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Friendship Line Dancing Lesson PlanFriendship Line Dancing Lesson Plan
Publisher
Missouri Department of Elementary
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Grade
1st
Subjects
Social & Emotional Learning
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Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Friendship Line Dancing

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Develop social awareness with a lesson plan that challenges scholars to properly communicate with their peers. Standing in two lines, participants practice introducing themselves, asking how their partner is feeling, asks if they want to play, and shares with them. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

friendship, peers, relationships, relationship skills, social awareness, social-emotional learning, emotional development, line dancing, introductions, conversation skills, converse, speaking skills

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • While learners converse with peers, point out noticeable body language and explain how it contributes to the overall tone and message
  • Revisit the lesson using new conversation starters
  • Encourage movement, challenge pupils to walk, run, or dance while their line shifts

Classroom Considerations

  • The first of three lessons sheds light on being a good friend
  • Requires a space large enough for the entire class to stand in two lines 
  • The lesson s designed to be led by a counselor but can also be led by a classroom teacher 

Pros

  • The puppet makes for a fun lesson introduction
  • Boosts listening and speaking skills

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.1.6

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