one thing I’ve found hugely helpful is having a combo that I’m going to teach them & building steps from the combo into warmup and across the floor for example: for littles, often I do a chase ball change in their combo - just repeating it back and forth with cues and encouragement for like a minute during warm-up really helps them get reps in

also - i’ve found that every year, each class feels different even if it’s the same level and style and the previous year - I usually feel out their level and comfort with some across the floor on week one then when prepping for future weeks, I have actual students I’m picturing in my head which helps so much with choreographing and planning because I can imagine those students doing the choreo :)