Movement Vocabulary

Movement Vocabulary

Dance
15-20 Minutes

Want to make vocabulary more visible to your students? Try this! 

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  • STEP 1: Create a list of vocabulary words you would like students to explore. Alternative: ask students for a list of current vocabulary words they are struggling to remember or understand. 

  • STEP 2: Ask students for a synonym for each word that would describe the original vocabulary word (ie: continent = one of 7 large land masses). 

  • STEP 3: Choose one of the words; let students know what that word is and that you will be playing a piece of music. They will need to move around the room however the music makes them feel, but when the music stops, they will need to freeze their bodies in a way that represents that word.   

  • STEP 4: Repeat step 3 until all of the words have been chosen and students have been able to freeze into its “body definition”. 
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