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Conditioning & Dancer Wellness

Tenth-grade dancers learn to care for the instrument they dance with — their body. Warming up, building strength and flexibility, fueling and hydrating, resting, and respecting injuries keep dancers healthy for the long run. They sort smart habits from risky ones, then plan a wellness routine.

Grade 10Conditioning & Dancer Wellness50 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…

  • ✓Warm up & condition.
  • ✓Build strength & flexibility.
  • ✓Respect rest & injury.
  • ✓Plan a routine.
Essential Question

How do dancers keep their bodies healthy and strong over time?

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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Smart, or Risky?

Project this and sort each habit into Smart habit or Risky.

💪 Sort each — smart dancer habit, or risky?Try it
💪 Smart habit
⚠️ Risky
Tap one, then tap a box.
The Lesson · Explicit teaching

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Your Instrument

5 min

A dancer’s instrument is the body — how do you keep it in shape?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pose the question.
  • Share ideas.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
2

Explore — Conditioning

12 min

Students explore.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Smart or Risky?
  • Sort each habit.
  • Note warm up & rest.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
3

Create — Build a Routine

16 min

Students create.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Do a safe warm-up.
  • Add a strength move.
  • Add a stretch.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Warm up.
  • Strength.
  • Stretch.
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Perform — Perform

12 min

Students perform.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Lead a warm-up move.
  • Explain why it helps.
  • Cool down safely.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Lead.
  • Explain.
  • Cool down.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a smart habit.
  • Name a risky one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

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

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Dance).

NCAS
DA:Pr5.1

Use healthy practices to prepare the body.

NCAS
DA:Cn10.1

Connect wellness to dance performance.

NCAS
DA:Pr4.1

Apply conditioning to improve skills.

NCAS
DA:Re9.1

Evaluate safe practices in dance.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Smart/risky habit cards.
  • Frame: "warming up is ___."
  • Demonstrate each.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Sort smart vs risky only.
  • Use 4 habits.
  • Lead a simple warm-up.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Design a full warm-up.
  • Plan cross-training.
  • Map an injury-prevention routine.
Materials

What to gather

  • 💪Mats / open space
  • 💧Water bottles
  • 💻Smart or Risky?
  • 📄Wellness-plan sheet
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

conditioningtraining the body for dancewarm-upgentle movement to prepareflexibilityrange of motionstrengthmuscle powerenduranceability to keep goingrecoveryrest so the body repairshydratedrink enough wateralignmenthealthy body positioning
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
Name a smart dancer habit.
Warm up, hydrate, stretch, or rest when injured.
QUESTION 2
Name a risky one.
Skipping warm-up, pushing through pain, or ignoring injury.
QUESTION 3
Why care for your body?
It is the instrument you dance with — for the long run.

Reflect: conditioning & dancer wellness.

Have students plan a safe warm-up and wellness routine. A printable wellness-plan sheet is in the Arts library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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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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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: alignment, conditioning, endurance, flexibility, hydrate, recovery, strength, warm-up
  1. drink enough water
  2. rest so the body repairs
  3. gentle movement to prepare
  4. ability to keep going
  5. healthy body positioning
  6. range of motion
  7. muscle power
  8. training the body for dance

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Name a smart dancer habit.
  2. Name a risky one.
  3. Why care for your body?
Answer key — Part A: 1) hydrate · 2) recovery · 3) warm-up · 4) endurance · 5) alignment · 6) flexibility · 7) strength · 8) conditioning
Part B: 1) Warm up, hydrate, stretch, or rest when injured. 2) Skipping warm-up, pushing through pain, or ignoring injury. 3) It is the instrument you dance with — for the long run.