
Welcome to Mrs. Garcia-Valdez’s Art Class!
Ride the Wave in Art

- Kindergarten Art includes exploratory experiences that introduce a variety of concepts and ideas,
- art and digital media and processes, and the safe use of materials. Students learn art vocabulary,
- terms, and procedures during the creative process that help them describe and talk about their work.
- Grade One Art includes experimenting with a variety of concepts and ideas in art and digital media
- and processes while using materials correctly and safely to convey personal interests. Students use
- accurate art vocabulary, terms, and procedures during the creative process to describe and talk about their work.
- Grade Two Art includes experimenting with a variety of two- and three-dimensional concepts and ideas
- in art and digital media and processes. Materials are correctly and safely applied to convey
- personal interests and self-expression. Students use accurate art vocabulary, terms, and procedures
- with resources and time-management skills during the creative process. Attributes of artworks from
- individuals, cultures, and time are identified, described, and discussed.
- Grade Three Art incorporates a variety of two- and three-dimensional concepts and ideas in art and digital media
- and processes. Materials are correctly and safely applied to convey personal interests and self-expression.
- Observation skills, prior knowledge, and art criticism skills are employed to reflect on and interpret works of art.
- Students use accurate art vocabulary, terms, and procedures with resources and time-management skills
- during the creative process.
- Grade Four Art incorporates a variety of two- and three-dimensional concepts and ideas in art and digital
- media and processes to convey meaning and relevance. Materials are correctly, safely, and responsibly
- applied to achieve diverse effects and meet established criteria. Observation skills, prior knowledge,
- and art-criticism skills are employed to reflect on and revise works of art. During the creative process,
- students use accurate art vocabulary, terms, and procedures, as well as time-management and collaborative skills.
- Grade Five Art incorporates a variety of two- and three-dimensional concepts and ideas in art and digital media
- and processes to influence personal artistic decisions and create visual unity. Materials are correctly, safely, and
- responsibly applied to achieve diverse effects and meet established criteria. An art-criticism process leads to a
- hypothesis about the meanings of creative products and utilitarian objects. Observation skills and
- prior knowledge are employed to reflect on and revise personal works of art. During the creative process,
- students use accurate art vocabulary, terms, and procedures, as well as time-management and collaborative skills.

Art T-shirts, aprons, or smocks are welcomed in class!
To all my students~
You are cared about. You have unique talents and strength.
I am excited for you to share them with your classmates and me.
You bring so much to our class. So excited to lean more about You!

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