One of the techniques that the California Dance Institute uses is to have the students associate certain words with particular elements of choreography. For example, sticking one hand high into the air is called a “Star” and the thrusting the other hand high is called a “Moon”. There’s a fun group of steps where the students tap themselves on the shoulders as they jump in a full circle. This sort of vaguely looks like swatting flies, so the words associated with this are “Get those bugs out, CDI!”
Well, most of this morning was devoted to getting the metaphorical bugs out of the CDI show. The students went to the auditorium twice to practice entrances, exits, and the trickier parts of their routines. They made a lot of progress, though to be honest I have to admit that the KDLP class is better. “Beat room 18!” should be a slogan for tomorrow.
The rest of the day was routine. We checked Math homework. We finished reading and discussing the “Arctic Explorer: The Story of Matthew Henson” selection. And, of course, the best part of the day for the students, they got their homework. And homework fiends that they are, I know they’ll be happy tonight. They had a little over 30 minutes to get a good running start on this work.
Homework: (1) Do the “Reading Strategies” sheet. (2) Do the study guide for the “Arctic Explorer” story. There are a lot of questions here, but the pages numbers make it easy to review the selection. (3) Do the “Adventure Stories” sheet. This is a pretty easy one. (4) Do the “Review/Test,” Math, page 418 and the “Cumulative Review" on page 419.
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