Consult the educational standards or goals. Your district should have a list of the required subjects and skills that you need to address in your class. If you are teaching English, the list includes such things as sentence structure and verse poetry. If you are teaching American History, the list includes the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.
Organize the various subjects into units, and determine how much time you have to spend on each subject. An elementary English course may include a unit on sentence structure. In this unit, you may spend two weeks on parts of speech.
Create a chart with "Quarter" on the left, the educational standard of goal in the middle and a heading for the specifics of instruction on the right, followed by methods of evaluation. An example would look like the chart below:
Quarter Writing Environment Grammar/Mechanics Usage Evaluation
1st Quarter Expressive Parts of speech Weekly quiz
August 25- Parts of the sentence
October 23
After creating the chart, let it sit for a few days. Then go back and review it to ensure that it covers every required subject and skill. Show your chart to other teachers in your subject matter. More experienced educators may suggest some changes.
Print your chart. On the first day of class give a copy to your student and send another copy home to their parents.