ALEX Classroom Resources

ALEX Classroom Resources  
   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 1 :
1) Differentiate between basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

Examples: Running, twisting, skipping, falling.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 9 :
9) Identify and apply different qualities to movements.

Example: Heavy/light, smooth/sharp, sustained/sudden.

[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) 10 :
10) Demonstrate a range of locomotor and non-locomotor movement concentrating on direction.

Examples: Skipping in a circle or reaching on a diagonal.

Subject: Arts Education (K - 1)
Title: Every Dancer Counts!
URL: https://education.byu.edu/arts/lessons/every-dancer-counts!
Description:

Students will improvise axial (non-locomotor) movements using individual parts of the body, upper body, lower body, and entire body.  They will move safely while performing locomotor movements such as walking, running, jumping, hopping, skipping, sliding, or galloping.  They will move using different types of energy such as percussive and sustained.    


   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 1 :
1) Differentiate between basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

Examples: Running, twisting, skipping, falling.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 4 :
4) Illustrate an idea, feeling, or image through improvised movement.

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

[ARTS] DAN (0) 18 :
18) Select and demonstrate a movement in a dance and explain why it was chosen.

Example: Select a movement and explain what the movement may mean.

[ARTS] DAN (1) 7 :
7) Create movement and stillness using changing elements of space.

Example: Change body shapes, levels, and facings.

Move in straight, curved, and zigzag pathways.

Move with others to form straight lines and circles.

[ARTS] DAN (1) 9 :
9) Identify and demonstrate movement qualities.

Example: Bouncy, floppy, melting, or growing.

[ARTS] DAN (1) 19 :
18) Select and demonstrate several movements in a dance and explain why they were chosen.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 2 :
2) Connect a variety of moments while manipulating the elements of dance through locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 8 :
8) Demonstrate movement on the accented beat in duple and triple meter.

Examples: Waltz, triplet, walking, or marching.

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

Example: Identify a movement that repeats within a phrase

Subject: Arts Education (K - 2)
Title: Pinkalicious & Peterrific: Dance Creation
URL: https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/pinka18-arts-dancecreate-lp/dance-creation-lesson-plan-pinkalicious-peterrific/
Description:

In this lesson, students will learn about a range of dance styles from a video excerpt from the PBS KIDS series, PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC™. The students will then use what they have learned as inspiration to make up their own dances. After warming up by dancing like robots, which the characters do in the video, children use creative movements to imitate animals, objects, and nature. After practicing their moves, students perform their dance in a class recital.


   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 1 :
1) Differentiate between basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

Examples: Running, twisting, skipping, falling.

[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 (0) 15 :
15) Identify a movement that repeats in a dance.

Subject: Arts Education (K)
Title: Line Dancing the Kindergarten Way!
URL: https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/18782
Description:

Students will learn and perform a line dance to You've Got a Friend in Me. They will perform both locomotor and non-locomotor movements while safely moving through space.    


   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 1 :
1) Differentiate between basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

Examples: Running, twisting, skipping, falling.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 7 :
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.

[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] DAN (1) 11 :
11) Identify and explore personal space and general space within movement.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 1 :
1) Respond to movement with a variety of prompts and suggest additional sources for movement ideas.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 11 :
11) Demonstrate safe movement in a variety of spatial relationships and formations with other dancers, sharing and maintaining personal space.

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

Example: Travel from downstage right to upstage left.

[ARTS] DAN (4) 12 :
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.

[ARTS] DAN (5) 11 :
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.

Subject: Arts Education (K - 5)
Title: 5 Ways to Add Dance and Theater to the Classroom
URL: https://artsintegration.com/2022/02/01/5-ways-to-add-dance-and-theater-to-the-classroom/
Description:

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 (0) 1 :
1) Differentiate between basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

Examples: Running, twisting, skipping, falling.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 7 :
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.

[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.

Subject: Arts Education (K)
Title: Moving Safely in Personal Space
URL: https://sites.uci.edu/class/kindergarten/dance/grade-k-dance-lesson-1/
Description:

Students will use a hula hoop to identify personal space. They will perform axial movements (non-locomotor) within their hula hoop.    


   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] DAN (0) 1 :
1) Differentiate between basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

Examples: Running, twisting, skipping, falling.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 7 :
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.

[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.

Subject: Arts Education (K)
Title: Moving Safely in General Space
URL: https://sites.uci.edu/class/kindergarten/dance/grade-k-dance-lesson-2/
Description:

Students will identify and perform locomotor movements with the class. They will move safely with peers throughout the space.  


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