"Heal out, Heal out, Heal out, Clap, Clap!"- Lesson 3

This lesson was so fun and I was grateful how receptive the students were to the learning and how quickly they were able to pick up the content I was teaching them. Parts of me still feel like I wasn't completely ready to integrate but this lesson provided a great opportunity for me to continue to learn.

I decided to split this lesson into two different days and really emphasize the importance of sequencing. I also really wanted to teach them a folk dance and learn more about signals, classroom management and as mentioned above arts integration (crazy right?).

Here was the first part of this lesson plan:

Utah Core Standard: Third Grade, English Language, Writing Standard 1, “Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure [sequencing] that lists reasons.”

Lesson 1: (30 minutes) Oct. 7

Sequencing in Dance-

1. Teach a folk dance. Emphasize the importance of sequencing. “One dance move comes after the next.”
2. Discuss what would happen if you danced it in the wrong order/ wrong dance moves/ etc.
3. End with dancing the dance one more time.

Dance Objective: Skills Development “Folk Dance: a simple folk dance to re-energize from slower floor work. Benefits: memorizing steps; creating community connecting culture.”

Even though I wanted the lesson to eventually have a focus of sequencing and integration- I wanted to make sure that in this lesson I was specifically working on teaching dance and management in the classroom.

It was so fun!

As I taught the kids the dance, I looked around and noticed that all my students were participating and part of the experience. I noticed that I had some students who were a little behind in some of the steps but the majority of the students were quickly identifying the dance and were working really hard.

I'm excited to see how the next lesson goes as we continue to follow up on sequencing.