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Sharing the Stage

First graders learn to share the stage — taking turns, making room for each other, and cooperating — so acting with friends is fair and fun and the whole show shines.

Grade 1Collaboration30 minutes1 class periodArtistic ProcessExplicit teaching4 StandardsNCAS
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Share the stage.
  • ✓Take turns.
  • ✓Cooperate with others.
  • ✓Make the show great.
Essential Question

Acting is often a team! When you’re on stage with friends, how do you share the stage so everyone can shine?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

Sharing the Stage Check

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The Lesson · Artistic Process (Warm-Up · Explore · Rehearse · Perform · Reflect)

30 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Acting Is a Team

4 min

On stage with friends, how do you share so everyone shines?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask about acting together.
  • Ask how to share.
  • Warm up.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share.
  • Think.
  • Warm up.
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Explore — Sharing the Stage

8 min

Children explore.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to Sharing the Stage Check.
  • Note taking turns.
  • Note cooperating.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Name.
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Rehearse — Rehearse

9 min

Children rehearse.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Practice taking turns.
  • Make room for a friend.
  • Listen to others.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Take turns.
  • Make room.
  • Listen.
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Perform — Perform

6 min

Children perform.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Do a group scene.
  • Share the stage.
  • Be kind.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Do it.
  • Share.
  • Be kind.
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Reflect — Reflect

3 min

Children respond.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say how to share the stage.
  • Show it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Show it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Theatre).

NCAS
TH:Pr6.1.1

Share the stage in a performance.

NCAS
TH:Cr2.1.1

Collaborate in drama.

NCAS
TH:Cn11.2.1

Cooperate with others.

NCAS
TH:Re7.1.1

Value teamwork on stage.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Sharing picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “I share by ___.”
  • Role-play sharing.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with taking turns.
  • Practice one action.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Do a full group scene.
  • Explain why sharing helps.
  • Lead a group.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🎭A pretend stage
  • 💻Sharing the Stage Check
  • 🤝Group scene cards
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

shareto take turnsstagewhere actors performtake turnsone at a timecooperateto work togethermake roomto give spacelistento hear othersteamworkworking togetherscenea story on stage
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
When you act with friends, what should you do?
Share the stage and take turns.
QUESTION 2
If two actors want the same spot, what can they do?
Work it out and make room for each other.
QUESTION 3
How does a good actor help the show?
By listening and cooperating with the other actors.

Reflect: share the stage.

Have children act out a short scene with a family member, taking turns and sharing the space. A printable sharing sheet is in the Arts library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: cooperate, listen, make room, scene, share, stage, take turns, teamwork
  1. a story on stage
  2. one at a time
  3. to give space
  4. working together
  5. where actors perform
  6. to hear others
  7. to take turns
  8. to work together

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. When you act with friends, what should you do?
  2. If two actors want the same spot, what can they do?
  3. How does a good actor help the show?
Answer key — Part A: 1) scene · 2) take turns · 3) make room · 4) teamwork · 5) stage · 6) listen · 7) share · 8) cooperate
Part B: 1) Share the stage and take turns. 2) Work it out and make room for each other. 3) By listening and cooperating with the other actors.