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Name of Activity: Macarena Referee Dance

Purpose of Activity: To help students learn officiating hand signals through dance; to give students interested in sports a connection to dance

Prerequisites: Teacher should be familiar with basic sports officiating hand signals and with the 'traditional Macarena' dance.

Suggested Grade Level: 4 - 8

Materials Needed: Equipment with which to play the music

Recommended music: Macarena by Rio Los Mar

Beginning dance formation: Lines

Description of Idea

Variations:

After students have learned the 'traditional' Macarena and the Referee Dance, they could be asked to create a new dance created using a theme of their own choice. They would need to create hand gestures and/or non-locomotor movement which relate to their chosen theme.

Assessment Ideas:

Students could be asked to write down the gestures used in their dance and/or could be asked to teach their dance to others in the class with clear explanations of their chosen movements.

Teaching Suggestions:

When teaching the younger students, do the dance without changing to the 4 walls at first. Have them do a jump in place instead of the turn.

Adaptations for Students with Disabilities:

Depending on the disabilities students could create hand, arm or head gestures to go with this dance.