# Pacing, Where are you at? **URL:** \ **Category:** Unit and Lesson Discussion\ **Created:** [February 1, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/pacing-where-are-you-at/40363 "2025-02-01T18:59:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![isaac.ishak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@isaac.ishak](https://forum.code.org/u/isaac.ishak)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/pacing-where-are-you-at/40363/1 "2025-02-01T18:59:21Z")
Hi all! This is my first year teaching APCSP and I am not sure if I am on pace. My class is currently on Unit 6 L12 and I plan on finishing Unit 6 this week. My goal is to finish the curriculum and create task by April 15th to leave a month of review. What Unit and Lesson is your class on? ---
**Author:** ![mkmietowicz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/mkmietowicz/32/6322_2.png) [@mkmietowicz](https://forum.code.org/u/mkmietowicz)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/pacing-where-are-you-at/40363/2 "2025-02-03T04:14:20Z")
Hi @isaac.ishak, Sounds like you’re making good progress! I clicked “View Calendar” on the recommended pacing guide on the website: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/codeorgforum/original/2X/4/48c85c95e426a40c5f120e11ae7a6bae3bef9233.png) It shows that the lesson you are finishing should fall somewhere around the middle of Week 3 of this unit (based on 225 minutes of instructional time per week / 45 minutes per day for 5 days): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/codeorgforum/original/2X/6/63d8dbcf24129ca66d4d527fbce9ce84ac2e3035.png) The other units had these recommended times: - Unit 1: 3 weeks - Unit 2: 2 weeks - Unit 3: 2 weeks + 1 day - Unit 4: 3 weeks + 1 day - Unit 5: 2 weeks So based on this (admittedly very rough) layout, your target time to hit this content is the middle of week 15. Factoring in Thanksgiving, Christmas/winter break, and other holidays, it sounds to me like you’re making a good pace. When did your school year start? Some states begin mid-August, but others don’t begin until after Labor Day. Thanks, –Michael K. ---
**Author:** ![isaac.ishak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@isaac.ishak](https://forum.code.org/u/isaac.ishak)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/pacing-where-are-you-at/40363/3 "2025-02-03T04:28:10Z")
Thank you! I also calculated that Unit 6 is around Week 15. My school started mid August so we are currently in our 19th Week of school, which is why I was concerned ---
**Author:** ![mkmietowicz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/mkmietowicz/32/6322_2.png) [@mkmietowicz](https://forum.code.org/u/mkmietowicz)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/pacing-where-are-you-at/40363/4 "2025-02-03T05:00:45Z")
Gotcha. If it makes you feel any better, teachers in the past have reported that the pacing guides in this curriculum tend to be on the optimistic side. Unit 7 is given 2 weeks + 1 day, and Unit 8 is given about 3 weeks. Unit 9 is the Create Task prep & Unit 10 is 1 week. Even if you did Unit 10 before Create, that still has you starting the PT _well_ before mid-April if you keep everything else on pace (even factoring in Spring Break). I hope working backwards through the units to figure out timing helps! –MK ---
**Author:** ![jeff.rhodes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/jeff.rhodes/32/7758_2.png) [@jeff.rhodes](https://forum.code.org/u/jeff.rhodes)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/pacing-where-are-you-at/40363/5 "2025-02-04T13:50:09Z")
I am giving my Unit 6 exam today. According to my notes, this is within a couple of days of where I have been for the last couple of years and I usually finish everything by early April. Note: I do spend A LOT of time on the hack-a-thon, which I modified and use for the create task.