Lion and Mouse Masks

Fine Arts: Theater

K-4 Standard 2: Acting by assuming roles and interacting in improvisations

• Students imagine and clearly describe characters, their relationships and their environments.
• Students use variations of locomotor and nonlocomotor movement and vocal pitch, tempo and tone for different characters.

Source: National Standards for Arts Education

English Language Arts: Applying Language Skills

K-12: Standard 12

• Students use spoken, written and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion and the exchange of information).
  

Standards for the English Language Arts, by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English, Copyright 1996 by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. Reprinted with permission.

Source: NCTE/IRA Standards for the English Language Arts