Teamwork and Relationship Building through MOVEMENT

Being part of a team means being able to rely on each other to accomplish something together. That means you need to do your part because your teammates are relying on you.

Monday we talked about our experiences and roles as members of a team.  

Today’s challenge is to work with your group to create a movement sequence that expresses the personality traits of the members of your group.

Get Moving: To get warmed up, have everyone stand up by their desk and do some movement stretches.

Respond and Connect: After engaging in movement, split students into teams of 2-4 students and revisit today’s big idea with the following activity: 

1. As a first step, think about how you would complete this sentence: "A positive word or phrase to describe me is ...." Now take a moment for each group member to share their answer. 

2. Next, help each other come up with a gesture or pose that captures the personality trait each person shared. 

3. Now, you can add these traits to the steps from today’s dance, or you can make up your own steps. You can take another look at the steps to get some ideas. Think about how you can add personality traits to these moves, or decide if you want to make up entirely new moves.

4. Now work with your group to make a movement sequence that expresses the personality traits of each group member. Once you have a plan, rehearse it a few times together. If time permits, groups can volunteer to show their final sequence to the rest of the class and explain how the new dance expresses the personality traits of the group.

5. Final Student Reflection: How did it go with your team? Did you do your part to contribute ideas? Did you learn something new about your teammates?