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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Dance Arts Education — Grade 4

Goal 3: The learner will understand that dance can create and communicate meaning.

Objective 3.01. Create and present simple dance sequences that convey meaning.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

How can we represent sounds that are in the environment?
In BioMusic, page 2.2
In this interdisciplinary lesson, students will listen to frog calls and identify the difference between high and low pitches. They will represent sounds using aural, graphic, and kinesthetic methods.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Dance Arts Education and Music Education)
By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.

Resources on the web

Weather and wind
This ARTSEDGE lesson introduces the expanding and condensing properties of air masses and the unequal heating of Earth as the force behind the wind. Students write a report on a topic related to wind and weather patterns and create a dance to demonstrate... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Dance Arts Education and Science)
Provided by: ArtsEdge