Fifth Grade

CONNECT: Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CREATE: Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively

PRESENT: Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

RESPOND: Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.

5.CN.1 Relate dance ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

5.CN.2 Explore advancements in the field of dance.

5.CR.1 Create original dance movements and works that communicate ideas, experiences, feelings, or images, independently and collaboratively.

5.CR.2 Adapt original dance ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.

5.PR.1 Perform dance works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.

5.PR.2 Develop dance presentations.

5.RE.1 Analyze dance from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres using content-specific vocabulary.

5.RE.2 Evaluate dance works using content-specific vocabulary.

Describe styles and dancers who have influenced, or been influenced by, the customs and traditions of indigenous and other cultural groups in the United States.

Compare dance skills and processes with those of other arts disciplines.

Apply strategies to address anatomical and psychological challenges encountered by dancers.

Identify the characteristics and behaviors of dancers that connect to college, career, and post-secondary skills.

Give examples of choreographic works or artists that were innovative for their time.

Improvise movement to fulfill a simple movement score using one or more dance elements.

Create short dances using basic choreographic forms that communicate abstract ideas.

Depict the movement qualities in a dance phrase by drawing a picture, writing, or using symbols.

Adapt a dance sequence by changing the movement qualities.

Cite artists correctly when using or adapting their original dance or musical accompaniment.

Integrate personal goals and instructor and peer feedback to improve dance performance.

Demonstrate technical skills with muscular strength, flexibility, stamina, and coordination.

Demonstrate focus when performing extended dance phrases.

Compare themes, topics, and music choices for a whole class dance performance.

Demonstrate safe and respectful behaviors when performing and observing dance within the appropriate cultural context.

Select production elements that strengthen the artistic intent and audience experience.

Identify the elements of dance observed in a choreographic work.

Describe alternative meanings that could be interpreted from the same choreographic work.

Identify aspects of a dance that align and contrast with personal preference.

Generate criteria to provide feedback for self and others.