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   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 8 :
8) Demonstrate tempo changes with movements that match music or sound stimuli.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 11 :
11) Move safely in general space and start/stop on cue during activities, group formations, and creative explorations while maintaining personal space.

[ARTS] DAN (1) 8 :
8) Demonstrate the element of time by moving to quick, moderate, or slow music or sound.

Example: Recognize steady beat and move to varying tempi of steady beat.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 5 :
5) Improvise to create short memorized dance phrases using material discovered through guided improvisation and guided feedback.

[ARTS] DAN (3) 1 :
1) Improvise movements with a variety of self-identified prompts.

Examples: music/sound, text, objects, images, notation, observed dance experiences

[ARTS] DAN (3) 8 :
8) Perform improvised movements with or against tempos and rhythms in music or sound.

Subject: Arts Education (K - 3)
Title: Feeling the Music
URL: https://everactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/K-3-Dance-1_12.pdf
Description:

Students will improvise movements to a variety of genres and speeds of music. They will adjust movements to match the tempo. They will perform hip hop moves such as bounce to the beat, step clap, attitude, raise the roof, walk and jump, bops, clean it, butterfly, twister, and fall back. They will move safely while performing their favorite hip hop moves while listening to music.  


   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 8 :
8) Demonstrate tempo changes with movements that match music or sound stimuli.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 13 :
13) Dance for and with others in designated space.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 16 :
16) Repeat, recall and respond to observed or performed dance movements.

[ARTS] DAN (1) 15 :
15) Identify a movement or movement phrase that repeats to make a pattern within a dance.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 3 :
3) Create a dance phrase with a main idea that has a clear beginning, middle, and end.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 15 :
15) Recognize dance movements that develop a pattern.

Example: Identify a movement that repeats within a phrase

[ARTS] DAN (3) 3 :
3) Recognize choreographic devices to create simple movement patterns.

Examples: Retrograde, scramble/deconstruct, transposition, inversion, or fragment.

Subject: Arts Education (K - 3)
Title: Disco Combo Fever
URL: https://everactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/K-3-Dance-8_12.pdf
Description:

Students will mirror each other while practicing levels and a variety of tempos. They will review previously learned disco steps. They will perform four new disco moves such as John Travolta, Hips and Rolls, Out In, and The One That I Want. Students will choreograph and perform a dance using four of the disco moves.  


   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 5 :
5) Use suggestions from peers or instructors to change movement through structured improvisational activities.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 8 :
8) Demonstrate tempo changes with movements that match music or sound stimuli.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 10 :
10) Demonstrate body patterning movements and body shapes.

Example: Same side and cross-body locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 13 :
13) Dance for and with others in designated space.

Subject: Arts Education (K)
Title: The Science of Movement
URL: https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/science-of-movement-whats-good/the-science-of-movement-whats-good/
Description:

Students will watch a video about break dancing.  They will observe items in their home and around their community that move.  They will have a dance party, move to suggested motions, and react to various tempos in different songs. 


   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 2 :
2) React to stimuli by creating movement that changes at least one of the elements of dance.

Example: Identify elements of movement that are personally difficult to perform and discuss in a journal how this impacts movement choice in choreography.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 8 :
8) Demonstrate tempo changes with movements that match music or sound stimuli.

[ARTS] DAN (1) 1 :
1) Respond with movement to a variety of prompts.

Examples: music/sound, artwork, tactile

[ARTS] DAN (1) 2 :
2) Experiment with changing a movement, utilizing the elements of dance.

[ARTS] MUS (0) 1 :
1) Explore and experience music concepts.

Example: Explore musical sources freely, using found sounds, electronic sounds, or sounds from voice or instruments found in classroom, remembering to use both sound and silence.

[ARTS] MUS (0) 8 :
8) Explore and achieve awareness of music contrasts in a variety of music selected for performance.

Examples: Demonstrate high/low, loud/soft, same/different.

[ARTS] MUS (0) 15 :
15) Demonstrate how a specific music concept is used in music.

Example: Respond with purposeful movement to the steady beat of a piece of music.

[ARTS] MUS (1) 8 :
8) Demonstrate knowledge of music concepts in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance.

Example: Respond with purposeful movement to reflect the melodic contour of a piece of music.

[ARTS] MUS (1) 16 :
16) Demonstrate and identify how specific music concepts are used in various styles of music for a purpose.

Example: Move in response to repeated phrases music and justify choices made.

Subject: Arts Education (K - 1)
Title: Creating Patterns
URL: https://artsintegration.com/2014/10/24/patterns-integrating-math-and-the-arts/
Description:

In this activity, students will identify patterns, such as AB, ABA, AABA. They will provide examples seen in the classroom and the community. They will create a movement pattern using one of these forms. While listening to music, they will identify the form and choreograph a movement to represent each section.   


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