Elementary Dance Education
Bench_GLE # Benchmark Title & Text Pre K - 2    
DA.A.1.1.1 The student knows basic nonlocomotor/axial movements (e.g., bend, twist, and swing).
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
      1. Wiggle, Wiggle & Song: Alligators All Around    
DA.A.1.1.2 The student knows simple locomotor movements (e.g., walk, run, hop, jump, and leap) 
  and compound locomotor movements (e.g., gallop, slide, and leap).  
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
      1. Wiggle, Wiggle & Song: Alligators All Around    
DA.A.1.1.4  The student moves to various sounds, including rhythmic accompaniment, and responds to changes in tempo.
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
      1. Wiggle, Wiggle & Song: Alligators All Around    
DA.A.1.1.5  The student moves following straight and curved pathways.  
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
      1. Wiggle, Wiggle & Song: Alligators All Around    
DA.A.2.1.1 The student creates a series of movements with a beginning, middle, and end.  
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
      1. Wiggle, Wiggle & Song: Alligators All Around    
DA.A.2.1.2 The student uses improvisation to explore and create movement ideas   
  (walk across the room, stop two times, changes level once).  
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
      1. Wiggle, Wiggle & Song: Alligators All Around    
DA.C.1.1.2  The student explores movement in response to the sounds and music that reflect a specific culture.
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
      1. Wiggle, Wiggle & Song: Alligators All Around    
DA.D.1.1.4  The student knows a simple descriptive vocabulary of movement.  
  Suggestion: 
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DA.E.1.1.1 The student knows how daily dance practice improves strength, coordination, and flexibility.
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DA.E.1.1.2 The student understands how healthy living practices contribute to enhanced dance movement abilities.
  (proper nutrition, adequate sleep, and daily exercise)  
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DA.E.2.1.1 The student knows how to express a visual image through movement  move like a cat, an ocean wave, a cloud).
  Suggestion: CD's For Movement and Physical Fitness
      1. Song: Alligators All Around