Theatre

Grade 4

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2013

22 standards
  • Foundations: inquiry and understanding (1)
    • 4.THEATRE.1.A

      Integrate sensory and emotional responses in dramatic play.

    • 4.THEATRE.1.B

      Develop body awareness and spatial perception using rhythmic and expressive movement.

    • 4.THEATRE.1.C

      Respond to sound, music, images, language, and literature with voice and movement and participate in dramatic play using actions, sounds, and dialogue.

    • 4.THEATRE.1.D

      Express emotions and ideas using interpretive movements, sounds, and dialogue.

    • 4.THEATRE.1.E

      Imitate and synthesize life experiences in dramatic play.

    • 4.THEATRE.1.F

      Use common objects to represent the setting, enhance characterization, and clarify actions.

    • 4.THEATRE.1.G

      Define and demonstrate correct use of basic theatrical terms such as dialogue, character, scene, prop, costumes, setting, and theme.

  • Creative expression: performance (2)
    • 4.THEATRE.2.A

      Demonstrate safe use of the voice and body.

    • 4.THEATRE.2.B

      Describe characters, their relationships, and their surroundings.

    • 4.THEATRE.2.C

      Develop characters and assume roles in short improvised scenes using imagination, personal experiences, heritage, literature, and history.

    • 4.THEATRE.2.D

      Dramatize literary selections in unison, pairs, or groups, demonstrating a logical connection of events and describing the characters, their relationships, and their surroundings.

    • 4.THEATRE.2.E

      Create simple stories collaboratively through imaginative play, improvisations, and story dramatizations, demonstrating a logical connection of events and describing the characters, their relationships, and their surroundings. Page 22 August 2019 Update.

  • Creative expression: production (3)
    • 4.THEATRE.3.A

      Describe the appropriate use of props, costumes, sound, and visual elements that define character, environment, action, and theme.

    • 4.THEATRE.3.B

      Alter space to create suitable performance environments for playmaking.

    • 4.THEATRE.3.C

      Plan brief dramatizations collaboratively.

    • 4.THEATRE.3.D

      Interact cooperatively with others in brief dramatizations.

  • Historical and cultural relevance (4)
    • 4.THEATRE.4.A

      Explain theatre as a reflection of life in particular times, places, cultures, and oral traditions specific to Texas.

    • 4.THEATRE.4.B

      Identify the role of live theatre, film, television, and electronic media in American society.

    • 4.THEATRE.4.C

      Compare theatre artists and their contributions to theatre and society.

  • Critical evaluation and response (5)
    • 4.THEATRE.5.A

      Apply appropriate audience behavior at formal and informal performances.

    • 4.THEATRE.5.B

      Compare visual, aural, oral, and kinetic aspects of informal playmaking with formal theatre.

    • 4.THEATRE.5.C

      Discuss how movement, music, or visual elements enhance ideas and emotions depicted in theatre.