Teacher Jam Chicago/Schedule/Fine arts

music

sensory

• dynamics, pitch (loud soft high soft)
• tempo
• tone colors (voice, classroom instruments, environmental sounds)
• long vs short sounds
• echo a beat
• echo a rhythm pattern
• identify major and minor tonalities
• melody and harmony
• describe melodic movement
• identify the meter
• imitation, theme, variation
• understand common italian tempos (andante, presto), dynamic (piano, forte) and articulations into English
• distinguish between beat and rhythms

organizational

• differentiate phrases
• identify simple forms (for example, a rondo)
• describe repetition and contrast
• identify imitation, theme, variation

expressive

• identify mood, emotion, idea
• compare and contrast expressive qualities

visual arts

sensory

• various types of lines
  • thick, thin, long, short
  • spiral, zigzag, wavy
• shapes
  • organic, inorganic
• open shapes and closed space
• color
  • rainbow - know the spectrum
  • primary, secondary colors in a work
  • warm vs cool
• rough vs smooth - textures
• positive and negative space
• distinguish 2d and 3d

organizational

• simple patterns (AB, AA, BB, ABA)
• direction
• size progression
• foreground, middle ground, background
• identify the horizon
• relationship of parts to the whole
• structural balance

expressive

• name mood or emotion conveyed
• elements that convey emotions
• classify a group of works by subject (portait, landscape, still life)
• identify symbols
• illustrate a story