Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Dance: Grade 1

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Creating

  • 1

    Generate and Conceptualize Artistic Ideas and Work

    1. a

      Explore movement inspired by a variety of stimuli (e.g., music/ sound, text, objects, images, symbols, observed dance, experiences) and identify the source.1.DA.Cr1.a

    2. b

      Explore a variety of locomotor and nonlocomotor movements by experimenting with and changing the elements of dance.1.DA.Cr1.b

  • 2

    Organize and Develop Artistic Ideas and Work

    1. a

      Improvise a series of movements that have a beginning, middle, and end, and describe movement choices.1.DA.Cr2.a

    2. b

      Choose movements that express an idea or emotion, or follow a musical phrase.1.DA.Cr2.b

  • 3

    Refine and Complete Artistic Work

    1. 3

      Explore suggestions to change movement from guided improvisation and/or short remembered sequences.1.DA.Cr3

Performing

  • 4

    Select, Analyze, and Interpret Artistic Work for Presentation

    1. a

      Demonstrate locomotor and nonlocomotor movements that change body shapes, levels, and facings. Move in straight, curved, and zigzagged pathways individually and with others. Find and return to place in space.1.DA:Pr4.a

    2. b

      Relate quick, moderate and slow movements to duration in time. Recognize steady beat and move to varying tempi of steady beat.1.DA:Pr4.b

    3. c

      Demonstrate movement characteristics along with descriptive vocabulary (e.g., use adverbs and adjectives that apply to movement).1.DA:Pr4.c

  • 5

    Develop and Refine Artistic Techniques and Work for Presentation

    1. a

      Demonstrate a range of locomotor and nonlocomotor movements, body patterning, body shapes, and directionality1.DA:Pr5.a

    2. b

      Move safely in general space through a range of activities and group formations while maintaining and changing personal space.1.DA:Pr5.b

    3. c

      Modify movements and spatial arrangements upon request.1.DA:Pr5.c

  • 6

    Convey Meaning Through the Presentation of Artistic Work

    1. a

      Dance for others in a space where audience and performers occupy different areas. 1.DA:Pr6.a

    2. b

      Explore the use of props to enhance performance. 1.DA:Pr6.b

Responding

  • 7

    Perceive and Analyze Artistic Work 

    1. a

      Find a movement that repeats in a dance to make a pattern.1.DA:Re7.a

    2. b

      Demonstrate and describe observed or performed dance movements from a specific genre or culture.1.DA:Re7.b

  • 8

    Interpret Intent and Meaning in Artistic Work

    1. 8

      Select movements from a dance that suggest ideas and explain how the movement captures the idea using simple dance terminology.1.DA:Re8

  • 9

    Apply Criteria to Evaluate Artistic Work 

    1. 9

      Identify and demonstrate several movements in a dance that attracted attention. Describe the characteristics that make the movements interesting and talk about why they were chosen.1.DA:Re9

Connecting

  • 10

    Synthesize and Relate Knowledge and Personal Experiences to Make Art

    1. a

      Find an experience expressed or portrayed in a dance that relates to a familiar experience. Identify the movements that communicate this experience.1.DA:Cn10.a

    2. b

      Discuss observations from a story. Identify ideas for dance movement and demonstrate the big ideas of the story.1.DA:Cn10.b

  • 11

    Relate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding

    1. 11

      Watch and/or perform a dance from a different culture and discuss or demonstrate the types of movement danced.1.DA:Cn11

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