Ontario Junior Dance Unit (Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6)

Everything you need for your junior dance unit in Ontario. This resource hits every expectation in the Ontario Dance curriculum for grades 4-6.

This unit can be used to teach Grade 4, Grade 5 or Grade 6 Ontario Dance.

This unit has eleven topics that includes the curriculum expectation by lesson including learning goals. Topics can cover 2 lessons allowing this resource to be used for up to 20 weeks. This resource includes everything you need to assess your junior dance unit. Lessons contain an introductory game or activity, a presentation touching on the topic, dance games, read alouds and dance videos (with YouTube links) and a concluding activity. This unit comes with a culminating dance presentation.

This unit ALSO includes Google Slides Link to Presentation for Distance Learning as well as editable checkbrics for assessment.

Topics:

-Introduction to Dance

-Elements of Dance: Body

-Elements of Dance: Space

-Elements of Dance: Time

-Elements of Dance: Energy

-Elements of Dance: Relationship

-Using Dance to Tell Stories

-How Dance Influences Popular Culture

-The Connection Between Dance and Nature

-Important of Dance in Anishinaabe Culture

-Culminating Activity

This resource was created by an arts teacher currently teaching dance in an Ontario public school.

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