Dance: Grade 5

Creating

Performing

Responding

Connecting

Demonstrate an understanding of the choreographic process.

Demonstrate an understanding of dance as a form of communication.

Identify and demonstrate movement elements, technique, and terminology in ballet and jazz. 

Understand and model dance etiquette as a classroom participant, performer, and observer. 

Identify the relationship between human anatomy and movement.

Understand and apply music concepts to dance.

Demonstrate critical and creative thinking in dance.

Understand and demonstrate dance throughout history and in various cultures. 

Recognize connections between dance and wellness.

Integrate dance into other areas of knowledge.

Create shapes and levels through movement.

Create movement phrases with or without music.

Demonstrate knowledge of compositional elements through movement (e.g. beginning, middle, end, transitions).

Create movement based on student generated ideas or feelings.

Apply dance technique principles to choreography.

Create and accurately repeat a dance phrase, then vary it using the elements (e.g. body, time, space, energy).

Use movement to tell a story.

Use improvisation to discover and invent movement.

Discuss the experience of performing a choreographed work. 

Describe the similarities and differences between observing live and recorded dance performance.

Participate in dance technique based warm-up.

Demonstrate knowledge of dance terminology and basic principles of dance technique.

Demonstrate accuracy, focus, control, and coordination in performing locomotor sequences.

Implement the use of props within a movement sequence.

Demonstrate attentiveness, full participation, and cooperation with others in the dance learning and performance environment.

Demonstrate focus, concentration, and self-discipline in the performance of skills.

Apply knowledge of appropriate behaviors and skills as an audience member and dance observer.

Identify fundamental principles of injury prevention.

Understand how strength and endurance are developed through dance skills.

Recognize and identify fundamental muscles, bones, and joints.

Demonstrate proper alignment and placement.

Demonstrate and create movement in response to a variety of musical selections.

Demonstrate musicality while performing dance phrases.

Explain basic features that distinguish one kind of dance from another (e.g. speed, force/energy use, costume, setting, music).

Compare and contrast two different choreographed works.

Develop and communicate personal interpretation of a choreographed work.

Discuss dance as a means of communication, expression, and interaction through simple composition with competence and confidence. 

Participate in dance activities representing various cultures.

Understand the reason for dance in other cultures.

Demonstrate the similarities and differences in various dance styles throughout history (e.g. ballet, jazz, tap, folk).

Practice habits of health, hygiene, and nutrition to enhance dance ability.

Demonstrate the elements of personal safety in dance.

Demonstrate respect for personal well-being and the well-being of others.

Investigate how dance promotes body wellness (e.g. strength, endurance, balance, agility, flexibility, positive body image). 

Compare and contrast dance to other arts and subject areas.

Utilize technological tools and media to create and communicate about dance.