Decades Day! Let's Dance!

Today was Decades Day, a spirit day at our school! 

Everyone participated! We had students from the 1920s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

Photo by Mrs. Yollis  

Even teachers and the principal were ready to go!

For fun, students learned dances from a variety of decades!

We learned the Charleston, the Hand Jive, the Twist, and the Hustle. 

Enjoy!

First, The Hustle. Thank you, 1970s!

Impromptu dance party at the library, the Twist! 

Thank you, Chubby Checker and the 1960s!

Every decade has its fads. A fad is something that is widely shared with enthusiasm. It is also called a craze. A fad can come in the form of a dance, clothing, games, or even words.  

Parents, students, and readers, what are some fads that you remember? Please share with my students! 


Via Twitter, we have one dance fad from the 1970s, breakdancing!

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Decades Day!

Last Friday was a special school spirit day, 

Decades Day!

This spirit day gave us a chance to talk about fads. A fad is something that is very popular for a short time, and fads can be a lot of fun! Fads often involve fashion, an activity, or some kind of toy or trinket.

The 1950s were popular!

Check out those poodle skirts, rolled up jeans, white t-shirts, and even a pink lady! 

 A 1950s black leather jacket. 

I see two pairs of saddle shoes...very 1950s.

How many poodles? How many poodle legs?

Hint, use mulitiplication! 

The 1960s hippies were happening!

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Cool man! Look at those groovy threads! 

I see head bands, daisies, peace beads, and braids.

Photo by Stella

1980s

Nice looking neon colors and wild hair! 

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Often times, there are dance fads that are associated with a decade.

We learned The Twist from Chubby Checker. This dance craze was popular in the 1960s.

We also learned a more complicated dance from the 1970s, The Hustle. For this dance, we needed to take: four steps back, four steps forward, a grapevine turn to the right, a grapevine turn to the left, ten "Travoltas", two egg beaters, two chickens, and a front, back, side, turn. Repeat.This group dance was a lot of fun! 

Photo coming soon! 

We had 100% participation, so we get to keep Corky, the school coyote mascot, for the week! Here are some photos of Corky and students during Fun Friday!

What was your favorite decade and why?

Tell us about your costume!

Tell us about your decade! Who was president? What was a fad?  What musical groups were popular? Movies? What fashion was popular? Popular phrases?  (Ask your parents.)

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