KIN 447 D.

Martin
Names: Charolet , Roxana, Ayisha, Vanessa
DANCE EDUCATION LESSON PLAN
GRADE LEVEL & NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 4th Grade & 35 students
TIME: 25 mins
EQUIPMENT: Music and Boom Box
OBJECTIVES:
Psychomotor
1. The student will perform the task of dancing the hustle as instructed, in a somewhat confident
proficient habitual manner.
Cognitive
1. The student will combine several different step patterns to create the dance as instructed by the
teacher.
Affective
1. The student will be attentive to the instruction and willing participate in the performance of the
dance as instructed by the teacher.

CALIFORNIA DANCE/PE STANDARDS:

Introductory/Warm-up Activity:
3.1 Participate in appropriate warm-up and cool-down exercises for particular physical activities.
Lesson Focus:
1.2 Demonstrate the ability to use smooth transitions when connecting one movement phrase to
another.

Closing/Cool Down Activity:

3.1 Participate in appropriate warm-up and cool-down exercises for particular physical activities.

PART 1: INTRODUCTORY/WARM-UP ACTIVITY (2-5 mins):

Activity
Teaching Hints
Walk around in a circle while stretching your
Charolet starts (walking and arm movements),
arms, marching, skipping, and then galloping.
Vanessa (marching), Ayisha (skipping), and
ending with Roxanna (galloping)
PART 3: LESSON FOCUS (15-20 mins):
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Activity
Introduce the song they will be dancing to, then
show then the steps in sections, and then put all
the moves together and do the hustle.

Teaching Hints
1. Demonstrate the entire dance while
students watch w/out music
2. Show: 4 steps back (right leg back), 4
steps forward (left leg forward) Practice
with students
3. Show: Starting with the right foot, step
left, side together side touch & clap
Practice with students
4. Show: Start with the left foot step right,
side together side together Practice with
students
5. Show by combining steps 2, 3, & 4 with
music Practice with students with music
6. Show: Disco moves 4 times (up and down
is once) Practice with students
7. Show: Rolling the arms left to right 2x
Practice with students
8. Show by combining steps 5, 6 & 7 with
out music Practice with students with out
music, repeat both with music
9. Show: Right foot forward touch, right foot
back touch, right foot to the side touch and
turn to the left Practice with students
10. Altogether from the top with music
11. Altogether from the top with music and
keep going to all four sides.

PART 4: CLOSING/COOL DOWN ACTIVITY (2-5 mins):

Activity
Teaching Hints
Walk in large circle
Walk while cooling down