwork using various materials and techniques (e.g., finger painting, sponge printing).
• demonstrates safe practices with art tools (e.g., carries scissors correctly).
• uses the elements of art and design to create a product (e.g., line, color, shape).

In Creation and Communication, your student:

• explains how the parts of a picture are related to his or her own experience.
• names colors, lines, and shapes within a piece of art.
• explores reasons people create art (e.g., a picture tells a story).

In Cultural and Historical Connections, your student:

• makes connections between art and culture.

In Aesthetic and Critical Analysis, your student:

• responds to works of art (e.g., "That's a painting of the circus!").
• tells a story about what's happening in a work of art.
• views a variety of types and styles of art.
• understands that personal art work is original.

In Applications to Life, your student:

• recognizes various art careers (e.g., artists make art, paint signs, illustrate books).
• views a variety of types and styles of art.
• knows where artwork can be found (e.g., museums, galleries, art fairs).

Helpful Hints to Use at Home

• Display your student's art work around the home.
• Set up an "art place" and keep a variety of art materials readily available. o Create with your student!
• Set up an "art place" and keep a variety of art materials readilyavailable. o Create with your student!
• Encourage appropriate use of materials (e.g., holding scissors correctly) and clean up practices.
• Talk about the art work in your home.
• Have something created by your student framed or professionally printed.
• Take a photo of your student holding their art work and make an art album.

GRADUATION EXPECTATIONS

The Graduation Expectations reflect the district, state, community, and workplace requirements. The expectations are in all subjects and focus on broad life-related skills and characteristics that make students quality producers. They incorporate future trends that will influence the lives of students and will help them make responsible, ethical, financial, and civic decisions. The graduation expectations are listed in bold below followed by selected descriptors created by educators, parents, business representatives, and the community.

A Kinderten Graduate is a Problem Solver who:

• Identifies problems and challenges of a rapidly changing world.
• demonstrates creative and critical thinking skills in order to solve real-life problems.
• recognizes and proposes nonviolent solutions to local, national, and world issues.
• makes decisions by researching, collecting, recording, and analyzing pertinent data from a variety of sources using diverse thinking processes and applying effective strategies.

A Kinderten Graduate is a Responsible Individual who:

• is accountable for his or her actions.
• adapts to changes in order to live a physically, mentally, and emotionally balanced life.
• recognizes the contribution of diversity to society.
• displays a commitment to family.
• contributes to the community.
• demonstrates respect for the environment.

A Kinderten Graduate is a Self-directed Learner who:

• creates a positive vision with multiple options for his or her own future.
• sets aims and goals and takes responsibility for executing a success plan.
• is a lifelong learner who monitors and evaluates his or her own progress.

A Kinderten Graduate is an Effective Communicator who:

• receives and presents information in a variety of forms and ways.
• interacts effectively with a variety of audiences by demonstrating effective skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
• interprets human experiences through media, literature, and the arts.
• uses technology as a communication tool.

A Kinderten Graduate is a Knowledgeable Individual who:

• acquires essential knowledge in the areas of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, related arts, world languages, health, human movement and fitness, and technology.
• is diversely educated and informed of the geographies, histories, and cultures of the community, state, nation, and world.

A Kinderten Graduate is a Collaborative Team Worker who:

• shows appreciation and consideration for others when negotiating solutions and resolving conflicts.
• works well with men and women from diverse backgrounds and ages.
• uses effective leadership skills to define and delegate tasks and achieve goals.
• shares the responsibility of the team personally and as a team member.