Setting end of second quarter goals

 

 

Keep pace.

 

Setting end of second quarter goals are my favorite because they are easy (just divide the total number of lessons by two) and there’s still time to catch up/slow down if the first quarter was slower/faster than anticipated.  If you use Homeschool Tracker, a handy way to do this is to create an activity called Goal. Then when you divide up your lessons, enter the goal lesson on the proposed completion date under the activity called Goal. For example, let’s say you have a unit of study with a total of 120 lessons.  That means that each quarter, you will be completing 30 lessons arranged loosely as 1-30 for the first quarter, 31-60 second quarter, 61-90 third quarter and 91-120 fourth quarter. If the end of your second quarter is January 16th, then enter a goal for that date for lesson 60.  Once all my goals are in, then I take into account the number of actual days available for lessons for the current quarter, which means taking the total number of days in the quarter and subtracting holidays, field trips and allowing for a sick day or two.  This gives me a really good idea as to how the quarter should be paced for each subject.