The Elements of Dance are the foundational concepts and vocabulary that help students develop movement skills and understand dance as an artistic practice.
A Fortnite or Lip Sync Battle
These fun workout videos include dances to Disney tunes and all other sorts of fun music.
Move. Get Fit. Have fun!
Get some fun movement in with some videos from GoNoodle.
This document leads teachers and students through the 5 elements of dance. Includes teacher version, student handout and assessment checklist
Dance Lesson Including teacher lesson, student handout and assessment.
Four documents to teach the dance strand. Created by Virginia Mireau. Including Teacher version, student handout and assessment criteria.
These 4 documents provide a template to teach the dance strand in grade 4. Created by Virginia Mireau. Teacher Version, Student handout & Assessment.
A dance lesson with teacher, student and summative assessment handouts.
Sample Dance Practice Lesson
The types of dance we will be investigating are: Hip-hop, Swing Dance, Western Line Dance, Tap Dance, Ballroom Dance, Rave Dance, Latin Dance, African Tribal Dance, Aboriginal Dance and other suggestions you may have
We will work in groups of 3 or 4 to create a presentation for our class and other elementary grades.
Dancing is one of the easiest ways to get your body moving … and grooving. As kids follow the moves on this YouTube-based dance challenge, they won’t even realize the’’re getting in a great cardio workout. Plus Just Dance features all their fave musical artists.
This Just Dance Video Channel offers lots of dance videos to get kids moving.
Dance to the beat of rated-G versions of popular songs like Thank U, Next, Señorita and Old Town Road. Have a KIDZ BOP Dance Party in your living room to get the wiggles out! KIDZ BOP Dance Along videos are the best way to incorporate music + movement into your daily routine.
"Kids can do anything, and Kize Bae is here to show them how. Tackling a new hobby in each video, her goal is simple: to show improvement in 30 days. Whether she's learning how to sing, play soccer, or solve a Rubik's Cube, her can-do attitude is bound to encourage viewers to try new things. Her tips on staying motivated and curious help promote life skills that teens can apply at home, in school, and in their relationships." (Common Sense Media)
*learn new hobbies
*learn new skills
*music challenge
*30 day challenge
These 3 - 5 minute YouTube videos show students how to dance the various Pow-Wow dances in a step-by-step instructional video. The Pow-Wow dances include Men's Fancy Dance, Men's Grass Dance, Chicken Dance, Jingle Dance, Double Beat, Crow Hop, Traditional, and Old Style.
Sarah Shuttleworth has been Métis-style jigging since the age of four and loves to share her love for the dance whenever given the opportunity. The Red River Jig originates from the Red River Settlement, now commonly known as Winnipeg, and is the dance of the Métis people.
This 25 minute video features Courtney Anaquod teaching viewers how to do the Red River Jig in small manageable steps.
Play it and have your students dance along!
This could be a great activity to go along side Rock Your Mocs as well.
In this lesson students perform a line dance to reinforce story telling through movement.
LIVE (Live Interactive Video Education) Arts Education is a dynamic distance education arts program for students in Grades 1 to 9. The program supports the Saskatchewan Arts Education curriculum and is delivered via the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education LIVE Network (CommunityNet).
Teachers sign up for grade specific programs then professional Artists connect simultaneously with teachers and students in multiple schools across the province of Saskatchewan for a LIVE experience with Arts Education.
Information about the grade level, arts strand, guest artist, date and time and program guides are listed on this website.
This program started out in 2005 as an Artist in the School distance education pilot program hosted by Regina Catholic Schools. Initially the broadcast programming was delivered by Mixed Media Artist in Residence Heather Cline from a special distance education broadcast classroom at St. Peter School in Regina. The program has continued to expand and evolve responding to the needs of Saskatchewan Teachers and the new Saskatchewan Arts Curriculum.
Last year the LIVE Arts program, in partnership with several Saskatchewan School Divisions, broadcast 36 programs featuring Professional Artists in the areas of Visual Arts, Drama, Music and Dance. Each program featured a Guest Artist working with a classroom teacher and their students. Teachers and students participating via distance technology followed along with the help of a guide that outlined the broadcast portion of the program and provided teachers with a follow-up hands-on activity.