ARM 10.54.2831. BENCHMARK FOR ARTS CONTENT STANDARD 3 FOR END OF GRADE 4

(1) The benchmark for arts content standard 3 for a student at the end of grade 4 is the ability to: (a) use arts materials, techniques, technology, and processes to create general responses; (b) communicate meaning through the art forms from selected subject matter; (c) explore potential solutions to a given problem through the arts; (d) use technical skills in: (i) dance by performing movements and rhythm patterns; (ii) music by singing and playing music using dynamics, phrasing, and interpretation; (iii) theatre by using mind, voice, and body to create characters and tell stories; and (iv) visual arts by creating works of art with content that is consistent with media possibilities; and (e) identify and use an appropriate symbol system in: (i) dance by using dance elements (space, time, energy) to discuss movement and produce movements demonstrated and/or described in words; (ii) music by using standard symbols to identify meter, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics; (iii) theatre by recognizing and using stage direction; and (iv) visual arts by recognizing and using symbol language appropriate to media used to create works of art.