Middle School Dance 1
Middle School Dance TEKS
Middle School PE TEKS
Fall Semester | ||||||
Unit Title | What is Dance | Basic Anatomy, Health, and Wellness | Dance Fitness | Elements of Dance | Basic Dance Compositions | Jazz |
Time | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 1-2 weeks | 2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 4-5 Weeks |
Understandings | Students will understand and identify and understand classroom rules, expectations and procedures.
Students will identify their participation in dance.
Students will understand, identify and recognize Creative Movement and Dance, Recreational Dance, Dance Fitness, and Concert Dance.
Students will understand and recognize the three parts of the Dance Process - Dancing, Dance Making, and Dance Appreciation. | Students will understand and develop body knowledge to ensure dance safety through proper warm-up and cool-down techniques.
Students will understand and identify basic anatomy (Bones, Joints, Ligaments, and Muscles).
Students will understand and apply proper alignment to move correctly and efficiently, executing correct dance technique.
Students will understand how to interpret dance fitness and conditioning principles to gain and maintain physical fitness.
Students will understand good nutrition and self-care for optimum dance performance, health, and wellness. | Students will complete all aspects of the FitnessGram.
Students will understand how to conduct themselves in a safe and healthy manner.
Students will understand how physical fitness relates to the dance classroom. | Students will understand and demonstrate the elements of dance.
Students will understand movement principles.
Students will understand and apply music basics for dance.
Students will identify movement qualities, effort actions, dynamics, and transitions. | Students will understand and identify the process for making a dance.
Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate choreographic structures.
Students will understand how to execute dance sequences as creative and expressive works.
Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate the difference between free form, semi-structured, and structured improvisation.
Students will understand how to count beats, recognize notes, and identify time signatures. | Students will understand and identify major jazz works, styles, and jazz dance artists in history.
Students will understand and execute basic jazz dance technique, use jazz dance vocabulary, and perform combinations.
Students will understand and apply jazz dance etiquette and dance safety while dancing.
Students will understand and evaluate and respond to classical and contemporary jazz dance performances.
Students will understand and define terminology. |
Dance TEKS | DA.6-8.1.A, DA.6-8.1.B, DA.6-8.3.A, DA.6-8.4.D, DA.6-8.5.B | DA.6-8.1.A, DA.6-8.1.B, DA.6-8.2.A, DA.6-8.3.D | DA.6-8.1.A-B, DA.6-8.2.A, DA.6-8.2.C DA.6-8.3.C-D, DA.6-8.4.D, DA.6-8.5.B | DA.6-8.1.A, DA.6-8.1.D, DA.6-8.2.C-D, DA.6-8.3.B-C | DA.6-8.1.A, DA.6-8.1.C-D, DA.6-8.2.B-D, DA.6-8.3.B-C, DA.6-8.5.A | DA.6-8.1.A, DA.6-8.1.C, DA.6-8.2.A, DA.6-8.2.C, DA.6-8.3.A, DA.6-8.4.A-B, DA.6-8.4.D, DA.6-8.5.A, DA.6-8.5.C |
PE TEKS | ||||||
Spring Semester | ||||||
Unit Title | Social, Folk, and Cultural Dance | Ballet | Hip Hop | Tap | Musical Theatre | Dance Performance and Production |
Time | 2 weeks | 3-4 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 2 Weeks |
Understandings | Students will understand and perform one or more social dances with corrected work with theme and styling.
Students will identify social dance vocabulary and its application in the social dances.
Students will practice partner and group work social dance.
Students will understand and perform leading and following roles in partner dancing.
Students will understand and identify the beginning of Social and Cultural dances. | Students will understand and identify major ballet works, styles, and ballet artists in history.
Students will understand and define the positions of the arms and feet.
Students will understand and execute basic ballet technique, use ballet vocabulary, and perform barre exercises and center combinations.
Students will understand and apply ballet etiquette and dance safety while dancing.
Students will understand and identify the differences between French, Russian and Italian styles.
Students will understand, define, and demonstrate terminology. | Students will understand and recognize major Hip Hop dance works, styles, Hip Hop dance artists in history.
Students will understand and execute basic Hip Hop dance technique, use hip hop dance vocabulary, and perform combinations.
Students will understand and apply Hip Hop dance etiquette and dance safety while dancing.
Students will understand, evaluate and respond to Hip Hop dance performances.
| Students will understand and identify major tap dance works, styles, and tap dance artists in history.
Students will understand and execute basic tap dance technique, use tap dance vocabulary, and perform combinations.
Students will understand and apply tap dance etiquette and dance safety while dancing. | Students will understand and recognize specific forms, styles, and dance artists in the history of dance as entertainment.
Students will understand and execute dance entertainment techniques, use dance vocabulary, and perform memorized combinations or creative movement sequences.
Students will understand and apply dance etiquette and dance safety while dancing.
Students will evaluate and respond to dance entertainment and specific dance forms and media. | Students will understand the timeline and processes for dance performance and production.
Students will understand and introduce the roles of the various production staff members in creating a dance performance.
Students will understand and apply theatre and backstage etiquette, knowledge, and safety rules as a member of an audience, cast, or crew.
Students will understand and perform dances at the teacher’s discretion. |
Dance TEKS | DA.6-8.1.A, DA.6-8.1.C, DA.6-8.2.A, DA.6-8.2.C, DA.6-8.3.A-B, DA.6-8.4.A-D, DA.6-8.5.A | DA.6-8.1.A, DA.6-8.1.C, DA.6-8.2.A, DA.6-8.2.C, DA.6-8.3.A, DA.6-8.4.A-B, DA.6-8.4.D, DA.6-8.5.A | DA.6-8.1.A, DA.6-8.1.C, DA.6-8.2.A, DA.6-8.2.C, DA.6-8.3.A, DA.6-8.4.A-B, DA.6-8.4.D, DA.6-8.5.A, DA.6-8.5.C | DA.6-8.1.A, DA.6-8.1.C, DA.6-8.2.A, DA.6-8.2.C, DA.6-8.3.A, DA.6-8.4.A-B, DA.6-8.4.D, DA.6-8.5.A, DA.6-8.5.C | DA.6-8.1.A, DA.6-8.1.C, DA.6-8.2.A, DA.6-8.2.C, DA.6-8.3.A, DA.6-8.4.A-B, DA.6-8.4.D, DA.6-8.5.A-C | DA.6-8.1.A, DA.6-8.2.A-D, DA.6-8.3.A-C, DA.6-8.5.A-B, DA.6-8.5.D |
PE TEKS | ||||||
Note: Timelines are approximate. Unit duration is determined by student performance and may be modified to ensure instructional alignment.