Targeted Standards:

National Standards for Arts Education:

The standards outline what every K-12 student should know and be able to do in the arts. The standards were developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations, through a grant administered by The National Association for Music Education (MENC).


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Content Standard 1

Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance

Achievement Standard

  • Students accurately demonstrate nonlocomotor/axial movements (such as bend, twist, stretch, swing)
  • Students accurately demonstrate eight basic locomotor movements (such as walk, run, hop, jump, leap, gallop, slide, and skip), traveling forward, backward, sideward, diagonally, and turning
  • Students create shapes at low, middle, and high levels
  • Students demonstrate the ability to define and maintain personal space
  • Students demonstrate movements in straight and curved pathways
  • Students demonstrate accuracy in moving to a musical beat and responding to changes in tempo
  • Students demonstrate kinesthetic awareness, concentration, and focus in performing movement skills
  • Students attentively observe and accurately describe the action (such as skip, gallop) and movement elements (such as levels, directions) in a brief movement study

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