Dance: Grade 4

Perceiving/Knowing

Producing/Performing

Responding/Reflecting

Relate specific dance concepts and vocabulary to meanings conveyed through dance.

Observe, identify and describe basic choreographic elements.

Observe the dances created by peers and identify creative problem-solving strategies using dance concepts and vocabulary.

Increase kinesthetic awareness by attending to and describing a range of somatic ideas.

Recognize and describe features of dance in Ohio and how it represents local cultural values.

Learn and demonstrate dances from various cultures represented in Ohio, past and present.

Invent multiple solutions to movement prompts, improvisations and dance compositions by varying aspects of space, time or energy.

Improvise, create and perform dances in response to prompts.

Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness and safe practices when performing developmentally appropriate movements and sequences

Apply and combine the elements of dance to express ideas, feelings, moods and personal narratives.

Discuss personal reactions to dances viewed or performed and explain how these reactions relate to personal artistic criteria.

Discuss personal assessment of movement skills and challenges in performing dance movements of increasing difficulty.

Describe the relationship among visual, aural and kinesthetic elements in a dance that is performed or observed.

Demonstrate inquiry skills when stating and supporting their views about dance.

Give and receive constructive feedback to produce dances that achieve learning goals.