Elementary Theatre

Theatre Skill: Voice CSD K-5 Theatre CSD teachers must log in to Drama Works! and Drama Notebook to access those resources. Example Warm-ups and Games Drama Works: Sound Around (K-5th) - Explore aspects of vocal expression by making and imitating a variety of sounds. Drama Works: Sound Collage (K-5th) - Work together to combine vocal sound effects that believably convey a setting. Social Studies or Science Integration Drama Works: Words Alive (K-5th) - Make words memorable by dramatizing them with face, body, and voice. ELA Integration Drama Works: Mystery Voice (K-5th) - Enhance vocal expression by experimenting with ways to change and disguise one’s voice. Drama Works: Symphony (K-5th) - Combine sounds, words, phrases, or sentences into an expressive “symphony.” Music Integration Drama Works: Tongue Twisters (K-5th) - Prepare the mind and mouth for speaking clearly and confidently in front of an audience. Drama Works: Grandma, Can you Hear Me? (K-5th) - learn how to speak loudly, clearly, and expressively enough for Grandma in the back row. Drama Notebook: Vocal Warmups (K-5) - Twelve fun ways for children to warm up their voices. Drama Works: Morphing (2nd-5th) - Explore movement/sound by making, imitating, and transforming expressive ideas. ELA, Social Studies, or Science Integration

Example Activities, Lessons, and Projects Resource Grades

Learning Intention and Success Criteria

BTS Arts: Spider Choral Reading Science Integration Drama Works: Say What I Say ELA Integration

K

I am learning the traits of spiders and how to use my voice so I can share about spiders in a performance. I’ll know I have it when I can perform a poem about spiders with a group. I am learning to project, articulate, and express vocally to communicate meaning. I’ll know I have it when I can repeat a line of text at different volumes. I am learning to use my voice and body to create and perform characters on stage. I’ll know I have it when I portray an inanimate object on stage with human characteristics I am learning to use and identify different vocal timbres to change my voice. I’ll know I have it when I can listen for and use different vocal timbres.

K-5th

Drama Works: If It Could Talk ELA Integration

K-5th

CSD Wonders Integration: Different Sounds Around Me ELA Integration

1st