Creating Lesson Plans for Homeschooling

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Creating a Lesson Plan: A Simple Example
As a simple example, suppose I am developing the lesson plan for the student shown above. Further, suppose I am starting with the Math curriculum because I know that the teaching materials (Saxon in this example) are already laid out in lessons. Creating a lesson plan involves identifying the specific lesson for each day of the school year.

To start, I would open my lesson plan book or electronic tool and begin with the first day of the school year (for this example, I am starting school on September 6) on which I will be teaching the Math curriculum for this student. I would identify a lesson from the Math curriculum for each day.

Example of a Lesson Plan for the Math Curriculum for a Student

Day	Date	Subject/Curriculum	Lesson Number and Topic	Estimated Time
Mon	September 6	Math	Lesson 1, Sequences and Digits	60 min
Tue	September 7	Math	Lesson 2, Even and Odd Numbers	60 min
Wed	September 8	Math	Lesson 3, Using Money to Illustrate Place Value	60 min
Thu	September 9	Math	Lesson 4, Comparing Whole Numbers	60 min
Fri	September 10	Math	Lesson 5, Naming Whole Numbers Through Hundreds, Dollars, and Cents	60 min
Mon	September 13	Math	Lesson 6, Adding One-Digit Numbers, Using the Addition Algorithm	60 min
Tue	September 14	Math	Lesson 7, Writing and Comparing Numbers Though Hundred Thousands, Ordinal Numbers	60 min
Wed	September 15	Math	None, field trip	N/A
Thu	September 16	Math	Lesson 8, Subtraction Facts, Fact Families	60 min
Fri	September 17	Math	Math Test on Lessons 1-8	45 min

The process would be continued throughout the school year until all the lessons in this curriculum are accounted for by being planned for a specific day.

While the example lays out a lesson each day, there will likely be some gaps in this pattern through the year. For example, some days might be consumed with other activities, such as field trip, in which case the math lesson might not be done because there wouldn't be time for it.