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Day 36 · Keep the opening, choose the endingFoundation Dance · T1 W7–8 · Day 36 lesson

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Foundation / Dance / Term 1 / Weeks 07 08

Part of the full two-week lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Optional practice · Check guide · Aids and text routes.

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Teacher copy: This page may include teaching prompts or answer keys. Answer keys in this public library can be viewed by anyone. Give learners a clean prompt, use checks as formative evidence, and change a case locally when prior access matters.

Learner choices

Goal: Compare two endings while keeping the opening unchanged. Proposed partial AC9ADAFD01 / AC9ADAFC01. Prepare: Source C's return/new-ending strips and child's own A/B key; blank maker plan.

  1. Arrive · 3 min. Ask what today's phrase might introduce: a picture, paper puppet or private idea. No real audience is required.

  2. Read · 4 min. Compare A → B → A → FINISH with A → B → B → FINISH. Cover the last movement temporarily. Both begin AB; only the last movement differs.

  3. Try · 5 min. Child reveals and names the final choices. Ask what returns and what changes. “Return” describes the score order; it doesn't force a physical return to a place.

  4. Make · 7 min. Child keeps an opening and chooses A, B or a newly defined ending movement; update the key if using a new idea. Try their locally approved short phrase, direct an adult, use object model or plan only. Record the actual route.

  5. Notice · 4 min. Ask why the child chose that ending. Preserve their interpretation without deciding a familiar/new ending always feels a certain way. If they change the opening too, record that actual revision honestly.

  6. Keep · 2 min. Save dated before/after scores. Tomorrow meet an actual supplied score and its documented purpose.

Next teaching: If the changed part cannot be located, align the openings and compare final spaces. If clear, ask how a chosen purpose might affect an ending.