Elementary Theatre

K-5 Theatre at a Glance for Canyons School District Kindergarten & First Grade Second & Third Grade Fourth & Fifth Grade

Imagine and play with stories, characters, or designs. Make imaginative choices about stories, characters, or designs.

Create and perform imaginative stories, characters, or designs.

Imagination

Explore expressive movement using space, shape, and energy.

Make expressive movement choices using space, shape, and energy.

Make and perform expressive movement choices using, space, shape, energy, and gesture.

Physicality

Explore expressive voice using opposites: loud/soft, fast/slow, high/low, sound/silence, etc.

Make expressive vocal choices using volume, rate, & pitch.

Make and perform expressive vocal choices using volume, rate, pitch, & clarity.

Voice

Identify basic story elements. Make choices about stories and characters. Make connections between stories and personal life.

Identify story elements. Make informed choices about stories and characters. Make connections between stories and personal life.

Analyze story elements. Make informed choices about stories and characters. Make connections between stories and personal life.

Story & Character

Develop appropriate audience observation skills. Engage in collaborative, creative play. Share personal responses and ideas about drama work.

Practice audience observation and response skills. Develop skills to engage in rehearsal and collaboration. Share personal responses and ideas about drama work.

Refine audience observation and response skills. Practice skills to engage in rehearsal & collaboration. Share and justify personal responses and ideas about drama work.

Artistic Process & Practice

Design & Tech. Theatre

Experiment with and explore masks, puppets, simple props, simple costume pieces, etc.

Create and explore masks, puppets, simple props, simple costume pieces, backdrops, etc.

Design and create masks, puppets, props, costume pieces, backdrops, set pieces, etc.

Engage in and explore dramatic play, puppetry, storytelling, mask work, frozen body images, guided explorations, drama games, or soundscapes.

Engage in and explore drama games, improvisation, storytelling, puppetry, pantomime, soundscapes, guided explorations, tableaus, voice acting, mask work, short scenes, short plays, or short reader’s theatre.

Engage in, explore, & perform drama games, improvisation, puppetry, soundscapes, storytelling, tableau, pantomime, voice acting, mask work, scenes, monologues, short plays, short readers theatre, or self-written work.

Age-Aligned Dramatic

Style & Activity Examples

Kindergarten: Seasons, force and motion, living things, story, character, setting, emotions, calming strategies, rules, responsibilities, school & local community, numbers to 100, basic add/subtract with objects, and shapes.

2nd Grade: Life cycle, habitats, states of matter, character conflict, expressive word meanings, personal/family histories, citizenship, and being a good friend, telling time, add/subrtact to 100, measuring with tools.

3rd Grade: Animal survival traits, climate patterns, force affecting motion, story details, figurative language, constitution, government, communication, find perimeter, time intervals, multiplication to 12.

4th Grade: Organisms, energy transfer, wave patterns, Utah history & geography, figurative language, plot structure, goal setting, positive communication, points/lines/rays/angles, perpendicular/parallel, symmetry.

5th Grade: Earth systems, matter changes & cycles, U.S. history & geography, figurative language, plot structure,

1st Grade: Living things, weather, space, story, character, setting, events, rhyming, government, friendship, kindness, community, decision-making, shape attributes, problem & solutions, add/subtract to 20, 2D/3D shapes, modeling.

Grade-Level Integration Connections

personal values & beliefs, standard measurement, and graphing on a coordinate plane.