Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Dancing Day

Folk Dancing Day 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grades 

"Meet us on the Playground" 

As a first year teacher I’ve assumed the role of either insane or brave for attempting some pretty risky tasks with my students. My most recent endeavor was a 1st-3rd grade “Dancing Day” We went outside- all 278 of us and did some folk dances together! I arranged the kids by color and number so each color had two longways sets of dancers. I gave each kid a “token” and when they went outside they found the teacher with their color and the row with their number. This was a great way to combine all the grades so they weren’t dancing with anyone from their class! Teachers even joined in the fun and we had a WONDERFUL time!

We danced to: Chimes of Dunkirk, Kings and Queens, Alabama Gal and Sasha! All from the New England Dance Masters series!

Check out some great pictures courtesy of our awesome technology lady: Jane! 

The "Purple" group doing a two hand turn in Chimes of Dunkirk 

A 3rd and 2nd grader doing a Right Hand Turn 

"King and King" walking down the set and being bowed to in Kings and Queens! 

A 3rd and 2nd grader doing a Right Hand Turn in Kings and Queens! 

Sashaying down the set in Alabama Gal

"peel the banana" in Alabama Gal 



"Sasha Sasha Ras Dva Tri" Two 3rd Graders dancing to Sasha! (Everyone's favorite!) 

"Hey!" Time to find a new partner! 

As you can see we had an amazing time- I would totally go through all the preparation and the effort again for next year! 

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