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Learning Standards Standards

What does a student learn in ?

This is the year students start making media art on purpose, not by accident. Students take their own ideas and turn them into simple projects like short videos, drawings on a screen, or photo stories. They practice the steps real artists use: thinking up an idea, building it, fixing what is not working, and sharing it. By spring, students can show a piece of media work they made and explain what it means.

  • Making media
  • Sharing ideas
  • Simple videos
  • Digital drawing
  • Fixing your work
Source: Florida B.E.S.T. Standards
Year at a glance
How the year usually goes. Every school and district set their own curriculum, so treat this as a guide, not official pacing.
  1. 1

    Coming up with ideas

    Students start the year by playing with ideas for media projects like videos, photos, drawings on a tablet, or simple sound recordings. They learn that their own experiences are a good place to begin.

  2. 2

    Building a media project

    Students put their ideas together into a small project. They learn to plan a few steps ahead, try out tools like a camera or recorder, and adjust their work as they go.

  3. 3

    Sharing the finished work

    Students pick what is ready to show and present it to the class or family. They think about what they want the audience to notice or feel when they watch or listen.

  4. 4

    Looking at media around us

    Students watch and listen to short pieces of media and talk about what they see, what the maker might have meant, and what makes a piece work well. They begin to notice media in books, ads, and shows at home.

Mastery Learning Standards
The required skills a student should display by the end of Grade 1.
Connecting

  • Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art

    MA:Cn10.1

    Students connect something from their own life to a media arts project. A memory, a feeling, or something they noticed becomes the starting point for what they make.

  • Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural

    MA:Cn11.1

    Students look at a piece of media art, like a photo or short video, and talk about what was happening in the world when it was made. Connecting art to real life helps students understand why it looks and feels the way it does.

Creating

  • Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work

    MA:Cr1.1

    Students come up with ideas for media art projects, like deciding what a short video or digital image should show before they start making it.

  • Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

    MA:Cr2.1

    Students arrange images, sounds, or simple digital pieces to build a media project. They make choices about what to include and how to put it together.

  • Refine and complete artistic work

    MA:Cr3.1

    Students finish a media art project by looking it over, making small fixes, and deciding when it is done.

Performing/Presenting/Producing

  • Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation

    MA:Pr4.1

    Students choose which of their media art projects to share and explain why they picked it. They practice looking at their own work and deciding what they think is worth showing others.

  • Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation

    MA:Pr5.1

    Students practice and improve a media arts project (like a drawing, photo, or short video) until it is ready to share with others.

  • Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work

    MA:Pr6.1

    Students share a media project (a drawing, photo, or short video) and explain what idea or feeling they wanted it to show.

Responding

  • Perceive and analyze artistic work

    MA:Re7.1

    Students look closely at a short video, photo, or digital image and describe what they notice, such as the colors, sounds, or shapes the creator chose to include.

  • Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work

    MA:Re8.1

    Students look at a photo, video, or drawing and explain what they think the creator was trying to say. They put their ideas into words.

  • Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work

    MA:Re9.1

    Students look at a piece of media art and decide what makes it good or not so good. They use a short list of simple questions to explain their thinking.