First Grade
In First Grade, your child will discover...
Primary colors: Red, Yellow, Blue
Secondary colors: Orange, Green, Violet/Purple
Neutral Colors: Black, White Gray, Brown
The color wheel and mixing colors
Red + Yellow = Orange
Yellow + Blue = Green
Red + Blue = Violet/Purple
Adding white to a color makes it lighter.
Adding black to a color makes it darker.
Diagonal lines, vertical lines, and horizontal lines
Different types of pattern and how to create pattern
Grid, checkerboard, stripes, polka dots
Identifying 3-D forms: Cube, cylinder, sphere
Geometric and organic shapes and how to use them in art
Rectangle, triangle, diamond, circle, star, oval square, organic
Different types of lines and how to draw them
Thin, thick, dashed, zigzag, wavy, curly
Artists and movements from around the world and through history
Elements of Art:
Line, shape, color, space, value, form, texture
First Grade Vocabulary
diagonal
horizontal
vertical
primary
secondary
neutral
landscape
background
horizon line
assemble
texture
print
organic
geometric
3D
2D
Primary colors: Red, Yellow, Blue
Secondary colors: Orange, Green, Violet/Purple
Neutral Colors: Black, White Gray, Brown
The color wheel and mixing colors
Red + Yellow = Orange
Yellow + Blue = Green
Red + Blue = Violet/Purple
Adding white to a color makes it lighter.
Adding black to a color makes it darker.
Diagonal lines, vertical lines, and horizontal lines
Different types of pattern and how to create pattern
Grid, checkerboard, stripes, polka dots
Identifying 3-D forms: Cube, cylinder, sphere
Geometric and organic shapes and how to use them in art
Rectangle, triangle, diamond, circle, star, oval square, organic
Different types of lines and how to draw them
Thin, thick, dashed, zigzag, wavy, curly
Artists and movements from around the world and through history
Elements of Art:
Line, shape, color, space, value, form, texture
First Grade Vocabulary
diagonal
horizontal
vertical
primary
secondary
neutral
landscape
background
horizon line
assemble
texture
organic
geometric
3D
2D