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Learning Standards Standards

What does a student learn in ?

This is the year students start treating media projects like real productions instead of one-off experiments. Students brainstorm ideas, sketch a plan, then shoot, record, or build something with a clear message in mind. They learn to revise their work after watching it back and hearing feedback from classmates. By spring, students can plan and finish a short video, slideshow, or audio piece that tells a story an audience understands.

  • Planning a project
  • Video and audio
  • Storytelling
  • Editing and revising
  • Sharing finished work
Source: Maryland Maryland College and Career-Ready 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

    Sparking ideas for media projects

    Students start the year coming up with their own ideas for short videos, animations, photos, or digital art. They sketch, talk through plans, and try out tools before settling on a project.

  2. 2

    Building and organizing the work

    Students put their plans into action by recording, drawing, or arranging clips and images. They learn to keep files organized and shape the pieces into something that fits together.

  3. 3

    Polishing and presenting

    Students go back into their projects to fix rough spots, add finishing touches, and choose what to share. They think about how an audience will see the work and what they want it to say.

  4. 4

    Looking at media with a careful eye

    Students watch and respond to videos, ads, and digital art from other people. They talk about what the maker was trying to say and connect the work to their own lives and the world around them.

Mastery Learning Standards
The required skills a student should display by the end of Grade 3.
Connecting

  • Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art

    MA:Cn10.3

    Students connect something from their own life to a media arts project, using that personal experience to shape what they make and how they make it.

  • Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural

    MA:Cn11.3

    Students look at a piece of media art and connect it to the time, place, or community it came from. That connection helps explain why the work looks the way it does and what it meant to the people who made it.

Creating

  • Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work

    MA:Cr1.3

    Students come up with original ideas for media art projects, like a short video, an animation, or a photo story, before they start making anything.

  • Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

    MA:Cr2.3

    Students plan and arrange their media art project before making it, deciding what images, sounds, or text belong together and how the piece should flow from start to finish.

  • Refine and complete artistic work

    MA:Cr3.3

    Students revisit a media project, make changes based on feedback or their own review, and decide when the work is ready to share.

Performing/Presenting/Producing

  • Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation

    MA:Pr4.3

    Students choose which of their media projects to share and explain why that piece best shows what they were trying to make.

  • Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation

    MA:Pr5.3

    Students practice and improve a media arts project, like a short video or digital image, until it is ready to share with an audience.

  • Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work

    MA:Pr6.3

    Students choose how to share a media project so the audience understands the idea behind it. The format, layout, or timing of the presentation is part of the message.

Responding

  • Perceive and analyze artistic work

    MA:Re7.3

    Students look closely at a short film, photo, or digital image and explain what they notice, such as how color, sound, or layout shapes the feeling of the piece.

  • Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work

    MA:Re8.3

    Students explain what a media artwork (a photo, video, or digital image) is trying to say and why the creator made choices like color, sound, or layout.

  • Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work

    MA:Re9.3

    Students look at a piece of media art and decide what makes it work well or fall flat, using a set of agreed-on questions or standards to back up their opinion.