Lesson Plans

Extension 1: 

Post it-note: how you feel at school today 

         Read Story: It takes a Village

Post-it note: how did this boy feel in his village feel

Place both notes on Venn diagram

Discuss how Westfield can feel more like this watchful village

Extension 2: 

Watch Funga Alafia (and stand up and dance to it)

Core Standards

Drama: 

Standard 4.T.CR.1:
Develop imagination to create artistic ideas and work.
Standard 4.T.CR.5:
Create character through imagination, physical movement, gesture, sound and/or speech and facial expression.

Standard 4.T.P.3:
Observe, listen, and respond in character to other actors throughout a scripted or improvised scene.

Standard 4.T.P.4:
Communicate meaning using the body through space, shape, energy and gesture.

Visual Art

Standard 4.V.CO.1:
Create works of art that reflect community cultural traditions.

Standard 4.V.CR.2:
Collaboratively set goals and create an artwork that is meaningful and shows the intent of the makers.

Standard 4.V.CR.3:
Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches by utilizing and caring for materials, tools, and equipment in a manner that prevents danger to oneself and others when making art, and by documenting, describing, and representing regional constructed environments.

Writing 

Standard 4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)

Writing Standard 7
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

Standard 4.V.CR.2: 

Collaboratively set goals and create an artwork that is meaningful and shows the intent of the makers.

Social Studies standard 2 Objective 2
Describe ways that Utah has changed over time.