ALEX Learning Activity

Performing a Story Through Dance

A Learning Activity is a strategy a teacher chooses to actively engage students in learning a concept or skill using a digital tool/resource.

  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: Casaundra Taylor
System:Huntsville City
School:Academy For Academics & Arts
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 2050
Title:
Performing a Story Through Dance
Digital Tool/Resource:
 
Web Address – URL:
Not Applicable
Overview:

The students will use a story they have previously studied and identify the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Then the students will be put into 3 groups. Each group will use elements of dance to create an improvisational dance to retell their part of the story. 

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: K
Dance
3) Perform an improvisational dance that has a beginning, middle, and end.

English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
27. Identify and describe the main story elements in a literary text.

a. With prompting and support, retell a text orally, including main character(s), setting, and important events in logical order.
Learning Objectives:

The students will retell a familiar story using dance to show the beginning, middle, and end of the story. 
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
During/Explore/Explain, After/Explain/Elaborate
Activity:
1. Using a story the students are familiar with, have them identify the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Suggestions are below.

2. Divide the students into three groups. A beginning group, middle group, and an ending group.

3. In their groups, each group needs to identify 3 key elements from their part of the story. 

4. Now students will create a dance movement for each element.

5. One student will narrate the elements while the rest of the group dances.

6. Add the groups together to complete the sequence dance to retell the story. 
Assessment Strategies:
Advanced Preparation:

Book suggestions:

The Great Turkey Race

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Three Little Pigs

The Little Red Hen

Stellaluna
Variation Tips (optional):
 
Notes or Recommendations (optional):
 
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