-+DanceMovement+Unit

Fifth and Six Grade Unit #: Title

PE Standards

 * 1) Students demonstrate the motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
 * 2) Students demonstrate knowledge of movement concepts, principles, and strategies that apply to the the leaning and performance of physical activities.

Critical questions to ask while teaching:

 * 1) How does the movement go with the music? What movement would you choose or create?

What they will understand at the end of the unit:

 * 1) How to follow the sequence of simple dance steps;
 * 2) Creation of their own movements to the music

Vocabulary

 * 1) Starting position:
 * 2) Whistle signal

Skills

 * 1) Following the teacher's non-verbal directions
 * 2) Learning the procedures for PE
 * 3) Getting into position for instruction
 * 4) Learning the steps to the dance

Materials to be used

 * ===Videos=== || ===Links=== || ===Other Materials=== ||

Formative

 * Feedback to students as they are learning steps

Summative

 * Example

Learning Activities
Week One Explain what will be happening and what our goals are (1 minute) Explain procedures and commands (5 minutes) Activity using the non-verbal commands: Review of what we learned (5 minutes) Week Two Stretches (5 minutes) Teacher modeling; student following Patta Patta broken down; Go through one part of song, modeling the steps, the having kids following Steps: Arm circles; leg squats; sidestep or zig-zag step. (10 minutes) Cool down meditation
 * How to get into "lines"
 * The whistle signals
 * Non-verbal check in
 * Red Light; Green Light (10 minutes)
 * Gestures for check in (5 minutes)
 * Back to line up (5 minutes)
 * Short stretch activity (5 minutes)