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Number: VA.K.S.1

Title: The arts are inherently experiential and actively engage learners in the processes of creating, interpreting, and responding to art.

Type: Enduring Understanding

Subject: Visual Art

Grade: K

Big Idea: Skills, Techniques, and Processes

This cluster includes the following benchmarks

Code	Description
VA.K.S.1.1:	Explore art processes and media to produce artworks.
VA.K.S.1.2:	Produce artwork influenced by personal decisions and ideas.

This cluster includes the following access points.

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
VA.K.S.1.In.a:	Recognize basic art processes and media.
VA.K.S.1.In.b:	Create artwork that communicates awareness of self.

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
VA.K.S.1.Su.a:	Explore basic art processes and media.
VA.K.S.1.Su.b:	Explore ideas and images for artwork.

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
VA.K.S.1.Pa.a:	Attend to basic art processes and media.
VA.K.S.1.Pa.b:	Attend to images for artwork.

Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.

Name	Description
The "Irresistible" Sunshine State!:	This art and civics integrated lesson uses basic color theory (primary, secondary) to reinforce Florida's nickname, The Sunshine State. Students create an oil pastel crayon resist picture of a shining, warm-colored sun in a bright, cool-colored sky!
Balance & Symmetry Paper Masks:	Students will create paper masks inspired by traditional African masks and other masks from diverse cultures. This lesson's objective is to teach balance, symmetry and line. Students will also be introduced to the concepts of 3 dimensional objects and sculpture.
What is so COOL about my Robot? Warm and Cool Colors:	In this lesson students will create works of art using a painted, warm colored background and a cut and pasted, cool colored robot. This lesson will reinforce warm/cool colors and geometric shapes in a work of art. Students will demonstrate mastery of sorting and selecting warm and cool colors.

Standard 1 : The arts are inherently experiential and actively engage learners in the processes of creating, interpreting, and responding to art.