Ten one-day, dry-media art lessons a substitute can run from the page, with materials, steps, a grading checklist, and the same clean-up routine every day.
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Sub lesson plans, emergency plans, printables, and ready-to-run activities for substitute teachers, built around bell ringers, warm-ups, and exit tickets.
Five ready-to-run music lessons a substitute with no music background can teach, each with a bell ringer, an exit ticket, and full answer keys.
A copy-ready K–5 sub day, from morning meeting to dismissal, with math and writing activities for K–2 and grades 3–5. Adapted from our grades 6–12 materials.
Fourteen low-equipment PE games a sub can explain in under two minutes, with safety basics, rainy-day indoor options, and quick ways to make fair teams.
Twelve classroom-safe games for subs in grades 6–12, each with setup time, rules, and a control tip, plus a mixed-subject question bank with answers.
25 no-prep ideas for substitute teachers, sorted by time (5, 15 and 30+ minutes), with exact board directions for days with no lesson plan or time left over.
Five full-text activity sheets you can copy into a doc and leave for a sub in any grades 6-12 class, plus free bell ringer and exit ticket PDFs to finish your sub folder.
Seven no-prep emergency sub plans that work in any grades 6-12 subject, each with a bell ringer, a read-aloud script for the sub, and an exit ticket.
A simple frame for sub lesson plans that fills the whole period: bell ringer, one main task, and an exit ticket. Includes a copy-ready one-page outline and a full sample plan for grades 6-12.