National Core Arts Standards
The Middleton Arts Team uses the National Core Arts Standards to guide their instruction. These standards focus on four core arts categories: Creating, Performing, Responding, and Connecting. More information on these standards can be found at http://www.nationalartsstandards.org/
Below are the priority standards in drama for grades 1st-5th.
Below are the priority standards in drama for grades 1st-5th.
1st Grade Priority Standards:
Creating
TH:Cr2-1.b. Participates in group decision making in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama)
Performing
DA:Pr6.1.1a. Dances in a space where audience is separate from performers
Responding
TH:Re9.1.1. b. Identifies technical elements in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama)
2nd Grade Priority Standards:
Creating
TH:Cr1.1.2.c. Identifies ways to use voice/sound to create or retell a story
Performing
TH:Pr5.1.2.b.Explores technical elements in a guided drama experience
Performing
TH:Pr6.1.2.a. Contributes to group guided drama experiences and performs w/peers
3rd Grade Priority Standards:
Creating
TH:Cr1.1.3.a. Create roles, imagined worlds, and improvised stories in a drama/theatre work
Performing
TH:Pr6.1.3 Practices drama/theatre work and shares reflections with others
Performing
TH:Pr5.1.3b. Identify the basic technical elements that can be used in drama/theatre work
Connecting
TH:Cn11.2.3.a. Explore how stories are adapted from literature to drama/theatre work
4th Grade Priority Standards:
Creating
TH:Cr3.1.4.a. Revises improv/scripted work through repetition and collaborative review
Creating
TH:Cr1.1.4. Visualizes and designs technical elements in a drama/theatre work
Performing
TH:Pr4.1.4.b. Makes physical choices to develop a character in a drama/theatre work
Performing
TH:Pr6.1.4. a. Shares small-group drama/theatre work, with peers as audience
Responding
TH:Re7.1.4.a. Identifies artistic choices made in a drama by participation/observation
5th Grade Priority Standards:
Creating
TH:Cr.1.1.5.b. Propose design ideas that support the story and given circumstances in a drama/theatre work
Creating
TH:Cr3.1.5.a. Revises improvised/scripted work through repetition and self-review
Creating
TH:Cr3.1.5.b. Explores voice and body to develop character in a drama/theatre work
Performing
TH:Pr6.1.5.a. Presents drama/theatre work informally to an audience
Creating
TH:Cr2-1.b. Participates in group decision making in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama)
Performing
DA:Pr6.1.1a. Dances in a space where audience is separate from performers
Responding
TH:Re9.1.1. b. Identifies technical elements in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama)
2nd Grade Priority Standards:
Creating
TH:Cr1.1.2.c. Identifies ways to use voice/sound to create or retell a story
Performing
TH:Pr5.1.2.b.Explores technical elements in a guided drama experience
Performing
TH:Pr6.1.2.a. Contributes to group guided drama experiences and performs w/peers
3rd Grade Priority Standards:
Creating
TH:Cr1.1.3.a. Create roles, imagined worlds, and improvised stories in a drama/theatre work
Performing
TH:Pr6.1.3 Practices drama/theatre work and shares reflections with others
Performing
TH:Pr5.1.3b. Identify the basic technical elements that can be used in drama/theatre work
Connecting
TH:Cn11.2.3.a. Explore how stories are adapted from literature to drama/theatre work
4th Grade Priority Standards:
Creating
TH:Cr3.1.4.a. Revises improv/scripted work through repetition and collaborative review
Creating
TH:Cr1.1.4. Visualizes and designs technical elements in a drama/theatre work
Performing
TH:Pr4.1.4.b. Makes physical choices to develop a character in a drama/theatre work
Performing
TH:Pr6.1.4. a. Shares small-group drama/theatre work, with peers as audience
Responding
TH:Re7.1.4.a. Identifies artistic choices made in a drama by participation/observation
5th Grade Priority Standards:
Creating
TH:Cr.1.1.5.b. Propose design ideas that support the story and given circumstances in a drama/theatre work
Creating
TH:Cr3.1.5.a. Revises improvised/scripted work through repetition and self-review
Creating
TH:Cr3.1.5.b. Explores voice and body to develop character in a drama/theatre work
Performing
TH:Pr6.1.5.a. Presents drama/theatre work informally to an audience
