Methods of Teaching Dance

  Title: elements of dance date: 3/18 component: movement skills and underlying principles objective: recognizes ways of using various body parts competency: student can solve locormotor and non-locormotor movement by creating a short thematic interpretation that will demonstrate these movements materials: ribbons, scarves, strings  content: teaching them the element of dance by providing our materials which teach the students flowy and natural movements to their body.  activity: negative space game, teaching them to utilize the space around them. They can also use their materials to access the space around them assessment: use formative assessment by asking them guiding questions to ensure they understood the assignment

  Unit Topic: expressing emotion through movement 1. We can have the children make a movement that represents a certain emotion we tell them.  2. Each day of the week can be dedicated to a different emotion: happy, sad, angry, excited, suprised, nervous.  3. The students will have to create a dance in groups that conveys an emotion they choose, and the rest of the class would have to guess what emotion they are trying to portray.  The easiest skill would be how to express emotion through facial expressions, and expressing through their body movement would be harder. It also might be easier to convey happiness than suprised for example. We can start with teaching basic emotions and move into more complex emotions.  We can incorporate dance by teaching a sad ballet dance or watching a video of an angry hip hop dance.  We are teaching young children how to show their emotions in dance.  They will learn how to associate their feelings through movement...

 Grade: Kindergarten Component: Dance Making Objective: Understands how gestures and movement communicate meaning. Competency: The student can tell a simple story that has a beginning, middle, and end by using various dance sequences learned in class or log creating their own sequences. Activity: Dance video and partner work. Assessment: Getting in small groups and creating short dances to share with the class. ● Warm up ○ Stretching ● Follow along with a happy dance video ○ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ6BPWyIueQ ● Get with a partner and take turns giving an emotion and doing a move that reflects that emotion ● With the same partner, do a move and have your partner guess what emotion you’re trying to convey ● Get into small groups and come up with a short dance that embodies an emotion ○ Your group will perform in front of the class, and the class will have to guess what emotion you’re trying to portray

  The creative process is better than any other process because it allows the kindergarteners to have autonomy in their dancing. Being able to dance based on their feelings fosters a healthy relationship with dance. Because they are able to listen to their bodies, they can be more creative and have fun. Kindergarteners especially may have trouble learning a specific dance, so allowing them to be creative can make them participate more and be more engaged in class.