Bee-Bot+Bug+Dance

__Lesson plan title:__ __Activity overview:__ Grade level: Kindergarten & First grade __Art & Math concepts addressed:__ Dance Choreography Team work Direction: right, left, backward, and forward Space & movement Pattern Recognize similarities and differences between visual art, music, and dance
 * Bee-Bot Bug Dance**
 * Students will listen to the story **//Bug Dance//**. Each group will program their bee bot to travel the steps of the dance.

__Extensions/Adaptations:__ __Literature:__ Book: **//Bug Dance//** by Stuart J. Murphy; illustrated by Christopher Santoro __Web Resources:__ Dancing lessons online: http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/fadance.html Creative Dance Lesson: teaching the elements of art:: **space** http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1825.html __Materials needed:__ __Samples/Photos/handouts:__
 * Students can create their own dance; they will need to draw cards illustrating the steps to the dance so other bee-bots can participate in the dance.
 * Students can draw a portrait of the bee-bot with a bug character from the story.
 * In music students can learn to perform the new dances!
 * Students can explore the kinds of lines they can create with their bee-bots while exploring dance.
 * 5 Bee-bot robots
 * Sticks with students’ names to organize groups
 * Blank cards for creating new dance
 * Paper
 * Crayons
 * Each group should have a copy of the dance steps…
 * Samples of new steps