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Class: Grade 1 Topic: Physical Education - Dance

Date: November 18th, 2022 Lesson Duration: 30 minutes

Preparation Materials
Practice dance

Learning Objectives
Students will engage in dance movements while learning to keep part of their body still.
Students will appreciate specific forms of cultural dance.

General Learning Outcome: Specific Learning Outcomes:

Students demonstrate how movement can First Nations, Metis, and Inuit physical activities
support different types of physical activity. and games are played for specific purposes that
support physical movements used in daily life.

Overview of Lesson
An introduction to the Red River Jig and some of its cultural relevance for Grade 1’s.

Essential Question: Why do people from different cultures dance in different ways.
Reflection:
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Time The Story

5 min Differentiation Assessment
Exposition
Hook
“Who likes to dance?”

3 min Setting
“I’m going to be doing my best to teach you how to
do a dance called the Red River Jig! I learned it a
year ago when I stayed at a Metis camping site. This
dance was developed from First Nations, Scottish,
and French-Canadian dances.

2 min Table of Contents

“We have two goals while doing this dance: one is to
try our best, this can be a hard dance and requires
some patience to get it right, but that’s okay. I’m
going to mess up, you’re going to mess up. Our
second goal is to have fun! This dance is performed
at celebrations in Metis culture.

Transition
Everyone stand up, and we’re going to do as I do.
Now I know sound echoes around the gym, but we
need to be quiet so everyone can hear my
instructions.

Rising Action
10 min Action 1
First we always start the dance on our right, get
everyone to hold up right hand, and wiggle right
leg.
In this dance, we are going to be switching back and
forth between our feet, so we need to practice
switching our weight. So first stand on your “what
side do we start with?” (right) foot. Then stand on
your left foot. Repeat a couple times.
“Now we’re going to learn the steps.
The first step is a scuff. Now when we scuff, we
don’t do it loudly, we’re not kicking the floor, just
barely touching it.”
Scuff (quietly), try on both sides.
After we scuff we take three steps, and we have to
get up on the balls of our feet.
We start with “What side?” (right) then left then
right.
Now we try the other side.

3 min Relief
I know we’ve been learning something new and that
can make our brains feel heavy. So let’s do some
wiggles. Wiggle your bodies out.

5 min Action 2
Try the dance altogether (with music if possible).

Transition
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Denouement
7 min Movement break
Wrap up with a game of tag.
Line up at door.

Moral (Back at classroom)

Was it hard?
Was it fun?

5 min Reviews
Sharing circle, what did we like about the dance,
what parts did we find difficult?

Transition
Morning meeting.
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Class: Grade 1 Topic: PEW – Dance

Date: December 12th, 2022 Lesson Duration: 30 minutes

Preparation Materials
Practice dance Stand Like a Cedar by Nicola I. Campbell
Ask student if they would like to demonstrate

Learning Objectives
Students will engage in dance movements while learning to keep part of their body still.
Students will appreciate specific forms of cultural dance.

General Learning Outcome: Specific Learning Outcomes:

Physical Education and Wellness: Students First Nations, Metis, and Inuit physical activities
demonstrate how movement can support and games are played for specific purposes that
different types of physical activity. support physical movements used in daily life.

Overview of Lesson
A review of the Red River Jig dance (for grade 1’s, new to the grade 2’s) and starting to learn some of
the fancy steps. Finish the class with a Metis game.

Essential Question: Why do people from different cultures dance in different ways.
Reflection:
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Time The Story

10 Differentiation Assessment
Exposition
min
Hook
Read Stand Like a Cedar

Setting
Have students line up by grade and then lead them
quietly down the hallway. Once at gym, tell them to
do 3 laps.

5 min Table of Contents

Today, we are going to be doing a dance called the
Red River Jig. My grade 1 friends already did this
once, so grade 2 friends you can watch them to help
you follow along. If we get the basic step down, we
can try some fancy steps.

We have two goals while doing this dance: one is to

try our best, this can be a hard dance and requires
some patience to get it right, but that’s okay. I’m
going to mess up, you’re going to mess up. Our
second goal is to have fun! This dance is performed
at celebrations in Metis culture.

Mr. Morrison (or student if they’re comfortable) can

demonstrate.

Transition
Everyone stand up, and we’re going to do as I do.
Now I know sound echoes around the gym, but we
need to be quiet so everyone can hear my
instructions.

20
Rising Action
min
15 min Action 1
First we always start the dance on our right, get
everyone to hold up right hand, and wiggle right
leg.
In this dance, we are going to be switching back and
forth between our feet, so we need to practice
switching our weight. So first stand on your “what
side do we start with?” (right) foot. Then stand on
your left foot. Repeat a couple times.
“Now we’re going to learn the steps.
The first step is a scuff. Now when we scuff, we
don’t do it loudly, we’re not kicking the floor, just
barely touching it.”
Scuff (quietly), try on both sides.
After we scuff we take three steps, and we have to
get up on the balls of our feet.
We start with “What side?” (right) then left then
right.
Now we try the other side.
Try the dance altogether.

Relief
I know we’ve been learning something new and that
can make our brains feel heavy. So let’s do some
wiggles. Wiggle your bodies out.
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5 min Action 2
Fancy step:
Toe forward, other two forward, toe to the side,
other toe to the other side.
Try it out.
Try it out while dancing.

Transition
Was it hard?
Was it fun?

5 min
Denouement
5 min Summary
Tatanka Tatanka

Moral

Reviews

Transition
Line up at door, back to classrooms separately.