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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.

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21) Identify the elements of dance in movement.

Example: Describe the levels created by peers in an improvisation or dance phrase.

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2) Experiment with changing a movement, utilizing the elements of dance.

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1) Respond to movement with a variety of prompts and suggest additional sources for movement ideas.

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7) Demonstrate clear directional movement that changes body shape, facings, or pathway in space.

Examples: Identify symmetrical and asymmetrical body shapes and examine relationships between body parts.

Differentiate between circling and turning as two separate ways of continuous directional change.

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11) Change levels, directions, and pathway designs safely in a dance phrase while coordinating with a partner or other dancers.

Students will pretend to surf, using low, medium, and high levels. They will identify pathways that surfers use such as straight, curved, and zigzag. They will choose one level and one pathway to move to disco music. They will perform the following disco moves: Roll, Disco Duck, and Hustle. They will perform these movements to disco music.  

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1) Differentiate between basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

Examples: Running, twisting, skipping, falling.

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7) Demonstrate movement and stillness using the basic elements of space, including line, shape, levels, and size.

Examples: Join with others to make a circle, then work with others to change it to a square.

Create a curved shape on a low level.

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1) Respond with movement to a variety of prompts.

Examples: music/sound, artwork, tactile

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2) Experiment with changing a movement, utilizing the elements of dance.

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11) Identify and explore personal space and general space within movement.

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1) Respond to movement with a variety of prompts and suggest additional sources for movement ideas.

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11) Demonstrate safe movement in a variety of spatial relationships and formations with other dancers, sharing and maintaining personal space.

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1) Improvise movements with a variety of self-identified prompts.

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

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13) Use stage directions to identify main areas of a performance space.

Example: Travel from downstage right to upstage left.

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12) Coordinate performance timing with other dancers by utilizing cues from each other and responding to production elements.

Examples: Enter stage after eight counts of music, or wait until lights go up for bow.

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11) Employ safe practices before, during, and after dancing.

Examples: Discuss ways to promote muscular strength, endurance, injury prevention.

Promote healthful eating and good nutrition as proper food for the body.

This article includes five different activities to incorporate theater and dance into the classroom.  The activities included are "Mystery Mover," "Stage Corners," "Carnival Walk," "Reader's Theater," and "When I Move, You Move." 

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (2) 1 :

1) Respond to movement with a variety of prompts and suggest additional sources for movement ideas.

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7) Demonstrate clear directional movement that changes body shape, facings, or pathway in space.

Examples: Identify symmetrical and asymmetrical body shapes and examine relationships between body parts.

Differentiate between circling and turning as two separate ways of continuous directional change.

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1) Improvise movements with a variety of self-identified prompts.

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

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2) Select and demonstrate a movement solution for a given movement problem.

Example: Find a way to travel across the floor only on a low level.

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25. Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.

a. Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes.

Examples: a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces

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26. Recognize and describe polygons (up to 8 sides), triangles, and quadrilaterals (rhombuses, rectangles, and squares) based on the number of sides and the presence or absence of square corners.

a. Draw examples of quadrilaterals that are and are not rhombuses, rectangles, and squares.

Students will identify known shapes and describe their properties. They will create the shape with their body.  As a group, they will create a shape with all members. They will change groups and create another shape.  

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1) Respond to movement with a variety of prompts and suggest additional sources for movement ideas.

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2) Connect a variety of moments while manipulating the elements of dance through locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

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3) Create a dance phrase with a main idea that has a clear beginning, middle, and end.

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7) Demonstrate clear directional movement that changes body shape, facings, or pathway in space.

Examples: Identify symmetrical and asymmetrical body shapes and examine relationships between body parts.

Differentiate between circling and turning as two separate ways of continuous directional change.

Students will draw their initials in upper case letters on paper and in the air. They will explore the pathways created by their initials while walking on the floor. They will identify the different types of lines created by the pathways. They will choreograph a three-part (beginning, middle, end) dance using their initials.