Students gather together near the writing surface and the teacher explains that they are going to learn how to put a series of dance steps into a short dance team type routine.
Teacher should model how to create a routine by taking various dance steps and combining them to create dance measures.

Write all ideas on paper.
Then arrange moves in an order and re-write them on the poster paper. Optionally, the ideas could be written on the note cards or post-its and the rearranging becomes easier.
Following the creation of a few dance measures into a combination, have class practice the mini-dance a few times.
After practicing and when the routine is semi-mastered, incorporate music.
Continue creating measures, write them on the poster board, and add them to the combination. Keep practicing them from the top (beginning).
A dance routine will take shape from the combination of all of the measures.

I use this lesson to teach the class how to create a dance prior to assigning a "dance project" which will be choreographed in small groups.

I also like to switch created measures between my dance classes. I will take one measure from one class and another measure from another class and combine them into a "Multi-class Dance Rountine."

Ask the students to create their own dance step and add it to their routine. Name the step after them.

Observe students for rhythmic accuracy. Watch in small groups and check for knowledge of the dance sequence. Have students take their pulse before and after the dance to further the connection with the health/fitness benefits of dancing.

If the class has had previous dance experience, they can be asked to adapt the dance by changing the physical relationships of the dancers, perform it as a round, or create beginning and ending positions.

I pair my adaptive kids up with cheer or dance students who have experience with dance. Also, putting them in the front row between two experienced dancers helps them stay in sync with the count.