Rhythms & Dance
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The Old Brass Wagon The Hustle
The Water Dance Seven Jumps
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Pop Goes the Weasel-Great Britain Tokyo Dontaku- Obon
The Bunny Hop - USA Rocking the Jukebox
The Mexican Hat Dance - Mexico Add-on Line Dancing
Agadu-International/Israeli Whoomp Dance
Sevivon-Israel (Hanukah dance) Soul Walk
Bongo-Trinidad and West Africa 5, 6, 7, 8 Line Dance
Paddle Dance/French-Canadian Stayin' Alive
The Rhythm Sticks The Rebel Strut
The Storm Bus Stop
Fly, Butterfly, Fly! Celebration
Shape Up! Syrtos Dance
Barnereinlender- Norse Dance Tinikling
Santa in a Red Canoe-Hawaii Tsakonikos Dance Ancient Greek
Hula-Hula-Hoopla! Electric Slide
Move With Me! Men in Black Line Dance
Streamers Galore Shortenin' Bread Shuffle
The Heat is On The Rise
Yan Petit-Southern France 6 Tush Push

PPEP-PALS Lesson Sharing
Teacher & School:
Activity Grade Level
Bus Stop 5
Equipment Needs CD player/Tape Player "Old Time Rock and Roll," Capitol Records
Facility/Playground Needs Gym / Black top
Lesson Objective (Psychomotor and/or Cognitive):

develop coordinated movements to implement in a dance.

Teaching Hints:

Some students may have trouble doing the Full Turns. If they feel uncomfortable turning in full circle, they may want to just Grapevine in the same direction during these counts and as they progress, they can try the Full Turns. It also makes it a lot fun to add claps to the dance after students succeed with dance.

Description:

Students will line up in row formation facing the front of the room. The steps should be taught one at a time, not adding the next step on until all students have completed the previous step successfully.

Counts 1-4: Feet together, click heels together two times.

Counts 5-6: Right heel forward and touch two times.

Counts 7-8: Right to backwards and touch two times.

Counts 1-4: Right heel forward, right two backward, right toe to the side, raise knee high and make quarter turn on the left foot, place right beside left.

Counts 5-8: Walk backward right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot.

Counts 1-4: Full turn to the right; step right foot, left foot, right foot, touch left.

Counts 5-8: Full turn to the left; step left foot, right foot, left foot, touch right.

Counts 1-4: Hustle right; step right, together left, step right, touch left.

Counts 5-8: Hustle left; step left, together right, step left, touch right. Repeat the dance.

Alternatives/Modifications

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