Enduring Understanding 3: Through purposeful practice, artists learn to manage, master, and refine simple, then complex, skills and techniques.

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Number: VA.4.S.3
Title: Through purposeful practice, artists learn to manage, master, and refine simple, then complex, skills and techniques.
Type: Enduring Understanding
Subject: Visual Art
Grade: 4
Big Idea: Skills, Techniques, and Processes

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Independent

VA.4.S.3.In.a
Manipulate two- and three-dimensional art materials and refine techniques to create personal works.
VA.4.S.3.In.b
Follow directions for safety procedures and explain their importance in the art room.
VA.4.S.3.In.c
Recognize that plagiarism is illegal and applies to works of art.

Supported

VA.4.S.3.Su.a
Practice skills and techniques to create with two- and three-dimensional media.
VA.4.S.3.Su.b
Demonstrate the safe use of a variety of visual art tools, media, techniques, and processes.
VA.4.S.3.Su.c
Identify artwork that belongs to others and represents their ideas.

Participatory

VA.4.S.3.Pa.a
Manipulate selected two- and three-dimensional visual art tools and media.
VA.4.S.3.Pa.b
Demonstrate the safe use of selected visual art tools and media.

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Lesson Plan

Clay Pinch Pot Monsters:

In this lesson, students will create a clay pinch pot monster that shows good use of texture and proportion.

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