Pre K:
1.0 ARTISTIC PERCEPTION
Development of Motor Skills and Technical Expertise
1.1 Move in a variety of directed ways.
1.2 Imitate the movements shown.

Kindergarten:
1.0 ARTISTIC PERCEPTION
Comprehension and Analysis of Dance Elements
1.3 Understand and respond to a wide range of opposites (e.g., high/low, forward/backward, wiggle/freeze).
Development of Motor Skills and Technical Expertise

1.1 Build the range and capacity to move in a variety of ways.

1.2 Perform basic locomotor skills (e.g., walk, run, gallop, jump, hop, and balance).
Development of Dance Vocabulary 

1.4 Perform simple movements in response to oral instructions (e.g., walk, turn, reach).

Grade 1:
1.0 ARTISTIC PERCEPTION
Development of Motor Skills and Technical Expertise

1.1 Demonstrate the ability to vary control and direct force/energy used in basic locomotor and axial movements (e.g., skip lightly, turn strongly, fall heavily).Comprehension and Analysis of Dance Elements
1.3 Name basic locomotor and axial movements (e.g., skip, slide, stretch, roll).
3.0 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT
Development of Dance
3.1 Name and perform folk/traditional dances from other countries.

Grade 2:
1.0 ARTISTIC PERCEPTION
Development of Motor Skills and Technical Expertise
1.1 Show a variety of combinations of basic locomotor skills (e.g., walk and run, gallop and jump, hop and skip, slide and roll).
1.2 Show a variety of combinations of axial movements (e.g., swing and balanced shapes, turn and stretch, bend and twist).

3.0 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT
Development of Dance
3.1 Name and perform social and traditional dances from various cultures.
3.3 Name and perform rhythms from different cultures (e.g., through clapping, stamping, using whole body movement).

Grade 3:
1.0 ARTISTIC PERCEPTION
Development of Motor Skills and Technical Expertise
1.1 Combine and perform basic locomotor skills, moving on a specific pathway (e.g., skip in circles, slide in zigzags, run in a variety of linear paths). Combine and perform locomotor and axial movements (e.g., walk and turn, stretch and slide).
1.2 Demonstrate the ability to start, change, and stop movement.

Grade 4:
1.0 ARTISTIC PERCEPTION
Development of Motor Skills and Technical Expertise
1.1 Demonstrate mental concentration and physical control in performing dance skills.
1.2 Demonstrate the ability to use smooth transitions when connecting one movement phrase to another.

Grade 5:
1.0 ARTISTIC PERCEPTION
Development of Motor Skills and Technical Expertise
1.1 Demonstrate focus, physical control (e.g., proper alignment, balance), and coordination in performing locomotor and axial movement.
1.2 Name and use a wide variety of movements (e.g., isolations/whole body).

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