| Drama Center |
Objectives (based on the TEKS, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills)
*TLW present dramatic interpretations of experiences, stories, poems, or plays
*TLW identify jobs in the home
*TLW use problem solving and decision making skills, working independently
and with others in a variety of settings
*TLW develop self awareness through dramatic play
*TLW assume roles through imitation and recreation
*TLW create playing space using simple materials
*TLW cooperate with other in dramatic play
*TLW present dramatic interpretations of experiences, stories, poems, or plays
*TLW identify jobs in the home
*TLW use problem solving and decision making skills, working independently
and with others in a variety of settings
*TLW develop self awareness through dramatic play
*TLW assume roles through imitation and recreation
*TLW create playing space using simple materials
*TLW cooperate with other in dramatic play
Because our drama center is basically
a unit-based "home center," this center
is only available periodically. Students
usually go "inside" the drama center to
"pretend" being a..... farmer, Pilgrim,
Indian, Eskimo, bear, marine biologist,
whatever we're studying, etc.
Students "build" the drama center as a
response to literature. Then they may
go to the center to act the way a bear
would act in his cave, or how a marine
biologist might act in a submarine, or a
Pilgrim in a log cabin, etc.
Sometimes we have directed activities
for the drama center, sometimes the
students create their own activities.
But "pretending" is always at the heart
of this center. Of course, we know that
the best pretenders usually make the
best authors!
a unit-based "home center," this center
is only available periodically. Students
usually go "inside" the drama center to
"pretend" being a..... farmer, Pilgrim,
Indian, Eskimo, bear, marine biologist,
whatever we're studying, etc.
Students "build" the drama center as a
response to literature. Then they may
go to the center to act the way a bear
would act in his cave, or how a marine
biologist might act in a submarine, or a
Pilgrim in a log cabin, etc.
Sometimes we have directed activities
for the drama center, sometimes the
students create their own activities.
But "pretending" is always at the heart
of this center. Of course, we know that
the best pretenders usually make the
best authors!
This is the drama center we used during
our Farm Unit. Students could go in and
pretend to be farmers, busy doing "farm
chores," like milking cows, tending animals,
etc.
our Farm Unit. Students could go in and
pretend to be farmers, busy doing "farm
chores," like milking cows, tending animals,
etc.
This is the drama center we used during
our Pilgrim study. Students built it
during centers and then got to go inside
to act as Pilgrims.
our Pilgrim study. Students built it
during centers and then got to go inside
to act as Pilgrims.
This is the drama center we used during
our study of American Indians. Students
worked in small groups to sew the
"animal skins" together, then wrapped
the covering around the frame. Once
inside, they were directed to record
Indian signs in their own book. They
also pretended to be on a hunting trip,
since most Indians only used teepees
as temporary shelters.
our study of American Indians. Students
worked in small groups to sew the
"animal skins" together, then wrapped
the covering around the frame. Once
inside, they were directed to record
Indian signs in their own book. They
also pretended to be on a hunting trip,
since most Indians only used teepees
as temporary shelters.