DEL Dance and Literacy:
Poetry Moves Me
DEL Dance and Literacy: Poetry Moves Me Curriculum
DEL Dance and Literacy: Poetry Moves Me is an integrated dance and literacy curriculum that aims to improve foundational literacy skills through dance and movement learning. Anchored in the NYC Blueprint Dance Literacy Standards, NYS Anchor Standards, and NYC ELA Next Generation Standards, the curriculum aligns with the NYC DOE Reads initiative.
The DEL Dance and Literacy: Poetry Moves Me dance units provide modifications for students with disabilities and Multilingual learners (MLL) and are informed by guidance from literacy specialists and dance education experts.
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Pre-K: I Believe I Can
Curriculum Writer: Daria Fitzgerald
K-2: Sometimes I Feel Like a River
Curriculum Writer: Carina Rubaja
3-5: I Am The Voice
Curriculum Writer: Sandi Stratton-Gonzalez
D75 K-2: I Feel Like a Star
Curriculum Writer: Sandi Stratton-Gonzalez
D75 3-5: I Am The Voice
Curriculum Writer: Sandi Stratton-Gonzalez
Dance and Literacy Teacher Toolkit
To supplement the DEL Dance and Literacy Curriculum, DEL designed a digital Teacher Toolkit for dance educators to use to provide literacy supports in the Pre-K-5 dance classroom. The Toolkit includes: a set of 50 printable/projectable DEL Dance and Literacy Picture Cards that illustrate dance vocabulary. It also includes a series of printable/projectable DEL Basics charts, that can be used to describe, embody, and create dance in the classroom.
We invite you to use these resources as tools to enhance the literacy strategies in your dance classroom!
The creation of the DEL Dance and Literacy: Poetry Moves Me Curriculum was made possible by the New York Community Trust.
