Dance 1 · Week 35 · Performance and Reflection
Looking Back
Students revisit their week one gesture phrase and describe how their movement and confidence have grown.
- Students will
- Students revisit their week one gesture phrase, perform it again, and describe how their movement, technique, and confidence have grown over the year.
- SEL skill
- Notice evidence of my growth and name a strength i developed
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-awareness by noticing their own growth and naming strengths that developed through the year.
- Content focus
- Looking Back
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-awareness
Self-awareness is noticing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and strengths and seeing how they shape what you do. More self-awareness 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:Cr3.1.HSI: Dance, Creating, Anchor Standard 3 (Refine and complete artistic work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Connecting
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-awareness activities for Dance 1
- My Moving Story Self-awarenessStudents create a short gesture phrase from moments in their lives and reflect on how they feel about moving in front of others.
- Listening to the Body Self-awarenessStudents learn alignment basics and a body scan and notice where emotions and tension live in their bodies.
- Energy and Emotion Self-awarenessStudents analyze how movement qualities such as sharp, smooth, and heavy express emotion and try each quality in their own bodies.
- Folklórico and Family Self-awarenessStudents learn about the regional roots of ballet folklórico and reflect on the dances that live in their own families.
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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.