# Build a pacing guide for my course for the year or term

A week-by-week pacing calendar that fits all units, assessments, and school dates, with buffer time and priority standards.

- Topic: Learning & Teaching
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Education, Meetings, Analyze, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/build-a-pacing-guide-for-my-course-for-the-year-or-term

## Prompt

```text
Help me build a pacing guide for my course.

**Course and level:** [e.g. "Algebra 1, 9th grade" or "Organic Chemistry I"]
**Term dates:** [START AND END]
**Instructional days lost:** [holidays, testing windows, assemblies, breaks, early releases]
**Units and topics in order:** [LIST, with any required texts or labs]
**Fixed dates:** [state tests, common assessments, midterms, finals, project due dates]
**Priority standards or outcomes:** [the must-teach items, if any]
**Meeting pattern:** [e.g. "daily 50 minutes", "MWF 75 minutes", "block schedule A/B"]

Do the following:
1. Count actual instructional days available and show the math.
2. Allocate days to each unit based on content load and priority, including assessment and review days.
3. Build in 1 buffer day per 2-3 weeks for reteach and disruptions.
4. Check that content needed for any fixed test is taught before that date.
5. If the plan doesn't fit, show me options: what to compress, combine, or move to independent work, and the trade-off of each.

Return a week-by-week table: Week | Dates | Unit | Topics | Assessments | Notes. Then a short list of risks (e.g. "Unit 5 lands right before spring break"). Mark any date I didn't give you as [CONFIRM].
```

## What to fill in

- e.g. "Algebra 1, 9th grade" or "Organic Chemistry I"
- START AND END
- holidays, testing windows, assemblies, breaks, early releases
- LIST, with any required texts or labs
- the must-teach items, if any
- CONFIRM

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