Lily's life

  Teaching - We will teach the students a skill that they have not learned before. For example, a set of six or seven jazz moves like the box step allows the students to experiment with the moves through practice in order to learn.  Coaching - After teaching the students the new dance move/skill, we will incorporate time to make sure every student is doing it correctly and to the best of their ability. Finding the small details that are preventing the students from fully committing to the skills and reaching their full potential will help them move past boundaries and improve.  Mentoring- We’re teaching them how to be resilient. If they fail the first time trying to complete a skill, we will make sure they get up and try again no matter how many times they fail. We will teach them respect for eachother and kindness. We will only tolerate treating each other with respect and using kind words with one and another.

  How will we teach Social Emotional Learning? Letting them build connections/friendships with each other first before giving them competitive tasks  Teaching them that they are working together to make a great performance together and emphasizing teamwork as a whole In the beginning of class giving the students five minutes to stretch and socialize. How will they build healthy relationships together? (getting along in groups, making dances) In the beginning of the summer camp, we will do team bonding exercises and games. As the teacher, being aware of different cultural backgrounds of students and making sure everyone is included and appreciated the same Teaching philosophy Our teaching philosophy is creating an enjoyable dance environment that encourages personal growth and development of skills. We want our students to be motivated to improve while also having a positive experience. While teaching them new skills, we also want them to enhance their creative side and incorpo...

  Action Plan The students will know what is expected of them and how their behavior is important in order to help them in their performance. Beliefs We believe dance should be fun and every student starts with a clean slate that can be tarnished but can always be fixed with good behavior.  One Classroom Rule Respect We will always respect each other's personal space, well-being, and opinions.  Class Procedures Minute to Minute Monday  9-9:30 am – class starts; stretching; warm up  9:30-10:30 – learning new dance moves; showing moves that you want to teach the class  10:30-10:45 – snack/water break  10:45-11:45 – learning recital routine 11:45 – 12:45 – lunch  12:45-1:45 – more learning recital routine  1:45- 2:45 – game/activity of the day  2:45- 3:00 – stretching/meditation of the day  10 Most Important Classroom Procedures Entering the classroom — Enter quietly and politely; don’t interrupt other students when they are sharing w...

9/4/24 Get in groups and (based on your previous design) plan a holistic curriculum that includes the elements listed below to achieve happiness for children. Integrate these elements with the curriculum you designed already during our previous class. 1. Brain Break - Incorporate brain breaks after long periods of dance Games (end of the day), stretching, meditation (middle of the day) 2. Teaching children how to learn about their brain and how to use it. a) Focus - breathing exercises, taking your mind off of dance and focusing on meditation b) Happiness - encouragement, enjoying dance and not seeing it as a task c) Kindness- teaching kids to be kind to their peers and their teachers. d) Gratitude journaling - end of every class day with saying what they are grateful for; rose and bud exercise 3. Teach children brain fitness: a) Resilience- to not give up when they're frustrated or they find something challenging and keep going when they make a mistake. b) Self-Awareness- Helpin...

  Dance curriculum for Third Graders Step 1: When planning on writing your own curriculum:  Who’s your audience? (3 rd grade) Grade level, what situation are they in? 8-10 years old What is the transformation sought? What is the result of the curriculum you're designing? What are they looking to learn from us? Help develop core note taking, visual skills, customized process,  Goal: solid base of core skills and how to implement them Introduction - set the stage Basic dance skills/elements of dance (the pieces) How to use these basic skills to get better and progress in dance and use these skills in other ways (ulterior motive: socialization, self esteem, expression Where to go from here and how to use these skills moving forward Practicing and then recital to bring all their skills together?  What is the mode/context of this curriculum? Book, teaching in a semester, set of online videos, how many days a week, etc? The mode of this curriculum is summer classes in-per...