Lesson Title: Lesson Four: Putting the Elements Together Subject: Dance

Grade: Learning Goals: Today we will put the elements we have learned so far all together and learn
1-2 a dance.

Success Criteria: You know you understand when you learn the dance and can identify the
elements we have used.

Ontario Curriculum Overall Expectations:

● A1 Creating and Presenting- apply the creative process to the composition of simple dance
phrases, using the elements of dance to communicate feelings and ideas
● A2 Reflecting, Responding, and Analyzing- apply the critical process to communicate their
feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of dance pieces and experiences

Ontario Curriculum Specific Expectations:

● A1.1- use movements that are part of their daily experiences in a variety of ways in dance phrases
● A1.2- use dance as a language to express feelings and ideas suggested by songs, stories, and
poems, with a focus on the element of body, particularly body shapes
● A1.3- create dance phrases using a variety of ways to connect movements
● A2.3- identify and give examples of their strengths and areas for growth as dance creators and
audience members

Assessment For Learning, Checking for Understanding Materials/Resources:

& Feedback ● Gymnasium, access to a speaker
● Observe how incorporate and identify the elements and music
as they dance

Accommodations / Modifications:
●
Time: 10 Introduction: Motivational Hook
minutes ● Tap stretching to wake up our bodies
Groupings:
● Group Discussion:
o What elements have we learned about so far?
▪ Movement and space!

Time: 15 Lesson: Putting the Elements Together

minutes ● Activity 1- Learning a dance
Groupings: ○ Song: “Better When I’m Dancing”
○ Learn a short dance
● Activity 2- Freeze Dance
○ Same song- show your own moves incorporating the elements!
Time: 5 Closing:
minutes
● Cool down (if time permits)- Tree in the Wind
Groupings: o Non-locomotor movement only moving the arms
o Fast, medium, and slow wind, students wave their arms like branches

Notes:
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Lesson Reflection:

Note:
Learning Goals: “clearly identify what students are expected to know and be able to do, in language that students can
readily understand.”
Success criteria: “describe in specific terms what successful attainment of the learning goals looks like” (Growing
Success p. 33).
1 – Learning Goal: Today we will…
2 – Why: So that…
3 – Success Criteria for this Lesson:
You know you understand when…