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Teaching Dance

Twelfth graders learn the fundamentals of teaching dance — lesson planning, demonstration, cueing, differentiation, and feedback — the skills that let an experienced dancer share their art and guide others.

Grade 12Pedagogy55 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…

  • ✓Explain teaching dance.
  • ✓Know teaching skills.
  • ✓Match skills to meanings.
  • ✓Guide learners.
Essential Question

Many dancers become teachers, passing on their art. What skills does it take to lead a dance class well?

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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Teaching Skill

Project this and match each teaching skill to its meaning — tap a skill, then tap its meaning.

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Skill
What It Is
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The Lesson · Artistic Process (Warm-Up · Explore · Create · Perform · Reflect)

55 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Warm-Up — Pass It On

6 min

Many dancers become teachers — what skills does leading a class take?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a class being taught.
  • Ask what the teacher does.
  • Warm up.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Wonder.
  • Warm up.
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Explore — Teaching Dance

13 min

Students explore.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Teaching Skill.
  • Match each one.
  • Discuss them.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Discuss.
  • Name.
3

Create — Create

15 min

Students create.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Plan a mini lesson.
  • Demonstrate a step.
  • Cue a movement.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Plan it.
  • Demo it.
  • Cue it.
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Perform — Perform

13 min

Students perform.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Teach a step to a peer.
  • Give feedback.
  • Give critique.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Teach it.
  • Feedback.
  • Critique.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students respond.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a teaching skill.
  • Explain it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Explain it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Dance, HS Advanced).

NCAS
DA:Pr5.1.HSIII

Model and teach movement.

NCAS
DA:Cn11.1.HSIII

Connect dance to teaching.

NCAS
DA:Re8.1.HSIII

Give constructive feedback.

NCAS
DA:Cr3.1.HSIII

Guide refinement.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Skill + meaning cards.
  • Sentence frame: “___ means ___.”
  • Model teaching.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with demonstration and feedback.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Teach one step.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Plan a full class.
  • Teach a short combo.
  • Adapt for a beginner.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Projector / board
  • 👟Open space
  • 💻Match the Teaching Skill
  • 📝Lesson templates
  • ✏️Pens
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

teachingguiding others to learnlesson planningoutlining a classdemonstrationshowing a stepcueinggiving counts and promptsdifferentiationadapting for skill levelsfeedbackhelpful notespedagogythe art of teachingprogressionbuilding skills in order
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
What is lesson planning?
Outlining what to teach and in what order.
QUESTION 2
What is cueing?
Giving clear counts and instructions during movement.
QUESTION 3
What is differentiation?
Adapting for different skill levels in one class.

Reflect: pass on the art.

Have students plan how they’d teach one simple step — demonstrate it and cue it. A printable teaching sheet is in the Arts library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s 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.

🖨️ Teaching DancePrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: cueing, demonstration, differentiation, feedback, lesson planning, pedagogy, progression, teaching
  1. showing a step
  2. giving counts and prompts
  3. the art of teaching
  4. outlining a class
  5. adapting for skill levels
  6. building skills in order
  7. guiding others to learn
  8. helpful notes

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is lesson planning?
  2. What is cueing?
  3. What is differentiation?
Answer key — Part A: 1) demonstration · 2) cueing · 3) pedagogy · 4) lesson planning · 5) differentiation · 6) progression · 7) teaching · 8) feedback
Part B: 1) Outlining what to teach and in what order. 2) Giving clear counts and instructions during movement. 3) Adapting for different skill levels in one class.