Reflection #7

What? Dance is important to use in the classroom because it allows your students to express their thoughts and feelings by using all of their senses. Furthermore, creative movement expands your student's understanding of their environment. It also broadens their creative self expression. It is important to get our students moving and be thinking about the descriptive words we use to accomplish that.

So What? I would like to try and use dance in my lessons when I start teaching. We we did our dance assignment I thought that it was a little repetitive using dance the whole time. I think that if we use it for a segment here and there to really express something the students will really understand. One thing I really liked was using dance to teach language arts. When you read a book to them and then ask them to express certain parts through dance, use lots of verbs and adjectives so they can understand their meaning.

Now What? Yes, I would like to include dance in some of my lessons when it is appropriate. Like I said before I would really like to try using it when teaching language arts. I would try to find a really good book. Then I would read the book further my students understand by using dance to express that book. I think you can teach students a lot through dance explaining certain movements and adding new words to their vocabulary. Plus it is a lot of fun for your students.

Reflection #6

What? This week we learned about the kinesthetics of dance. I never knew that you can tell from the movement of a child that they lack in certain mental capassities. You can improve those by working on their movement. Dance also leaves a lasting impression and they are sure to pay attention the whole time and learn a great deal.

So What? We for class we are going to prepare a lesson that we can teach from a story book through dance. I will remember to really get them moving and get them think about why they are moving and how they are moving. This can also teach them lots of great verbs and adjectives. When I go to field I will remember how important movement is. It is also a great way to get those wiggles out.

Now What? I need to remember the key components of teaching through dance. Body, Energy, Space, and Time. Dance is the BEST way to teach. This way the students are really using all of their energy into what they are learning and that is very important.

Reflection #5

What? I loved making a processed drama because it gives your students a hands on approach to learning. They acting things out, getting physically involved so they remember better what they are learning.

I learned from the other team presentation that they are a lot of ways you can present a lesson. Also the more enthusiasm you use and the more involved you get they class the better the activity goes.

So What? I think I would like to try "Hot seating" as a teacher because students can become experts on a certain person and then the rest of the class can question them so that the whole class is learning. I would also like to try "Decision alley" because that really gets your students thinking.

Now What? To prepare for creative drama teaching by reading a lot of books I could include and turn into a process drama. I would practice many different ways of teaching that one topic.

Reflection #4

What? This week we started learning about drama in the classroom. I never thought about how much drama can enrich your lesson and really get your students involved.

So What? I think I would like to try drama activity, "Hot Seating", for my first year of teaching. This where the students put themselves in other people's roles. I think this will really get them think about how others in history faced the challenges they did. I think along with that I would like to try out "Decision Alley", where they are asked to think about what they would do if they were in another person's place.

Now What? I think students need creative drama in the school because it really gets them involved in the lesson and they remember what they have learned later on. I think it would be a really good idea to try to integrate drama in other curricular areas because it really does give them another view and way of learning. Drama is all hands and some students learn best that way.