PE Course 1 · Week 14 · Rhythms and Dance
Dance as Self Expression
Small groups build an eight count sequence that expresses a feeling of their choice and journal how movement can say what words cannot.
- Students will
- Students build an eight count sequence in a small group that expresses a chosen feeling and describe how movement can show enjoyment and self-expression (C1.3.4).
- SEL skill
- Connect a feeling to a specific body movement
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-awareness by connecting a chosen feeling to specific body movements.
- Content focus
- Dance as self-expression
- Format
- Small group problem-solving
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means noticing your own feelings, thoughts, and strengths and 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
- C1.3.4: High School Course 1, Standard 3 (Psychological and Sociological Concepts), item 3.4
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 1.12.4 Demonstrates and creates movement sequences based on one or more forms of dance.
- SHAPE America (national): 4.12.1 Selects and participates in physical activities (e.g., dance, yoga, aerobics) that meet the need for self-expression.
More self-awareness activities for PE Course 1
- Who Am I as a Mover? Self-awarenessStudents rotate through a movement sampler of jogging, dancing, throwing, and balancing stations, then journal about which movements feel most like them and why.
- Five Components, My Way Self-awarenessStudents move through stations for cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility and privately note which ones energize them and which feel hard, without comparing to anyone.
- Reading My Heart Rate Self-awarenessStudents take their pulse at rest, after a jog, and after slow breathing, then journal how heart rate and feelings rise and fall together.
- Nerves and Performance Self-awarenessStudents attempt a target throw once calmly and once under a loud countdown, then analyze how nerves changed their focus and technique.
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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.