This week we learned strategies of incorporating math and dance together.
We learned about Canon:
- "Canon- A choreographic form in which a dance phrase is performed by more than one soloist or group and begins at different times so that the phrases overlap.
- Perform the order of movements using CANON form." (Sourced from our class slideshow, K.Winters)
Curriculum Connections
This week we learned a lot about the critical thinking process, and we tried to implement the creative thinking processes as well.
This week we learned a lot about the critical thinking process, and we tried to implement the creative thinking processes as well.
Reflection
Presenting dance was hard. Presenting dance having a background of knowledge and resources was much easier than trying to teach dance when I did not have these resources. In my second block, I tried to teach dance, because my associate requested I teach gym. Teaching dance to grade 7's who did not have much hope or excitement about dance was a challenge. We did Just Dance as a minds on, but the students wanted to create their own dance moves in their groups as they had done every other year. So, these strategies have made me more confident in my ability to teach dance.
Resources found this week
https://blogs.ams.org/mathgradblog/2016/07/07/mathematics-dance-enhancing-understanding-movement/
http://www.mathsdance.com/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-are-using-theater-and-dance-to-teach-math--and-its-working/2016/02/22/61f8dc0c-d68b-11e5-b195-2e29a4e13425_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8ed1b189f543
Presenting dance was hard. Presenting dance having a background of knowledge and resources was much easier than trying to teach dance when I did not have these resources. In my second block, I tried to teach dance, because my associate requested I teach gym. Teaching dance to grade 7's who did not have much hope or excitement about dance was a challenge. We did Just Dance as a minds on, but the students wanted to create their own dance moves in their groups as they had done every other year. So, these strategies have made me more confident in my ability to teach dance.
Resources found this week
https://blogs.ams.org/mathgradblog/2016/07/07/mathematics-dance-enhancing-understanding-movement/
http://www.mathsdance.com/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-are-using-theater-and-dance-to-teach-math--and-its-working/2016/02/22/61f8dc0c-d68b-11e5-b195-2e29a4e13425_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8ed1b189f543
Below I added our presentation because I truly feel it explains the learning that we did this week
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