Lesson Plan for Fall Quarter 2009

I use this full color document as my main lesson plan to which I refer throughout the quarter. Creating this Fall Quarter only took me a few hours. I do this four times a year and voila my planning is done!

Here's how I do it:

1. Make a table in Word, Excel, Publisher or any program you want with 10 rows and as many columns as you have subjects.
2. Fill in the row headings by numbering from 1-9 (representing weeks one through 9)
3. Fill in the column headings by adding each subject you'll be studying for the quarter.
4. Highlight each column and add background color if you'd like.
5. Start to fill in the columns with what you need to accomplish each week. For example, Saxon 6/5 has 120 lessons in the book. I divide 120 lessons by our 36 week school year. If I do 4 Saxon 6/5 lessons per week, I will finish on time (or even a little early!). Do this with each subject.I use this replica of the Fall Quarter without all the color as my weekly guide. The white background makes it easier for me to check off or highlight what I've already accomplished. I can easily see what needs to be done before the week is over.

When I get everything set up for the quarter, I copy one week at a time into my Weekly Assignment Sheet. I have a section for Notes where I add interesting websites I want to visit, videos to watch, or other ideas I have pertaining to a subject for the week. Below the Notes section I have an area for each child and for the three of them together (we do many subjects as a group). This section is broken down into days of the week.