Dance 1 · Week 36 · Performance and Reflection
Gratitude Circle
Students create a closing group dance in which each person adds a gesture of thanks for someone in the ensemble.
- Students will
- Students collaborate on a closing group dance in which each person adds a gesture of thanks and the group arranges them using a choreographic structure.
- SEL skill
- Express appreciation to others clearly through movement and words
- What it looks like
- Students practice relationship skills by expressing appreciation clearly and building a shared piece that honors everyone in the ensemble.
- Content focus
- Gratitude Circle
- Format
- Role play
Relationship skills
Relationship skills are the ways you communicate, listen, cooperate, and work through problems to build healthy connections. More relationship skills activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- DA:Cr2.1.HSI: Dance, Creating, Anchor Standard 2 (Organize and develop artistic ideas and work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Creating
- Level: High School Proficient
More relationship skills activities for Dance 1
- A Safe Space to Move Relationship skillsStudents cocreate studio agreements and practice a group warmup that welcomes every body and ability level.
- Time and Togetherness Relationship skillsGroups dance a rhythmic phrase in unison and in canon and notice how shared timing builds connection.
- Feedback in the Studio Relationship skillsStudents give feedback on a peer's dance study using kind, specific language and revise their own study.
- Group Choreography Relationship skillsGroups collaborate on a short dance using choreographic devices and practice making sure every member's ideas appear in it.
RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.