Ontario Arts Curriculum Grade 3 - Dance

Dance Unit - Grade 3 – Ontario Arts Curriculum. This 144-page resource was created to cover all overall and specific expectations in the Ontario Dance Curriculum.

There are 20 dance assignments that will engage your students from start to finish. Included are:

• Report pages for students to learn about the elements of dance
• Activity sheets with embedded lesson plan instructions
• Planning pages for students to organize their dances
• Criteria to keep students and teachers focused on the dance elements being taught
• Reflection pages for students to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses
• Rubrics for assessment

Within these activities, students will learn the overall expectations:

• A1: Creating and Presenting – using the creative process to create and present dances.
• A2: Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing – thinking critically about their own performances as well as other’s performances.
• A3: Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts – using different styles and forms of dance.

Assignments included:

• Animal Moves in Dance
• Activity: Nature Dance Explorers!
• Changing of Movements in Dance
• Activity: Dancing the Water Cycle
• Dancing Through the Seasons
• Activity: Seasons of Dance
• Weather Patterns Report
• Activity: Exploring Weather Through Movement
• Activity: Emotion Walks
• How Can Dance Tell a Story or Show Feelings?
• Activity: Dance Activity: Poetry in Motion
• Dance Moves Tell a Story!
• Activity: Fairy Tale Dance Transformation
• How Verbs Inspire Dance Moves
• Activity: Story Moves
• Talking Without Words: Dance Conversations
• Activity: Dance Dialogues
• Activity: Tempo Travellers
• Activity: Movement Vocabulary Chain
• Dance Patterns: The Rhythm of Movement
• Activity: Beat Switch Dance
• Feeling the Beat: How Rhythm Makes Us Dance
• Activity: Rhythm into Dance
• How Does Canon Form Make Dance Exciting?
• Activity: Echo Waves
• Activity: Connecting Dance to Other Subjects
• Activity: Dance the Patterns
• Activity: Magnetic Dance Party
• How Multiplication Makes Our Moves Marvellous!
• Activity: Exploring Patterns and Multiplication Through Movement
• What Makes the Red River Jig So Special?
• Activity: Exploring the Red River Jig
• The Magic of Powwow Dances: Celebrating Indigenous Stories
• Activity: Exploring Powwow Dances
• Dance at Weddings: Bringing People Together
• Activity: Discovering Bhangra Dance
• Exploring Scottish Highland Dancing
• Activity: Discovering Scottish Highland Dance

This is a comprehensive unit that will save you hours of planning! It has everything you need to feel confident that you are covering the Ontario Drama curriculum.

BOTH GOOGLE SLIDES AND PDF VERSIONS INCLUDED!