Emergency Sub Plans Kindergarten and First Grade, August| Back To School

Take a stress-free sick day or professional day this August! Back-to-school season is hectic enough without the added pressure of writing emergency substitute plans. This comprehensive, no-prep resource provides you with three complete days of highly engaging, structured sub plans specifically designed for Kindergarten classrooms.

With fully scripted lesson plans spanning Literacy, Phonics, and Math, any guest teacher can easily step in, take the reins, and keep your classroom running smoothly.

🌟 What’s Included?

This resource features separate Full-Color and Black & White files, allowing you to print exactly what you need to save ink or make vibrant teacher anchor charts!

• 3 Detailed, Scripted Daily Lesson Plans: Step-by-step instructions for your guest teacher covering your whole day.
• Literacy & Reading Comprehension Activities: Centered around three beloved mentor texts.
• Targeted Phonics Practice: Hands-on and independent activities aligned to early Kindergarten skills.
• Math Lessons & Centers: Engaging math activities focused on foundational skills like counting and 2D shapes.
• Supporting Visuals: Beautiful anchor charts, posters, and vocabulary cards to guide group learning.

📚 3 Days, 3 Engaging Themes & Mentor Texts

Each day centers around a popular back-to-school read-aloud (books must be purchased or borrowed separately):

• Day 1: Back to School Theme * Mentor Text: Our School is a Family by Shannon Olsen
  • Focus: Building a classroom community, identifying story elements (Story Map: Characters, Setting, Events), and exploring 2D Shapes.
• Day 2: Crayon Theme
  • Mentor Text: The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
  • Focus: Color recognition, standard school supplies, and initial literacy/phonics foundations.
• Day 3: Emotions & Feelings Theme
  • Mentor Text: The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
  • Focus: Identifying feelings, emotional literacy, self-regulation, and interactive math tracking.

🛠️ Low Prep for You, High Engagement for Students

Setting up these plans is incredibly simple. All you need to provide are standard student supplies (crayons, scissors, glue), dice, individual student whiteboards, and clips for the ABC clip cards. Just print out the lesson plans, stack the matching student worksheets, and you are ready to go!

💻 Perfect For:

• Emergency sub binders
• Planned professional development days
• First-week-of-school backup activities
• Kindergarten teachers, homeschool parents, and guest teachers

Note: This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped. Due to the digital nature of this product, all sales are final.

© Move Mountains in Kindergarten. All rights reserved. Purchase of this unit entitles the buyer the right to reproduce the pages in limited quantities for single classroom use only. Duplication for an entire school or commercial purposes is strictly forbidden without buying additional licenses.