Grade 3

React to sensory and emotional experiences such as sight or sound and happiness or sadness through creative play.

Create playing space using expressive and rhythmic movement.

Respond to sounds, music, images, language, and literature using movement.

Reflect the environment, portray character, and demonstrate actions in classroom dramatizations.

Demonstrate safe use of movement and voice.

Participate in a variety of roles in real life or imaginative situations through narrative pantomime, dramatic play, or story dramatization.

Dramatize literary selections using shadow play or puppetry.

Dramatize literary selections using pantomime and imitative dialogue.

Identify technical theatre elements such as props, costumes, sound, and visual elements that define character, environment, action, and theme.

Use simple technical theatre elements such as props, costumes, sound, and visual elements that define character, environment, action, and theme.

Plan dramatic play.

Cooperate and interact with others in dramatic play.

Observe live or multimedia theatrical performances.

Explore historical and diverse cultural influences from a variety of sources through dramatic activities.

Illustrate similarities and differences between life and theatre, television, and film through dramatic play.

Apply appropriate audience behavior consistently.

Discuss and evaluate simple dramatic activities and performances.

Discuss the use of music, movement, and visual components in dramatic activities and performances.