Content Area: Visual and Performing Arts

 

Index: 1.3A Grade 2 CPI 1

 

Standard: 1.3 - Elements and Principles

 

Strand: A - Dance

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 - The student will identify the basic dance elements of time, space/shape, and energy in planned and improvised dance sequences.

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

A Profession Dance - Select a profession that exhibits a particular set of movements (e.g. baseball player, waitress, pizza maker.) Explore several modifications of those movements.
·        Choose preferences with regard to shapes or rhythm (e.g., the strokes of a painter, or the wave of a traffic officer.).
·        Demonstrate how the design and movement elements can develop into dance phrases.

 

Essential Questions:
·        Why are shapes important in dance?

      ·        Can you tell which profession a person is doing by the movements they chose?

 

Reflective Practice:
·        Are some jobs harder than others because of the movements they have to do? Which ones are harder?

The contents of the CPI's and Framework Activites come from the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS) - CD-ROM (Version 1.0), which was developed collaboratively by the Newark Teachers Union (NTU) and Seton Hall University (SHU)

For more information on this CCCS search engine contact Mitchel Gerry - mg@ntuaft.com or Mike Maillaro - mm@ntuaft.com.

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