Elementary The Arts
Elementary Dance Pre K - 2
Bench_GLE # Benchmark Title & Text          
DA.A.1.1.1 The student knows basic nonlocomotor/axial movements (e.g., bend, twist, and swing).
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
DA.A.1.1.2 The student knows simple locomotor movements (walk, run, hop, jump, leap)  
  and compound locomotor movements (e.g., gallop, slide, and leap).   
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
DA.A.1.1.4  The student moves to various sounds, including rhythmic accompaniment, and responds to changes in tempo.
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
DA.A.1.1.5  The student moves following straight and curved pathways.  
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
DA.A.2.1.1 The student creates a series of movements with a beginning, middle, and end.  
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
DA.A.2.1.2 The student uses improvisation to explore and create movement ideas   
  (walk across the room, stop two times, changes level once).    
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
DA.C.1.1.2  The student explores movement in response to the sounds and music that reflect a specific culture.
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
DA.D.1.1.4  The student knows a simple descriptive vocabulary of movement.  
  Suggestion: 
DA.E.1.1.1 The student knows how daily dance practice improves strength, coordination, and flexibility.
  Suggestion: 
DA.E.1.1.2 The student understands how healthy living practices contribute to enhanced dance movement abilities.
  (e.g., proper nutrition, adequate sleep, and daily exercise)  
  Suggestion: 
DA.E.2.1.1 The student knows how to express a visual image through movement (move like a cat, an ocean wave, a cloud).
    Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness    
Elementary Dance 3 - 5
Bench_GLE # Benchmark Title & Text          
DA.E.1.2.2 The student knows movement strategies that involve injury prevention.  
  (e.g., strength training, flexibility, and coordination) The student knows movement strategies that involve injury prevention.  
  Suggestion: 
DA.E.1.2.3 The student knows possible aesthetic criteria for evaluating dance   
  (e.g., skill of performers, originality, visual and emotional impact, variety, and contrast).
    Suggestion:           
Elementary The Arts
Elementary Music Pre K - 2
Bench_GLE # Benchmark Title & Text          
MU.A.1.1.2 The student sings simple songs (e.g., folk, patriotic, nursery rhymes, rounds, and singing games) with 
  appropriate tone, pitch, and rhythm, with and without accompaniment.  
  Suggestion: Activities associated with dance, phycisal fitness, to alter moods.
MU.E.2.1.1 The student knows how music is used in daily life (e.g., for entertainment or relaxation).
    Suggestion: Songs, TV Commercials, Music Association to Buying    
Elementary Music 3 - 5
Bench_GLE # Benchmark Title & Text          
  NONE              
Elementary The Arts
Elementary Theatre Pre K - 2
TH.C.1.1.1 The student expresses remembered ideas, feelings, and concepts of common, daily activities through dramatic play.
  Suggestion: Center Time Activities 
TH.C.1.1.3 The student understands characters, situations, and dramatic media from the stories and dramas of various cultures.
  Suggestion: Songs, Music, Short Stories 
TH.D.1.1.5 The student understands the similarities and differences between play acting, pretending, and real life.
    Suggestion: Songs, Music, Short Stories       
Elementary Theatre 3 - 5
TH.E.1.2.1 The student understands the emotional and social impact of theatre, film, and television on an individual’s
  life and community and in other cultures.  
    Suggestion: Food We Eat, Weight Loss, Fade Diets,    
Elementary The Arts
Elementary Visual Art Pre K - 2
VA.A.1.1.1 The student uses two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, techniques, tools, and processes to depict 
  works of art from personal experiences, observation, or imagination.  
  Suggestion: Journal Writing Activities 
VA.A.1.1.2 The student uses art materials & tools to develop basic processes/motor skills, in a safe & responsible manner.
  Suggestion: Journal Writing Activities 
VA.A.1.1.4 The student uses good craftsmanship when producing works of art.  
  Suggestion: Journal Writing Activities and Recipes
VA.B.1.1.1 The student knows how subject matter, symbols, and ideas are used to communicate meaning in works of art.
  Suggestion: Journal Writing Activities and Recipes
VA.B.1.1.4 The student uses the elements of art and the principles of design to effectively communicate ideas.
  Suggestion: Journal Writing Activities and Recipes
VA.D.1.1.3 The student knows the difference between an original work of art and a reproduction.
    Suggestion: Recipe Writing with Pictures      
Elementary Visual Art 3 - 5
VA.A.1.1.1 The student uses two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, techniques, tools, and processes 
  to depict works of art from personal experiences, observation, or imagination.  
  Suggestion: Journal Writing Activities 
VA.A.1.1.2 The student uses art materials & tools to develop basic processes/motor skills, in a safe & responsible manner.
  Suggestion: Journal Writing Activities 
VA.A.1.1.4 The student uses good craftsmanship when producing works of art.  
  Suggestion: Journal Writing Activities and Recipes
VA.B.1.1.1 The student knows how subject matter, symbols, and ideas are used to communicate meaning in works of art.
  Suggestion: Journal Writing Activities and Recipes
VA.B.1.1.2 The student understands that works of art can communicate an idea and elicit a variety of responses 
  through the use of selected media, techniques, and processes.  
    Suggestion: Commercials, Magazine Advertisement