State Curriculum - Dance

 
Grade 2
Standard 1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to dance.:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of how elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
a. Identify and demonstrate locomotor and non-locomotor movements accurately that communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings
b. Combine selected elements of dance and use sensory stimuli to create movement patterns
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance movement
a. Demonstrate movement patterns using kinesthetic awareness
b. Execute movement patterns using balance and timing effectively
c. Demonstrate characteristic movements from dance genres representative of world cultures
d. Execute memorized movement patterns accurately
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
a. Identify movement patterns from different genres using the language of dance
b. Select specific movements from a pattern and explain their purposes
 

 

August 5, 2008