New York K–6 theatre standards

With prompting and support, identify similarities between characters and oneself in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, applys kills and knowledge acquired elsewhere to dramatic play.

With prompting and support, identify stories that are different from one another in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, tell a short story in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, invent and inhabit an imaginary elsewhere in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, use non-representational materials to create props, puppets, and costume pieces for dramatic play.

With prompting and support, use gestures to tell a story in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, interact with peers and contribute to dramatic play.

With prompting and support, express original ideas in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, participate in using sounds and movements in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, use a single object in multiple representations in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, identify characters and setting in dramatic play or a guided drama experience.

With prompting and support, use body and voice to communicate emotions in a guided drama experience.

With prompting and support, use sound and movement in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, explore and experiment with various technical elements in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, communicate mood in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, express an emotional response to characters in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, identify preferences in dramatic play.

Use pictures to make connections between oneself and a character.

With prompting and support, evaluate dramatic play.

With prompting and support, select props and costumes for use in dramatic play.

With prompting and support, discuss the experiences of characters in dramatic play.

Identify character emotions in a guided drama experience and relate them to personal experience.

Apply skills and knowledge from different art forms and content areas in a guided drama experience.

Identify similarities and differences in stories from one's own community in a guided drama experience.

Collaborate on the creation of a short scene based on a fictional literary source in a guided drama experience.

Propose potential choices that characters could make in a guided drama experience.

Collaborate with peers to conceptualize costumes and props in a guided drama experience.

Identify ways in which gestures and movement may be used to create or retell a story in a guided drama experience.

Contribute to the development of a sequential plot in a guided drama experience.

With prompting and support, participate in group decision making in a guided drama experience.

Contribute to the adaptation of the plot in a guided drama experience.

Identify similarities and differences in sounds and movements in a guided drama experience.

Collaborate to imagine multiple representations of a single object in a guided drama experience.

Describe a story's character actions and dialogue in a guided drama experience.

Use body, face, gestures, and voice to communicate character traits and emotions in a guided drama experience.

With prompting and support, identify and use voice and gesture in a guided drama experience.

With prompting and support, identify technical elements that can be used in a guided drama experience.

With prompting and support, communicate emotions in a guided drama experience.

Recognize when artistic choices are made in a guided drama experience.

Explain preferences and emotions in a guided drama experience.

Explain how personal emotions and choices relate to characters.

Build on others' ideas in a guided drama experience.

Identify props and costumes that belong in a guided drama experience.

Compare and contrast the experiences of characters in a guided drama experience.

Relate character experiences to personal experiences in a guided drama experience.

Determine appropriate skills and knowledge from different art forms and content areas to apply in a guided drama experience.

Identify similarities and differences in stories from multiple cultures in a guided drama experience.

Collaborate on the creation of a short scene based on a non-fiction literary source in a guided drama experience.

Propose potential new details to plot and story in a guided drama experience.

Collaborate with peers to conceptualize scenery in a guided drama experience.

Identify ways in which voice and sounds may be used to create or retell a story in a guided drama experience.

Collaborate with peers to devise meaningful dialogue.

Contribute ideas and make decisions as a group to advance a story.

Contribute to the adaptation of dialogue.

Use and adapt sounds and movements in a guided drama experience.

Independently generate multiple representations of a single object.

Interpret story elements in a guided drama experience.

Alter voice and body to expand and articulate nuances of a character in a guided drama experience.

Demonstrate the relationship between body, voice, and mind in a guided drama experience.

Explore technical elements in a guided drama experience.

Contribute to group guided drama experiences and informally share with peers.

After a guided drama experience, recall why artistic choices were made.

Consider multiple personal experiences when participating in or observing a guided drama experience.

Suggest similarities between the emotions of real people and those of characters in a story.

Collaborate on a scene in a guided drama experience.

Use a prop or costume to enhance a guided drama experience.

Describe how characters respond to challenges in a guided drama experience.

Use personal experiences and knowledge to make connections to community and culture.

Identify connections to community, social issues, and other content areas in a drama or theater work.

Explore how stories are adapted from literature to drama or theater work.

Examine how artists have historically presented the same stories by using different art forms, genres, or theatrical conventions.

Create roles, imagined worlds, and improvised stories.

Imagine and articulate ideas for costumes, props, and sets.

Collaborate to determine how characters might move and speak to support a story and given circumstances.

Participate in methods of investigation to devise theatrical experiences.

Compare ideas with peers and make selections that will enhance and deepen group drama or theater work.

Collaborate with peers to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit given circumstances.

Contribute to physical and vocal exploration in an improvised or scripted drama or theater work.

Refine object transformation to support an improvised or scripted drama or theater work.

Apply the elements of dramatic structure to a story and create a drama or theater work.

Investigate how movement and voice are incorporated into theatrical experiences.

Participate in a variety of physical, vocal, and cognitive exercises that can be used in a group setting.

Identify the basic technical elements of theater.

Share reflections on a theatrical experience.

Explain why artistic choices are made.

Explain how personal preferences and emotions affect an observer.

Examine how connections are made between oneself and the emotions of a character.

Understand how and why a drama or theater work is evaluated.

Consider and analyze technical elements in theatrical experiences.

Evaluate and analyze problems and situations from an audience perspective.

Identify the ways drama or theater work reflects a community or culture.

Respond to community and social issues and incorporate other content areas in a drama or theater work.

Investigate cross-cultural approaches to storytelling.

Identify historical sources that explain theater terminology and theatrical conventions.

Articulate the visual details of imagined worlds and improvised stories that support given circumstances.

Visualize and design technical elements that support a story and given circumstances.

Imagine how a character might move to support a story and given circumstances.

Collaborate to devise original ideas by asking questions about characters and plots.

Make and discuss group decisions and identify responsibilities required to present a drama or theater work to peers.

Revise an improvised or scripted drama or theater work through repetition and collaborative review.

Develop physical and vocal exercise techniques for an improvised or scripted drama or theater work.

Collaborate on solutions for design and technical problems.

Modify the dialogue and action to change a story in a drama or theater work.

Make physical and vocal choices to create a character.

Practice acting exercises that can be used in a group setting

Articulate how technical elements are used in theater.

Perform a small-group drama or theater work for peers.

Use participation and observation to identify artistic choices.

Compare and contrast multiple personal experiences, when participating in or observing a drama or theater work.

Identify and discuss physical changes connected to the emotions of a character.

Propose a plan to evaluate a drama or theater work.

Investigate how technical elements may support a theme or idea in a drama or theater work.

Observe how character choices affect audience perspective.

Explain how drama or theater connects oneself to a community or culture.

Investigate historical, global, and social issues expressed in a drama or theater work.

Analyze similarities and differences between stories set in different cultures.

Compare the theatrical conventions of a given time period with those of the present.

Identify physical qualities that might reveal a character's inner traits in an imagined world.

Propose design ideas that support a story and given circumstances.

Identify how the inner thoughts of a character affect a story and given circumstances.

Devise original ideas that reflect collective inquiry about characters and their given circumstances.

Participate in defined responsibilities required to present a drama or theater work informally to an audience.

Revise an improvised or scripted drama or theater work through repetition and self-review.

Use physical and vocal exploration for character development.

Create innovative solutions for design and technical problems.

Describe the underlying thoughts and emotions that create dialogue and action in a theatrical experience.

Use physical and vocal choices to develop a character.

Apply acting exercises to enhance collaborative theatrical experiences.

Demonstrate the use of technical elements in theater.

Perform drama or theater work informally for an audience.

Explain personal reactions to artistic choices.

Connect personal experiences to theater as a participant or observer.

Investigate the effects of emotions on posture, gesture, breathing, and vocal intonation.

Develop and implement a plan to evaluate a drama or theater work.

Assess how technical elements represent the theme of a drama or theater work.

Recognize how character circumstances affect audience perspective.

Explain how the actions and motivations of characters in a drama or theater work reflect perspectives of a community or culture.

Identify universal themes or common social issues and express them through a drama or theater work.

Analyze two different versions of a drama or theater work to determine differences and similarities.

Investigate time period and place to better understand performance and design choices.

Identify possible solutions to staging challenges.

Identify solutions to design challenges in a drama or theater work.

Explore the relationship between scripted or improvised characters and their given circumstances.

Use critical analysis to improve, refine, and evolve original ideas and artistic choices.

Collaborate to devise a drama or theater work.

Articulate and examine choices to refine a devised or scripted drama or theater work.

Identify effective physical and vocal traits of characters.

Expand a planned technical design during the rehearsal process.

Identify the essential events in a story or script that comprise the dramatic structure.

Experiment with various physical and vocal choices to communicate character.

Articulate how acting exercises and acting techniques can be used to improve theatrical experiences.

Propose the integration of technical elements in theatrical experiences.

Devise a theatrical experience and present it informally to an audience.

Describe and record personal reactions to artistic choices.

Identify the relationship between artistic choices and personal experience.

Identify personal aesthetics through participation in or observation of a drama or theater work.

Use supporting evidence and criteria to evaluate a drama or theater work.

Consider technical elements used to assess aesthetic choices.

Identify a specific audience or purpose for a drama or theater work.