Lesson Planner

Lesson Planning & Activity Planner at The Horizon School

Lesson Planning & Activity Planner Overview

Introduction

Effective lesson planning is crucial for homeschool parents and students to maintain a schedule, use time efficiently, and achieve learning goals. This section guides how to plan lessons effectively and introduces The Horizon School Activity Planner, a tool designed to streamline lesson planning and organization.

1. Lesson Plans by Grade
   • The Horizon School offers comprehensive lesson plans by grade, covering various subjects and courses. These plans are designed to support parents in creating a structured academic year.
2. Benefits and Features of the Time4Learning Activity Planner
   • The Activity Planner, integrated into Horizon Online School, comes with several tools to assist homeschoolers in scheduling and planning. These tools aim to save time and ensure a smoothly run homeschool.

3. Steps for Preparing a Lesson Plan

   • The Activity Planner, integrated into Horizon Online School, comes with several tools to assist homeschoolers in scheduling and planning. These tools aim to save time and ensure a smoothly run homeschool.

Preparing Your Lesson Plans

When Getting Started

• Focus on the standards-based curriculum, such as Horizon Online School, which systematically teaches the expected standards for each school year.
• Utilize Time4Learning’s curriculum, including lesson plans that follow the sequence of online lessons, offering flexibility for parents to customize the learning experience.

Components of Thorough Lesson Plans

1. Objectives/Goals
2. Warm-up Activity
3. Lesson/Instruction of Material
4. Opportunity for Practice
5. Assessment

Lesson Planning by Grade

        The Horizon School members have access to the scope and sequence of all the subjects and courses available within the online curriculum. Useful for lesson planning, a scope and sequence typically include the topics and concepts that will be covered, in chronological order, in a particular subject or course. From objectives to assessments, our comprehensive lesson planning features save you time by including all the information you need to start homeschooling.

• • Preschool to 12th Grade

Benefits and Features of the Time4Learning Activity Planner

1. Curriculum Calculator

   • Assists parents in determining daily, weekly, or monthly activities required to finish the homeschool year by a target end date, providing flexibility in scheduling.

2. Activity Planner

   • Allows detailed scheduling for an entire year, dividing work into weekly to-do lists.
   • Parents can customize plans, add breaks for holidays, and remove or customize entire chapters, lessons, or activities.
   • Customizable plans can be printed as PDFs or Excel spreadsheets.
   • Parents can assign activities to specific days, and students can mark activities as completed within the planner.

3. Additional Features

   • Detailed plans load automatically with lessons.
   • Custom start and end dates to keep students on track.
   • Option to remove or customize curriculum elements.
   • Bulk removal of activity types like quizzes and tests.
   • Ability to track completed work versus pending assignments.
   • The communication feature allows messages between parents and students within the planner.

Conclusion

The Lesson Planning & Activity Planner at Horizon Online School aims to simplify homeschooling by providing effective lesson planning tools and features. With a focus on flexibility and customization, parents can create tailored schedules while ensuring students meet learning objectives.