Week 2 of dance classes kicked off with the first teacher candidate presentations! Up this week, my peers created a super engaging lesson that combined dance and time (math) together. The class was put into groups and each group had a to create a dance for a song from a particular decade. This was a fun activity to incorporate past and present dance styles. The presenters showed a video about the different decades and the various popular dance moves during each. This helped to inspire each group.
As well, the groups already had specific songs assigned to their decade from the 1920s-2000s. This is an excellent teacher note because it minimizes the time students would spend looking for a song as well as avoids students coming up with any inappropriate song choices. We were given time in groups to rehearse with our music, we had to create a routine entirely our own using the Flocking Method.
Flocking is when students mirror or shadow each other's movement in groups. Often using a diamond formation.
Flocking Method. (Google Images)
Brittany, Kaitlyn, Chelsea & Lauren, Evolution of Dance Lesson Worksheet
Brittany, Kaitlyn, Chelsea & Lauren, Evolution of Dance Lesson Worksheet
I absolutely loved this lesson! It incorporated everything, collaboration with one's group, a little math question, a handout, technology to use the QR Code, a youtube video, music to dance to and performing in front of the class. This is an excellent lesson that I think all teachers should use at least once in their classrooms. It engaging, hands-on and extremely fun for learners of all ages.
As well, our instructor-led a lesson this week incorporating dance and science and technology. Using the grade 4 curriculum from Pulleys & Gears, in assigned groups we had to create a dance following the guidelines for incorporating pulleys and gears using the science expectations with dance.
Pulley's & Gears Lesson
Therefore, looking back on week 2, this class had a strong focus on the concept of Multiple Intelligences, this is a theory coined by Howard Gardner. Basically, the theory states that there is not one type of intelligence but MULTIPLE! As teachers, we can see this. All of our students are unique and therefore the way in which they learn is unique. Not all students think the same and this is a result of our intelligence and what type we may possess. It is extremely important to know your students and to provide open-ended and diverse tasks to enhance their understanding and their learning. The culture in which a teacher creates for their classroom has to be inclusive, creative and provide opportunities for their students to develop their unique intelligence. This is specifically important for when it comes to the ARTS!!!
This week we opened with another improv activity. We were asked to sit in a circle together and create a story. Each person said a sentence that would add to the story. However, to make this more interesting each sentence had to start following the alphabet. For example the first person starting the story had to create a sentence starting with A, the next persons sentence starts with B, C, and so on. This activity was a lot of fun because it put people on the spot as well as allowed individuals creativity to come out. ABC. (Google Images) The second activity that we looked at in this class was titled, Roll on the Wall . For this activity we were paired up in 2s, given a blank piece of paper and tasked with drawing an outline of a person on the paper. On the inside of our drawing you record how you would feel/think about the other people. On the outside you record how you think they see you. This activity was done using the grade 5 social studies curriculum, comparing First Nat...
Week 2 was all about CROSS-CURRICULAR LESSONS!!! The Intro activity for our lesson was aiming at getting us comfortable with talking to one another. Our task was to say hi in a unique way while walking around the classroom to our peers. This was a fun little exercise to build up our creativity and confidence. Following this opening activity we moved onto our main activity. Directed by our instructor we had a drama x science lesson. Here our teacher led a lesson teaching about body systems, specifically the digestive system with drama. Our task was to act out through miming and provide sound scape directed to the specific part of the digestive system that we were assigned in groups. Digestive System. (Google Images) Our second activity was a student led lesson. Here my peers created a drama x Greek history lesson. To introduce this activity we started with simple improvisation skits. The group presenting would narrate a story and call up their peers to act out the skit. However...
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