Dance 1 · Week 28 · Dance in Our Community
Leading the Warmup
Students take turns leading the group warmup and practice dependable, encouraging leadership.
- Students will
- Students plan and lead a thirty second warmup segment with clear cues and demonstrate dependable preparation and ensemble support, using healthy dance practices.
- SEL skill
- Give clear directions and encouragement while leading, and follow others with focus
- What it looks like
- Students practice relationship skills by leading with clear communication and encouraging language and by following others cooperatively.
- Content focus
- Leading the Warmup
- Format
- Group roles share
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:Pr6.1.HSI: Dance, Performing, Presenting, or Producing, Anchor Standard 6 (Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Performing, Presenting, or Producing
- 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.
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