Dance Lesson - Combining Walking, Counting and Arms

Help your students develop their dance knowledge and create new dance sequences with this dance lesson for Kindergarten, first grade and second grade students. Introducing the dancer's 8-count music counting, this lesson shows students how they can combine different movements and how they can begin to record their movements. The extensive teacher support resources makes this lesson perfect for any teacher, no matter your dance experience.

This lesson includes outcomes/standards for the Australian Curriculum, New Zealand Curriculum and the National Core Arts Standards.

These activities are designed for Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2 students. If you are teaching students in another year level, please check the preview to determine if it is suitable for your classroom.

This resource includes

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Extended, in-depth version)

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Condensed, 1 page version)

✫ Teacher Consideration Notes (to support teaching and learning)

✫ Vocabulary and Music Notes (including links to playlists on an external site)

✫ Video Link (with link to a supporting video)

✫ Safe Dance Behavior Poster (in color and black and white)

✫ Teacher Prompt Card for Warm-Up, Exploration, Exploration Dance Sequence, Developing and Cool Down Activities - to assist teachers during the lesson (in color and black and white)

✫ Student Posters - Counting the Beats, Movement Sequences

✫ Student Materials - Notation worksheet, 2 Consolidating the Activity Worksheets, 1 Consolidating the Activity Question Sheet and Foldable Discussion Card (in color and black and white)

This resource is available in US English in Letter Format and UK/Australian/NZ English in A4 format. Both versions are PDF files, 56 pages long.

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