Dance: Show Me The Shapes

The Show Me the Shapes activity that focuses on the elements of body, space, and relationships in dance. The students are encouraged to collaborate with classmates to create shapes with their bodies. This is a great team building exercise and one that connects really well with geometry expectations.

For our activity we did this in groups of three. We were asked to think of three different ways to create shapes using different body parts. The teacher should go around and ask students to identify what shapes they are creating, they could also ask follow up questions such as how many sides does it have. We were then given green tape to put on the floor to act as a line of symmetry and asked to make a shape with the line of symmetry in it. Students can then show off how many lines of symmetry can exits within their one shape.

This activity was a great way of getting students up and active. It was a really interesting way of getting student physically involved with geometry. It allowed students to build on fundamental knowledge for geometry while having a lot of creative fun.

Accommodations for this activity would include: verbal and non-verbal instructions, extra time, changing of group sizes to encourage various shapes, and pre-selecting groups.