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PPEP-PALS Lesson Sharing
Teacher & School: Rebekah Martinez-River Oak Charter School
Activity Grade Level
Agadu-International/Israeli K - 4
Equipment Needs CD player and CD with Agadu.
Facility/Playground Needs Space for class to form circle or lines for dancing.
Lesson Objective (Psychomotor and/or Cognitive):

Aerobic exercise, cultural awareness, social development, and rhythmic development.
Teaching Hints:

Rehearse hand transitions, listen closely to the music, and reach, bend, and twist for increased aerobic exercise.
Description:

PART I: Begins as an individual dance, line or circle.

Intro: ( "Aaah-gaaaah") Holding fists together high in front, shake them twice.

1) ("Du, du, du") Three shakes of fists, each one lower than the last; hold.

2)

3-4) Repeat measures 1 & 2 (shake fists down, roll hands on R and L sides).

5) Push R hip out (ct 1), slap R hip with R hand (ct 2); push L hip out (ct 3), slap with L hand (ct 4)

6) Roll hands from head down to knees, bending forward.

7-8) Repeat measures 5&6 (slapping hips, rolling hands from head to knees).

PART II: Stay in individual formation or join hands down at sides (V).

1-2) R to side, L close, R to side, L close; R to side, L close, R to side, L touch (clap)

3-4) Repeat measures 1 & 2, starting on L foot, moving to L.

5-6) In to center: R, L, R, swing L (clap); out of center, L, R, L, swing R (clap),

7-8) Repeat measures 7 & 8 (in and out of center).

Numbers above refer to measure numbers. There are 8 four beat measures per section (part.)
Alternatives/Modifications

Part II can be modified for younger children by having them walk CCW 16 cts (measures 1-4), then walking CW 16 cts (measures 5-8).
Reference www.FolkStyle.com Favorite Folk Dances: Syllabus No. 1 by Sanna Longden