ARTSEDGE: K-4 Dance

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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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Dance

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Content Standard 3

Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning

Achievement Standard

Students observe and discuss how dance is different from other forms of human movement (such as sports, everyday gestures)
Students take an active role in a class discussion about interpretations of and reactions to a dance
Students present their own dances to peers and discuss their meanings with competence and confidence

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