DAN 385

Lesson Plan: 1. Title: Conditioning 1 Class Theme: Exercise/Workout Art Discipline: Dance Conditioning I, Movements Grade Level: 5th Graders Teacher's Name: Mackenzie Howell Volume: 15-20 students 2. Date : April 17, 2024 3. OBJECTIVE & COMPONENT : Understands correct placement, posture, and alignment by using critical observation skills (Move your body and have fun) & Movement skills and underlying principles 4. Standard  (Competency):  The student can, by observation, identify common placement, posture, and alignment. 5. Plan  (Activity): Learn/practice certain conditioning activities such as inchworm, squat, jump and jacks, plank press/plank, roll-up, lunge, jump-shot & review terms by doing movements 6. Assessment : Play Simon Says using the terms/movements that were just taught/visually see how well the students do with understanding the terms/movements 7. Homework: Review terms and have a friend/family member do each movement with the student as a ...

Assessments: Types Informal - verbal acknowledgment (formative - questions; summative - chat with instructor) Formal - grades, reflection of what you have learned (formative - immediate quiz; summative - exam) summative - sums up learning that has already happened like tests formative - as it is forming, verifying if learning is happening Point indicator - GPA Percentage - % Letter evaluation by teacher or yourself Self-evaluation BEST R - Body, Energy, Space, Time, Relationship Lessons with Elements of Dance -  Lesson Plan: Who am I teaching: 3rd grade Class demographics: 20-25 students; 3 to 5 are more advanced in dance Title: Ballet Subunit: Barré Component: Movement Skills and Underlying Principles Objectives: Demonstrates how various body parts lead an action, symmetrical and asymmetrical body shapes, even and uneven rhythms, understanding of meter in movement, knows dance steps and positions Competency: using five different locomotor movements and at least two non-locomotor m...

Unit: Basics of Ballet Barre 1.  Classroom Information : in a studio room Subject Area: Dance Arts Grade level- 3rd-5th grade 2.  Unit Description - This unit will expose students to ballet barre, which is a fundamental aspect of ballet class. Students will learn the chronological order of a ballet barre and also develop movement quality by performing it. Students will understand that terms are French, and relate to their movement. At the end of this unit, students will be able to combine different barre exercises into a more complex combination. 3.  Building a Foundation a) Habits of Learning Taxonomy Analysis (connect, compare, appraise) Synthesis (propose, plan, formulate) Evaluation (predict, assess, support, defend) Problem-Solving Thinking Flexibility b) Standards: - apply corrections to evaluate own work - develop and refine artistic technique - generate and conceptualize artistic ideas - relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical conte...

Interpreting visual art through dance for 3rd-5th graders movement metaphors: movement can reflect the details and works of a piece of art depending on its qualities 1. Introduce different drawings/paintings that have different qualities - for example,  one in color/black and white  - one with sharp lines/smooth & curved accents/ pointillism 2. Have students improvise movement based on a painting of their choosing. - have them consider all kinds of aspects of the art 3. Then, have kids make their own drawings and imitate it through dance Role of Teacher: no creative boundaries; guide students through their thinking - provide hypothetical questions:  What is presented in the art? What symbols can be derived from the art? How does the drawing make them feel? How can these feelings be translated into dance improvisation?

Why use the creative method?  Teaching through the creative method can integrate other skills like visuospatial skills into typical coursework. It requires the application of learned concepts in order to solidify students' understanding of the topic. This method fosters a positive learning environment with an emphasis on creativity. In addition, there is a focus on a mind-body connection, which is essential to life overall. There are many more benefits to using the creative method over the typical methods currently used. Group A: Teaching the alphabet  teacher and students come up with a movement that corresponds with the sounding out of the letter (ex: movement for a = "ay") continue throughout the entire alphabet, making it cumulative. 

Explain in your own words the meaning of VTS. Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a student-centered teaching method that improves critical thinking skills and helps enhance community-building through discussing visual images. It helps transform the way students think and learn. I feel like VTS makes the student go deeper into the discussion and really think about the Whys. VTS Discussion Process Observe a painting Art of North America What is going on in this picture?  There are 4 flowers 2 bright yellow, 1 light yellow, and 1 white with green grass Facilitator paraphrases What makes you think so? I think so because it looks like the outline of a flower that I have seen and I see the colors vividly. The colors bring out the features in the painting. Facilitator paraphrases What more can we find? We can find an overlap of the colors in the painting. The colors go outside the structures in the paintings making it look 3-D. Facilitator paraphrases What makes you say that? You can see...