Grade 1 Overall Expectations:
Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process to the composition of simple dance phrases, using the elements of dance to communicate feelings and ideas.
- Dancing Feet! (Book)
- Deer Dancer (Book)
- Dancing Larry (Book)
- Dance! (Dvd)
- Dancer (Hoopla eBook)
- Choreographer (Hoopla eBook)
- Dance (Hoopla eBook)
- Frank was a Monster who Wanted to Dance (TumbleBooks eVideo)
- Play with Me, Sing Along (YouTube)
- The Big Comfy Couch: Clock Stretch (YouTube)
- Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes (YouTube)
- Freeze Dance (YouTube)
- Energy in Dance (YouTube)
- Dance Grade 1 (Website)
- Snowflake Dance Lesson (Website)
Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process to communicate their feelings and ideas and understandings in response to a variety of dance pieces and experiences.
- Elephants Cannot Dance! (Book)
- Let’s Dance (Book)
- Dance, Dance, Dance! (Book)
- Wiggle (TumbleBooks eVideo)
- Dance (Hoopla eBook)
- Dance with Wibbly Pig (Kanopy)
- Daily Routine Freeze Song (YouTube)
- Stretching Song (YouTube)
Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of dance forms and styles from the past or the present, and their social and/or community contexts.
- Dance (Book)
- Can You Dance the Boogaloo? (Book)
- Lion Dancer (Book)
- I Can Dance My Feelings! (Book)
- I Can Dance the Zoo! (Book)
- I Can Dance Colours! (Book)
- Mia’s Nutcracker Ballet (TumbleBooks eVideo)
- Giraffes Can’t Dance (Kanopy)
- My Friend Maya Loves to Dance (Hoopla eBook)
- Mia and the Dance for Two (Hoopla eBook)
- How Do You Dance? (Hoopla)
- The Jellybeans Love To Dance (Hoopla eBook)
- Dancing Through Field of Color (Hoopla eBook)
- Chinese Ribbon Dance (YouTube)
- Highland Fling (YouTube)
- Cottonball Meets Dreyden (YouTube)