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Day 44 · Choose how my dance beginsFoundation Dance · T1 W9–10 · Day 44 lesson

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Foundation / Dance / Term 1 / Weeks 09 10

Part of the full lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Worked swaps · Fresh learner checks · Aids and text routes.

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Teacher copy: This page may include teaching prompts or answer keys. Answer keys in this public library can be viewed by anyone. Give learners a clean prompt, use checks as formative evidence, and change a case locally when prior access matters.

Learner choices

Goal/codes: choose an opening quality for an own purpose; proposed partial AC9ADAFD01 / AC9ADAFC01. Prepare: tiny phrase choices, or exact/no-print route.

  1. Welcome · 3 min. Ask “A reveal, a little ending, dance alone, or your idea?” Read the action key and check comfort/stop.
  2. Try · 4 min. Try a brief opening as PLACE then FLOW, or FLOW then PLACE, using the same action idea if suitable. Child chooses one trial or directs actual adult enactment/plan. Making comes before the marks; no forced movement or prescribed emotional effect.
  3. Explore · 5 min. Show Source C openings PLACE/FLOW/FLOW and FLOW/PLACE/FLOW. Ask “Which opening belongs to yours?” These are options, not tests of right feeling. The child may choose neither.
  4. Make · 7 min. Child invents/keeps/changes a tiny three-moment phrase and its purpose. One actual comfortable trial or director-supported enactment if wanted; then stop or remember it with marks. Materials/audience are unnecessary.
  5. Notice · 4 min. Note the chosen beginning and own reason with actual route/maker/date/help. If only a plan exists, record that; no picture reveal or audience understanding is inferred.
  6. Close · 2 min. Rest and save the chosen work if wanted. Tomorrow offers a new independent choice, with more time allowed.

Next teaching: If the maker wants a different number of moments, accept the art and note the particular three-moment target separately.