Dance Lesson - Running, Galloping and Skipping

Build your students' knowledge of locomotor movement with this dance lesson exploring running, galloping and skipping. This teacher resource, designed for Kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade students, introduces new movements and asks students to develop these movements while responding to stimulus cards. 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)

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

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

✫ Emotion Cards for Developing Activity (in full color, color with white backgrounds and black and white)

✫ Movement words - word strips and poster (in color and black and white)

✫ Emotion Recording Sheets - for students to record how dances change when different emotions are expressed

This resource is available in US English in Letter Format and UK/Australian/NZ English in A4 format. Both versions are PDF files, 37 pages long.

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⭐ Dance Lesson - Exploring Hands, Arms and Levels

⭐ Dance Lesson - Combining Walking, Counting and Arms

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