1. (1) The media arts content standards for first grade are that each student will:

   1. (a) express ideas for media artworks through traditional and nontraditional media;
   2. (b) express ideas to form plans and models for media arts productions and products;
   3. (c) identify the effects of making changes to the content form or presentation of media artworks;
   4. (d) combine art forms and media content to form media artworks;
   5. (e) demonstrate skills and roles in media arts presentations;
   6. (f) discuss the presentation of media artworks and identify reactions;
   7. (g) identify components and messages in media artworks;
   8. (h) describe the meanings of a variety of media artworks;
   9. (i) identify qualities of media artworks considering audience;
   10. (j) use personal experiences, interests, and models in creating media artworks; and
   11. (k) discuss uses of media artworks in everyday life.

2. (2) The visual arts content standards for first grade are that each student will:

   1. (a) engage and collaborate in creative investigation of art materials;
   2. (b) create artwork that identifies uses of everyday objects;
   3. (c) use art vocabulary to describe choices while creating art;
   4. (d) explain why objects, artifacts, and artwork are valued differently by different audiences;
   5. (e) identify how artwork should be prepared for a presentation;
   6. (f) identify the roles and responsibilities of people who visit and work in museums;
   7. (g) select and describe artworks that illustrate daily life comparing different images that represent the same subject;
   8. (h) describe characteristics of artworks;
   9. (i) classify artwork based on reasons for preferences;
   10. (j) identify reasons to create art outside of school; and
   11. (k) describe the reasons that people from different places and times create artwork.

3. (3) The theatre arts content standards for first grade are that each student will:

   1. (a) identify ways in which gestures and movement may be used to create or retell a story;
   2. (b) contribute to the development of a sequential plot in guided creative drama;
   3. (c) contribute to the adaptation of the plot in guided creative drama;
   4. (d) use body, face, gesture, and voice to communicate character and emotions in guided creative drama;
   5. (e) experiment with design elements in creative drama;
   6. (f) use movement and gesture to communicate emotions in guided creative drama;
   7. (g) discuss an emotional response to guided creative drama;
   8. (h) discuss how setting can influence character actions in creative drama;
   9. (i) describe design elements in guided creative drama;
   10. (j) describe similarities between characters and oneself in a guided creative drama; and
   11. (k) describe similarities and differences in stories from multiple cultures.

4. (4) The music content standards for first grade are that each student will:

   1. (a) create musical ideas for a purpose;
   2. (b) identify expressive intent of musical ideas;
   3. (c) discuss changes in musical ideas;
   4. (d) describe the purpose of a variety of musical selections;
   5. (e) rehearse to revise musical performances;
   6. (f) perform music for a purpose;
   7. (g) identify influences in making musical selections;
   8. (h) identify expressive qualities of music;
   9. (i) describe preferences while evaluating music;
   10. (j) describe emotions when experiencing music; and
   11. (k) describe connections between music, arts, and daily life in a variety of contexts.

5. (5) The dance content standards for first grade are that each student will:

   1. (a) experiment with movement inspired by a variety of sounds;
   2. (b) improvise a dance with beginning, middle, and end;
   3. (c) apply changes to movement in dance sequences;
   4. (d) identify movement qualities using simple dance vocabulary;
   5. (e) demonstrate a range of movements while coordinating with other dancers;
   6. (f) use production elements in a dance for and with others;
   7. (g) identify a movement that repeats in a dance to make a pattern;
   8. (h) discuss selected movements from a dance using dance vocabulary;
   9. (i) use criteria to identify and demonstrate movements in dance;
   10. (j) identify the movements in a dance that relate to a familiar experience; and
   11. (k) demonstrate and describe movements in dances.

Authorizing statute(s): Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-2-114, MCA

Implementing statute(s): Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-1-501, 20-2-121, 20-3-106, 20-7-101, 20-9-309, MCA

History: NEW, 2016 MAR p. 1387, Eff. 7/1/17.