Grade 4 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;
- Dancer (Hoopla)
- Choreographer (Hoopla)
- Shall We Dance? Series (Hoopla)
- Weather Dancing (website)
- Translating Story into Dance (YouTube)
- Elements of Dance (YouTube)
- Elements of Dance (YouTube)
- Symmetry Through Dance (YouTube)
- Jump Dance (YouTube)
- Tiklos Dance (YouTube)
- African Dance Lesson (YouTube)
Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process to communicate their feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of dance pieces and experiences;
- Isadora Dances (book)
- Footwork (book)
- Under the Mambo Moon (Hoopla)
- Australian Dance (YouTube)
- Glossary of Dance Terminology (website)
- Colors of the Wind Interpretative Dance (YouTube)
- Butterfly Dance (YouTube)
- Read Aloud The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry (YouTube)
- West African Dance (YouTube)
- Chinese Swan Lake (YouTube)
Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of dance forms and styles from the past and present, and their social and/or community contexts.
- Dance (book)
- Meet My Neighbor, The Hip-hop Dancer (book)
- Ballerina Dreams (book series)
- Ellie’s Chance to Dance (book)
- Capoeira (book)
- Dancing Around the World (Hoopla)
- Irish Dance (Hoopla)
- Understanding Dance (website)
- Aboriginal PowWow (website)
- Indigenous Culture Dancing (website)
- Renaissance Court Dance (YouTube)
- English Country Dance (YouTube)
- Indian Classical Dance (YouTube)