Sub Plans

7th Grade Emergency Sub Plan

This 2-page emergency sub plan for 7th grade English Language Arts includes a reading passage and activities designed to keep students engaged and learning even when their regular teacher is absent.

English Language Arts

Grades 6-8

World Cultures for 6th Grade

This 5-page packet introduces 6th graders to the key elements of world cultures. It's designed to be used as a sub plan, building foundational social studies knowledge and critical thinking skills.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

7th Grade ELA Sub Plans

A 1-day sub plan for 7th grade English Language Arts, focusing on figurative language and reading comprehension. Includes a reading passage, vocabulary activities, and discussion prompts.

English Language Arts

Grades 6-8

Sixth Grade Science Sub Plan

This 1-page science sub plan for 6th grade is designed to be used independently by students. It covers topics from Amplify Science Unit 5 and includes a vocabulary-building activity and a short-answer question to assess comprehension.

Science

Grades 6-8

Math Review for 6th Grade

This 2-day sub plan packet for 6th grade covers key math concepts including mean, median, mode, quartiles, rounding, comparing numbers, and the four basic operations with whole numbers. It's designed to provide a comprehensive review and practice opportunity.

Mathematics

Grades 6-8

4th Grade ELA Sub Plan

A 5-day substitute lesson plan for 4th grade English Language Arts, focusing on key vocabulary and comprehension skills aligned with TN ELA standards RL.KID.1, RL.KID.2, and RL.KID.3. Includes specific directions for a collaborative shared writing activity on Day 5.

English Language Arts

Grades 3-5

7th Grade Social Studies Sub Plan

This 2-page sub plan provides a ready-to-go lesson for 7th grade social studies, focusing on understanding historical events and their impact. It includes a reading passage and comprehension questions.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Zoology Emergency Sub Plan

This 1-page assignment provides a general zoology topic for 10th graders to explore in case of an emergency absence. It is designed to be completed independently by students.

Science

Grades 9-12

6th Grade ELA Emergency Sub Plans

This 3-day emergency sub plan packet for 6th grade ELA focuses on theme, character development, and grammar. It includes reading passages, writing activities, and grammar exercises designed to be easily implemented by a substitute teacher.

English Language Arts

Grades 6-8

10-Day Social Studies Sub Plans

This 10-day packet provides daily independent activities for 8th-grade social studies, covering U.S. Government, its connections to ancient systems, Kentucky history, Native American history, and key vocabulary. It includes readings, analysis questions, and writing prompts, with extensions for advanced learners.

Social Studies, English Language Arts

Grades 6-8

Spanish Cultural Reading for Substitute

A 1-page reading passage for a Spanish 1 or 2 class, introducing a cultural practice. This sub plan includes vocabulary support and comprehension questions to engage students.

Foreign Language

Grades 6-8,9-12

Sub Plan for 9th Grade English

This 1-day sub plan for 9th grade English Language Arts focuses on building reading comprehension and analytical writing skills. It includes a reading passage, comprehension questions, and a short writing task, designed to be completed within a single class period.

English Language Arts

Grades 9-12

Operations with Rational Numbers

This 5-page packet provides practice for 7th graders on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers, fractions, and decimals. It's designed to be used independently, making it ideal for substitute teacher plans.

Mathematics

Grades 6-8

Health and PE Sub Plans

This packet provides ready-to-go sub plans for Health and Physical Education classes for 8th graders. It includes activities designed to keep students engaged and learning even when their regular teacher is absent.

Health, Physical Education

Grades 6-8

Open SciEd Contact Forces Sub Plan

This 1-day, print-and-go substitute plan provides 8th graders with independent work on Lesson 4 of Open SciEd Contact Forces. It includes a reading passage and activities to reinforce understanding of force and motion concepts.

Science

Grades 6-8

Indian Ocean Trade Station Rotation

This 4-station rotation packet for 10th-grade world history uses Crash Course World History to explore Indian Ocean trade. It's designed for a substitute teacher and includes scaffolding for ELL and special education students.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Graphic Design and Production Substitute Plans

This print-and-go packet provides a full day of engaging activities for 11th grade+ students covering graphic design, print production methods like screen printing and embroidery, real-world applications, and essential soft skills. It's designed to be easily implemented by a substitute teacher.

English Language Arts, Art

Grades 9-12

7th Grade Science Sub Plan

This 3-page emergency sub plan for 7th and 8th grade science classes reviews key concepts including the nature of science, variables, metrics, and graphing. It includes a reading passage and practice activities designed for a single class period.

Science

Grades 6-8

Reading Comprehension Substitute Plans

This packet provides a full day of print-and-go substitute plans for 5th graders focusing on reading comprehension strategies. It includes worksheets designed to reinforce key skills and can be used independently by students.

English Language Arts

Grades 3-5

Technical Writing Sub Plan

A two-day sub plan for 11th grade+ students focusing on audience analysis and tone in technical writing. This packet includes practice with memos, emails, and grievances.

English Language Arts

Grades 9-12

Engineering Marvels for 7th Grade

This 5-page packet introduces 7th graders to amazing engineering feats from around the world. It's designed to be used as a sub plan, building reading comprehension and sparking curiosity about how things are built.

English Language Arts, Social Studies

Grades 6-8

North Carolina and the Road to Revolution

This 1-day print-and-go sub plan packet for 8th graders explores the key events, policies, and debates that led North Carolina colonists toward rebellion against British rule. It covers civics, economics, geography, and history, building critical thinking and historical analysis skills.

Social Studies, English Language Arts

Grades 6-8

Understanding Drama for 3rd Graders

This 65-minute sub plan introduces 3rd-grade English learners to the structure of drama, including dialogue, characters, and stage directions. It uses sentence frames and varied activities to support comprehension with minimal direct instruction.

English Language Arts

Grades 3-5

Inquiry-Based Close Reading Stations

This 1-day packet provides print-and-go substitute plans for 9th graders focusing on inquiry-based close reading stations. It is designed to support struggling readers through structured activities and can be used as a full-day lesson.

English Language Arts

Grades 9-12

Paragraph Writing Workshop for Substitute Teachers

An 80-minute block-day paragraph writing lesson in which students craft a five-sentence paragraph about a favorite hobby or school subject. It builds clear topic sentences, supporting details, and vocabulary using a brainstorming word bank and graphic organizer, scaffolded for students writing at a 2nd–5th grade level in a middle school SDC class.

English Language Arts

Grades 6-8

Fossils and the Indian Ladder Trail Sub Plan

A substitute-ready reading packet for 6th graders staying behind from a field trip to Thacher State Park's Indian Ladder Trail. Students build geology vocabulary such as escarpment, fossiliferous, limestone, and karst while learning how the Devonian rock layers formed, and the packet is designed for an independent or small-group block of roughly 45 minutes.

Science, English Language Arts

Grades 6-8