KIN 447 D.

Martin
Names: Karina Ledesma, Lizeth Loaiza, Sarah Mecklenburg, Elizabeth Moran
DANCE EDUCATION LESSON PLAN
GRADE LEVEL & NUMBER OF STUDENTS: First Grade, 30 students
TIME: 25-30 mins
EQUIPMENT: Boombox, cones/dots, drum
OBJECTIVES:
Psychomotor
1. The student will participate in the body wake-up activity during the warm up portion of the class as directed
by the instructor.
Cognitive
1. The student will run and dodge from other students back to their original spots without running into eachother
during the Lesson focus demonstrated by the instructor.
Affective
1. The student will collaborate and strategically work together with other students during the lesson focus using
the skills demonstrated by the instructor.
CALIFORNIA K-5 DANCE and/or PE STANDARDS (identify whether Dance or PE, you can use both):
Introductory/Warm-up Activity: PE 1.1 Demonstrate an awareness of personal space, general space, and
boundaries while moving in different directions and at high, medium, and low levels in space.
Lesson Focus: PE 1.4 Change directions from forward and back and right and left in response to tempos,
rhythms, and signals while walking, running, hopping, and jumping (i.e., locomotor skills).
Closing/Cool Down Activity: PE 1.3 Change speeds in response to tempos, rhythms, and signals while
traveling in straight, curved, and zigzag pathways, using the following locomotor movements: walking, running,
leaping, hopping, jumping, galloping, sliding, and skipping.
PART 1: INTRODUCTORY/WARM-UP ACTIVITY (2-5 mins):
Activity
Teaching Hints
Body Wake-Up (p.22)
Have students spread out with enough personal
1. Stand in personal space
space.
2. Stretch body and arms
Hold each position for 20 seconds.
3. Lower arms to sides of the body
4. Smoothly roll head, neck, shoulders roll
forward curving down toward the floor
5. Bending knees, roll the body, arms and
legs in to a ball shape close to the floor
6. Slowly unfold body, straighten legs and
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stand tall
7. Lung forward on one leg, both arms out to
the sides
8. Bend front leg and stretch back leg
pressing both heels into the floor
9. Repeat with other leg
10. Stand tall, inhale deeply through nose and
exhale slowly through mouth
PART 3: LESSON FOCUS (15-20 mins):
Activity
Midnight Game
Skills: Running and Dodging

Teaching Hints
Walk around
Toe to Toe
One student raise hand
All raised hand students go to one side and the
rest to the other side.

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

Activity
Teaching Hints
Follow the beat of the drum (time and tempo)
Have students spread out
(p.139)
Pick a favorite animal
1. Place students around the room.
Move like this animal staying within your
2. Instruct them to listen to the drum beat.
personal space.
3. Students move when they hear the drum,
Keep changing the animal
freeze when it is silent
4. Practice several times, moving to the
drum, freezing when it stops.
Modifications for students with disabilities (2):
1. During lesson focus have the students walk, instead of running.
2. During cool down activity, students can stay in one spot instead of moving around.