Allen Elementary- Kindergarten Quarter 1 2017

Ms. Duran and Ms. Davies (8/3, 8/17, 8/30, 9/14)

Theatre Games Learned

Act It Out

The group leader reads a story then tells it again with the students acting it out. Students choose their own characters, then they come up onstage and say their lines (basically repeating after the storyteller!). 

Runway 

Students form two lines and leave room in the middle for a "runway". Students then walk down the runway as various emotions, characters, animals, etc. 

Hello Joe!

Students practice projection by standing on stage and saying Hello Joe! to the audience.

Emotional Jobs

Students stand in a line in a neutral position, with their hands at their sides, feet about shoulder's distance apart. The teacher calls out an emotional state such as ecstatic, worried, depressed, etc. as well as an occupation such as mailman, doctor etc. Students transform into a pose that reflects that state. They may raise their hand if they think of something an "angry doctor" would say etc.  

Frozen Statues/Emotions

Students stand in a line in a neutral position, with their hands at their sides, feet about shoulder's distance apart. The teacher calls out an emotional state such as ecstatic, worried, depressed, etc. and students transform into a pose that reflects that state. 

Mirrors

In pairs, players face each other. They choose one person to lead and one person to follow. The goal of the game is for the players to feel completely in sync with one another.  

Duck Duck Goose

* some theater games are adapted from Drama Notebook Curriculum 

The Kindergarteners have such enthusiasm and are not afraid to perform, they were allotted time to perform at the Quarter Awards Assembly. They performed Frozen Statues and Emotional Jobs. Parents enjoyed it, one even came up and told me it was like watching a mini Who's Line Is It Anyway? 

CCSS. Theatre. Kindergarten

• 2.1 Perform imitative movements, rhythmical activities, and theatre games (freeze, statues, and mirrors).
• 2.2 Perform group pantomimes and improvisations to retell familiar stories.
• 3.2 Portray different community members, such as firefighters, family, teachers, and clerks, through role-playing activities.
• 4.1 Respond appropriately to a theatrical experience as an audience member.
• 5.2 Demonstrate the ability to participate cooperatively in performing a pantomime or dramatizing a story.