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Get your sub tub ready for your ELA classroom with the Kindergarten through 6th Grade ELA Sub Plans Bundle!
Fill up your sub tub now with ELA lesson plans so you are prepared! These kindergarten through 6th-grade emergency ELA sub plans make sub planning easier than ever, so you can rest easy when you need it.
The truth of the matter is, you work so hard to serve everyone else every single day! But you need to take care of yourself, too. Whether that means you need to take a stress-free sick day, a mental health day, or a vacation, having Ready To Go Sub Plans on hand can help you achieve the work/life balance you strive for.
Each lesson comes with an easy-to-follow lesson plan that is engaging for the students. These make it simple for your sub to actually teach and not JUST hand out worksheets.
THE FOLLOWING IS INCLUDED IN EACH SET OF ELA SUB PLANS:
Note to teacher
Sub planning checklist
Copies for students’ page
Print-and-go thank-you cards
Substitute Note Forms
EACHKINDERGARTENELA SUB PLANS SET COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING ELA LESSON PLANS:
Language Arts- Handwriting and practice with the numbers 1-9 and letters A-Z
Rhyming- Cut and paste activity with two themed words each month
Writing lessons- opinion writing, narrative writing, informative writing, acrostic poetry, and friendly letter writing
Sequencing Lesson- Cut and paste monthly themed pictures in order and write each step in the process
Reading Passages- Two differentiated reading passages are included for a beginning and end of the year level within each set. Choose the best one or use both and differentiate.
Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson- text questioning, making connections, visualizing, summarizing, and main idea
Sight Words Game- Monthly themed board game, dice (to fold and glue), game pieces, and game cards
Flap Book- Monthly themed flap book involves student writing and illustration. Students will put it together and decorate it
EACH1ST GRADE ELA SUB PLANS SET COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING ELA LESSON PLANS:
Language Arts – fixing sentences, nouns, adjectives, past/present/future tenses, and prepositions
Writing- opinion writing, narrative writing, informative writing, acrostic poetry, and friendly letter writing
Reading Passages Lesson- Two differentiated reading passages are included for a beginning and end of the year level for EVERY set. Choose the best one or use both and differentiate.
Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson- text questioning, making connections, visualizing, summarizing, and main idea
Sight Words Game- Monthly themed board game, dice (to fold and glue), game pieces, and game cards
Flap Book- Monthly themed flap book involves student writing and illustration. Students will put it together and decorate it.
EACH2ND GRADE ELA SUB PLANS SET COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING ELA LESSON PLANS:
Language Arts- compound words, fixing sentences, producing and expanding sentences, contractions, and synonyms
Writing- opinion writing, narrative writing, informative writing, acrostic poetry, and friendly letter writing
Reading Passages Lesson- Two differentiated reading passages are included for a beginning and end of the year level for EVERY set. Choose the best one or use both and differentiate.
Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson- text questioning, making connections, visualizing, summarizing, and main idea
Language Arts Review Game- Monthly themed board game, dice (to fold and glue), game pieces, and game cards
Flap Book- Monthly themed flap book involves student writing and illustration. Students will put it together and decorate it
EACH3RD GRADE ELA SUB PLANS SET COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING ELA LESSON PLANS:
Language Arts- parts of speech, simple/compound/complex sentences, fixing sentences, conjunctions and verbs
Writing- opinion writing, narrative writing, informative writing, acrostic poetry, and friendly letter writing
Reading Passages Lesson- Two differentiated reading passages are included for a beginning and end of the year level for EVERY set. Choose the best one or use both and differentiate.
Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson- text questioning, making connections, visualizing, summarizing, and main idea
Language Arts Review Game- Monthly themed board game, dice (to fold and glue), game pieces, and game cards
Flap Book- Monthly themed flap book involves student writing and illustration. Students will put it together and decorate it
EACH4TH GRADE ELA SUB PLANS SET COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING ELA LESSON PLANS:
Language Arts- homophones, prepositional phrases, idioms, fixing sentences, and homophones review
Writing- opinion writing, narrative writing, informative writing, acrostic poetry, and friendly letter writing
Reading Passages Lesson- Two differentiated reading passages are included for a beginning and end of the year level for EVERY set. Choose the best one or use both and differentiate
Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson- text questioning, making connections, visualizing, summarizing, and main idea
Language Arts Review Game- Monthly themed board game, dice (to fold and glue), game pieces, and game cards
Flap Book- Monthly themed flap book involves student writing and illustration. Students will put it together and decorate it
EACH5TH GRADEELA SUB PLANS SET COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING ELA LESSON PLANS:
Language Arts- similes & metaphors, idioms, fixing sentences, verb tense, and personification
Writing- opinion writing, narrative writing, informative writing, acrostic poetry, and friendly letter writing
Reading Passages Lesson- Two differentiated reading passages are included for a beginning and end of the year level for EVERY set. Choose the best one or use both and differentiate.
Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson- text questioning, making connections, visualizing, summarizing, and main idea
Language Arts Review Game- Monthly themed board game, dice (to fold and glue), game pieces, and game cards
Flap Book- Monthly themed flap book involves student writing and illustration. Students will put it together and decorate it
EACH6TH GRADEELA SUB PLANS SET COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING ELA LESSON PLANS:
Language Arts- subjective/objective/possessive pronouns, reflexive and intensive pronouns, idioms, restrictive and nonrestrictive elements, and context clues
Writing- opinion writing, narrative writing, informative writing, acrostic poetry, and friendly letter writing
Reading Passages Lesson- Two differentiated reading passages are included for a beginning and end of the year level for EVERY set. Choose the best one or use both and differentiate.
Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson- text questioning, making connections, visualizing, summarizing, and main idea
Language Arts Review Game- Monthly themed board game, dice (to fold and glue), game pieces, and game cards
Flap Book- Monthly themed flap book involves student writing and illustration. Students will put it together and decorate it
And last, but certainly not least, you will receive the Year of Sub Plans Organization Bonus with a sub tub label, hanging file folder tabs, binder tabs, organization tips, and more! This bundle bonus is ONLY available with the year-long bundle(s), and it is not included in any of the individual monthly sets. It is not even for sale on its own!
You will not regret your purchase of these ELA sub plans! Thousands of teachers have already used and loved the time saved by using Ready To Go Sub Plans. Check out what one of them had to say:
“These sub plans have been the BEST discovery that I have made! Thank you for making these wonderful all inclusive plans that are so easy to use, especially when you are sick and the last thing you want to worry about is writing sub plans!”
“I have purchased several sets of emergency sub plans, and they just never fit my needs. These, however, are just what I’ve been looking for! Easy prep, easy for the sub to follow! I recommend this to anyone needing emergency plans.”
“These are fantastic! I purchased, copied, and stored in a sub tub. I told a neighbor where the tub was and all she did was put my tub on my desk and the day ran SO SMOOTHLY!”
Buy these ELA sub plans NOW and be prepared ahead of time!
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