This framework contains two instructional strands: (1) "Creating"; and (2) "Reflecting/Responding." Both strands have content standards and cumulative student learning expectations for grades K-4, grades 5-8, and grades 9-12. The content standards contained in strand one state that students will: (1) communicate their own ideas and feelings through the use of a wide variety of media, processes, techniques, and tools, applying their knowledge of the visual arts; (2) use a wide variety of media, processes, techniques, and tools to make connections between the visual arts and interpersonal relationships; and (3) explore relationships to natural and man-made environments through the use of a wide variety of media, processes, techniques, and tools of the visual arts. The content standard for strand two states that students will be able to reflect and respond in regard to their art work, the art work of others, and the environment as a stimulus/receptor of art. (BT)