State Curriculum - Dance

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Grade K Grade 1 Grade 2
Standard 1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to dance.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving, Performing, and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, perform, and respond to dance.: 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
1. Demonstrate knowledge of how elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
1. Demonstrate knowledge of how elements of dance are used to communicate meaning
a. Identify and demonstrate basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements that communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings
a. Identify and demonstrate basic and irregular locomotor and non-locomotor movements that communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings
a. Identify and demonstrate locomotor and non-locomotor movements accurately that communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings
b. Combine selected characteristics of the elements of dance, such as body parts and positions, shapes, levels, directions, general and personal space, energy, and tempo, and use sensory stimuli to create movement
b. Combine selected characteristics of the elements of dance, such as body parts and positions, shapes, levels, directions, general and personal space, energy, and tempo, and use sensory stimuli to create movement phrases
b. Combine selected elements of dance and use sensory stimuli to create movement patterns
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance movement
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance movement
2. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in dance movement
a. Demonstrate locomotor and non-locomotor movements using kinesthetic awareness
a. Demonstrate movement phrases using kinesthetic awareness
a. Demonstrate movement patterns using kinesthetic awareness
b. Demonstrate balance and timing in directed movement experiences
b. Execute movement phrases using balance and timing effectively
b. Execute movement patterns using balance and timing effectively
c. Associate selected dance movements with specific dance genres
c. Identify various movements from dance genres representative of world cultures
c. Demonstrate characteristic movements from dance genres representative of world cultures
d. Execute memorized movement phrases
d. Execute memorized movement phrases accurately
d. Execute memorized movement patterns accurately
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
3. Respond to dance through observation, experience, and analysis
a. Apply the language of dance to observed movement from different genres
a. Identify movements in phrases from different genres using the language of dance
a. Identify movement patterns from different genres using the language of dance
b. Select specific movements and describe their purposes
b. Select specific movements to explore and explain their purposes
b. Select specific movements from a pattern and explain their purposes
 

 

August 5, 2008