Day #2

Today was my second day in the classroom with this class. My plan for the lesson was based on exploration and discovery of colors through movement, so we focused upon body movements and ways to represent objects with movement and movement sequences.

We began the lesson at the rug where we sat down so I could re-introduce myself and our dancing activities for the day.

We went over our dancing rules, which are:

Dancing Rules:

1. Follow Instructions.

2. Respect Classmates, Teacher, and Equipment.

3. Try Your Best.

Afterwards, we dove right into our lesson, which focused upon different colors, ways to recognize them, and ways to represent different colors through different movements and movement sequences.

We worked on creating a movement sequence to represent different colors, using different pathways, levels, and locomotor steps, having each student learn to use their body to convey messages and represent objects of certain colors, shapes, sizes, and velocities.

We then worked on creating a movement sequence to represent different objects of a single color, such as sunshine, sunflowers, and lemons to represent the color yellow by using pathways levels, and locomotor steps. Each student created their own movement sequence of how they imagined it would feel to move like these different objects of a single color.

We finished our dancing day back on the rug for a class discussion. I started the discussion by asking questions to understand what they had liked or disliked about the lesson, as well as what they learned. I asked questions such as:

-“What was your favorite part of today's dancing lesson?”

-“What is your favorite color to represent?"

-What was your favorite way to move around the classroom?

-What was your favorite pathway to use?”

All in all it was a good day where we were able to explore different ways of moving our bodies and how we can incorporate those into movement sequences.