EDT 317

Final Lesson Plan

Name: Lexi Fee Lesson Title: Dance & Movement Lesson Plan

Date: April 18, 2022 Grade Level: Preschool Circle one: ECE PKSN

Standard(s)/Guideline(s):
Domain: Language and Literacy; Strand: Reading; Topic: Letter and Word Recognition; STANDARD STATEMENT With modeling and
support, recognize the sounds associated with letters.
Domain: Physical Wellbeing and Motor Development; Strand: Motor Development; Topic: Large Muscle, Balance and Coordination;
STANDARD STATEMENT Demonstrate locomotor skills with control, coordination and balance during active play (e.g., running, hopping,
skipping).

Pre-assessment of current knowledge:

A pre-assessment for students can be asking students to point out different parts of their body; arms, head, knees, feet, etc. This will be to assess
students’ awareness of their body and movement. Another pre-assessing activity for this lesson could be asking students to recite the alphabet
and identify given letters on flashcards to monitor their letter recognition before participating.

Instructional Objectives (2-3) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

Two- Three Assessed Instructional
Objective(s): The student will be able to...
The students will be able to name given letters
of the alphabet and identify what movements
correspond with the given phonemes.
The students will be able to properly and
appropriately move their body following
direction with given body parts/movements.
One Assessed Developmental Skill:
The student will be able to participate in
movement with bodily awareness and
appropriate connections between the directions
and movements.
Safety Considerations:
Students should have enough room to move
without hitting or bumping into each other or
anything else.
Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or Academic Language:
record as data to demonstrate students have met ● Alphabet
your objective(s) and skill?) ● Corresponding
● Opposite
If I were doing this activity to assess student ● Prance
knowledge, I would make a checklist to make note ● Gallop
of what movement name students identified for
each letter. I will mark if they could, or could not, Procedural steps:
come up with a corresponding word for the letter This activity can be used as a brain break or
and note their movement and participation. an assessed activity to document students'
phonemic knowledge and movement
Copy to activity note form: abilities. Have students gather as a group,
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the sounds and how parts of our body or
Another form of evidence and assessment could be movements may start with them. Using
taking pictures and videos to be able document the slideshow or cards, go through all of the
students’ movement. Pictures and videos are able to letters with students, guiding movements
be looked at over time to compare growth and and identifying body parts. (Examples
movement. below)
“A is what the word arm starts with! Where
are your arms? What do you do with your
arms? How many ways can you move them?
Continue with all letters/sounds. Have
students try to think of one on their own then
the teacher can give their own example.
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate
or compile your evidence into a class or group
Examples from https://freespiritpublishingblog.com/2022/03/15/dance-the-alphabet-a-lively-indoor-activity/
A—Arms
How many ways can you move your arms (hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders)?
B—Bounce
Bend your knees and gently bounce, keeping your heels on the floor. Count to twenty as you bounce!
C—Clap
Clap your hands in front of you, behind you, over your head, behind one knee as you lift your leg and then the other.
D—Drum
A simple cross-lateral activity to activate both sides of the brain: Gently pat one arm with the other, from shoulder to hand and back up a couple of
times, then change arms. Do the same with one leg from the thigh down to the foot and back up, using the right arm with the left leg, and then the left arm
with the right leg.
E—Eyes
Try to move just your eyes, up, down, side to side, to the upper and lower diagonals.
F—Face
Make the following expressions one by one: happy, sad, shy, mad, scared, surprised. Now give yourself a big hug and make a happy face again.
G—Gallop
Clap the gallop rhythm: one quiet, quick clap and one big, accented clap. Then gallop in place starting with one foot doing a light, unaccented step, and an
accented step on the other foot. Then change feet, so the pattern starts on the other foot.
H—Hop
Hop on one foot while counting to six, then the other foot. Then try balancing for as long as you can on each foot.
I—Individual free movement
Slowly count to fifteen together, and each person will move however they wish, staying in their spot.
J—Jump
Jump in place, jump while turning in one direction, then jump in the other direction.
K and L—Kick your Legs
Kick one leg several times to the front, side, and back and swing your leg back and forth several times. Then do the same with the other leg.
M—Macarena*
Here we are, right in the middle of the alphabet. Let’s do a dance—follow me!
N—Neck
Turn your head to one side and then the other (or left and right, to work on directional words), then up and down, then slowly rolling in a full circle, and to
the other side.
O—Opposites!
Let’s explore some opposites!:
Forward and Backward: Turn away from front of the room, then toward the front. Repeat several times: back, front, back, front.
Wide and Narrow: Make your body into a narrow shape, then a wide shape.
Straight and Curvy: Make your body into a straight shape, then a curvy one.
Slow and Fast: Walk in place in slow motion, then run in place as fast as you can!
High and Low: Reach up to the ceiling, then crouch and touch your hands to the floor. Do that several times in a row, getting faster each time. Finish in a
high shape. Can you balance on your tiptoes?
P—Prance
Prance in place like a horse. Try to point your toes as you lift your feet!
Q—Quick movements
Move in place as quickly as you can, moving as many body parts as you can at the same time. Now freeze! Do that several more times: move quickly, freeze,
move quickly, freeze.
R—Run
Run in place. Now run for 10 counts facing each wall: turn to face the side wall for 10 counts, back wall, side wall, and then finish when you return to the
front.
S—Shake
First shake your head, then shake your shoulders, then arms and hands, upper body, your lower torso and hips, one leg and foot, the other leg and foot. Now
shake everything all at once!
T—Tiptoe
Standing with your feet slightly apart, rise up onto your tiptoes. Can you hold and balance for a few seconds? Try to come down softly back to your starting
position. Do that a few more times. Now try tiptoeing in a small circle around yourself, then tiptoe in a small circle in the other direction.
U—Upper body
Gently stretch one side of your upper torso by reaching one arm overhead and stretching to the side as you bend at the waist. Return to center and do the
same to the other side, then repeat to each side four more times.
V—Voice
Add your voice to our alphabet dance. Open your mouth and make a soft sound with your voice. Now make a louder sound. Everyone put your hands over
your ears, and we will say “ALPHABET” as loudly as we can.
W—Wave
Wave with one hand, then the other. Now wave with your elbows, your shoulders, eyelids, legs, feet, toes. Wave good-bye with your hands again—we are
almost finished!
X—Make an X shape
Stretch out both your arms and legs to make a large X shape with your body.
Y—Yawn and stretch
Give a great big yawn and stretch your arms over head. Stretch your back and legs.
Z—Zzzzz
Take a rest! Sit down, close your eyes, relax, and listen to your breathing.