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Fourth Grade Drama & Theatre Arts

Theatre arts are a universal force in the everyday life of people around the world. This force connects each new generation to those who have gone before. Students need theatre arts to make these connections and to express the otherwise inexpressible. Theatre, the imagined and enacted world of human beings, is one of the primary ways children learn about life – about actions and consequences, customs and beliefs, and others and themselves.

Standards and Grade Level Expectations
Create 1 Create characters from scripts or improvisation using voice, gestures and facial expressions
2 Create and write simple dramas and scenes
3 Design a scene through an inventive process, and perform the scene
Perform 1 Participate collaboratively with partners and groups
2 Demonstrate safe use of voice and body to communicate characters
3 Define stage direction and body positions
Critically Respond 1 Develop selected criteria to critique what is seen, heard, and understood
2 Examine character dynamics and relations

Thompson School District Curriculum Placemats

Thompson placemats provide specific information regarding the skills Fourth Grade Students will be able to master by the end of the school year.