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.

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.    

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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.

[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) 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) 11 :

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

[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) 10 :

10) Demonstrate a range of locomotor and non-locomotor movements that alternate between personal space and general space.

Example: Skipping across the floor followed by skipping in place.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 11 :

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

This activity includes four dance options, including exploring levels, pathways, space, and locomotor movement.  Students will create different shapes while exploring high, middle, and low levels.  They will identify and move through different pathways such as straight, curved, and zigzag.  They will practice moving safely through general space and kinesphere (self-space).  They will explore the eight basic locomotor movements - walking, running, hopping, skipping, jumping, galloping, leaping, and sliding.

   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.

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) 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) 16 :

16) Observe and describe dance movements from a specific genre or culture.

[ARTS] DAN (2) 16 :

16) Observe or perform dance movements from a specific genre or culture and describe or demonstrate the movements.

This informational material allows the class to read about flamenco dancing and identify the three parts of modern flamenco dancing: guitar, song, and dance. Students can dance along with a video of flamenco dancing and make their own castanets. 

   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.

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.    

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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.

[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) 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) 13 :

13) Dance for and with others in designated space.

Students will move safely in personal and general space while creating movement phrases.  They will express themselves through a variety of shapes and movements.  

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3) Perform an improvisational dance that has a beginning, middle, and end.

[ARTS] DAN (0) 4 :

4) Illustrate an idea, feeling, or image through improvised movement.

[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) 1 :

1) Respond with movement to a variety of prompts.

Examples: music/sound, artwork, tactile

[ARTS] DAN (1) 3 :

3) Describe movement choices within a dance that create a beginning, middle, and end.

[ARTS] DAN (1) 4 :

4) Select movements that express an idea or emotion or follow a musical phrase.

Students will read and summarize a story. They will be divided into three groups.  Each group will write a summarization of the beginning, middle, or end. They will choreograph a dance that represents their part of the story. The class will perform the dance.  

   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.

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.

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