Emergency Sub Plans 3rd Grade

About this resource

The call comes in before seven, and the sub folder holds a schedule and nothing to actually teach. This pack is a whole 3rd Grade day a substitute can hand out cold: a made-up story with questions at three levels, multiplication facts and basic fractions at three levels, a words page and a writing page, a brain break, a page for children who finish early, answer keys for the adult, and a report back to you at the end. Nothing is dated or seasonal, so it is ready any week of the year. Fillable PDF: type the set-up and report pages, print the student pages.

WHAT IS INCLUDED - 33 pages, 294 type-in fields

SET UP (5 pages)

• Start Here - three steps, who this is for, and what to do if a field will not save
• Binder Cover and Spine Label - a cover, a spine label and the five tabs, so it drops into a sub tub
• Today's Schedule - 9 rows (arrival, four blocks, lunch, recess, brain break, dismissal), blank times, each block matched to the page that runs it
• Quick Reference - where things are, room routines, who helps today, kids to know about (blank lines in the teacher's own words)
• Who Does Which Page - the three levels explained, with a row to type which children work where

READING (4 + 3 + 2 questions)

• The Story - an invented short story (Mara runs a lemonade stand, 148 words, with pictures), a made-up story and a draw-your-favorite-part box
• Circle the Answer - 4 multiple-choice questions at the starting level
• Write the Answer - 3 questions with handwriting lines, at the building level
• Think and Retell - 2 think-about-it questions at the ready-for-more level, plus a first / next / last retell
• Reading Teacher Page and Key - 4 words to point out, read-aloud steps, and the answer or what to look for on all 9 questions

MATH (multiplication facts and basic fractions)

• m1: 4 equal-groups multiplication items and a count-by-5s strip with 3 blanks
• m2: 12 multiplication facts (2s, 3s, 4s, 5s and 10s) with a draw-an-array box
• m3: 4 name-the-fraction items, 2 shade-the-fraction items and 1 word problem with a show-your-work box
• Math Teacher Page and Key - every answer, computed from the same numbers the student page is drawn from

Words, Writing And Breaks

• Prefixes and Suffixes: 4 circle-the-prefix items, 4 add -ful or -less items, 4 double-the-last-letter items (12 items in all)
• Writing: A Time I Helped: a finish-the-sentences frame, a four-sentence space and a paragraph space
• Words and Writing Teacher Page and Key - every word answer, and what to look for on the writing page
• Brain Break - 6 movement cards with pictures and 3 quiet ones
• When I Am Done - 4 picks for early finishers and a draw-anything box

Report Back

• Class Check-Off - a roll-up: 14 name rows by reading, math, words and writing, with totals
• What We Did Today - a block-by-block report with notes for the returning teacher
• Note for the Returning Teacher - the first page you read when you get back, with blanks
• Report Phrase Bank - 6 groups of starters, each finished with what really happened
• A Filled-In Day - an invented substitute, teacher and 10 children; every total is worked from its own table

Five tab dividers (Before the Bell, Reading, Math, Words Writing and Breaks, Report Back) organize the folder. 11 pages are student pages, each starting with a My name line, one short instruction with a picture, big rounded type and room to write. 3 pages are teacher keys.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF. Open it in a PDF reader, click a line, a box or a cell, type, press Tab to move on, and print the student pages for pencil work. It works offline with no account or subscription. It is NOT an editable slide deck or a word processor file, and it does not grade the answer keys for you.

It is a day of general-education 3rd Grade work, not a curriculum and not a set of lesson plans for the whole year. It does not decide anything your school decides: the step for a child who will not start, who a substitute may see information about, and who to call are blank lines for the classroom teacher to fill in. No student information is pre-filled. The story, the substitute, the teacher and every child on the example page are invented, and the pages say so.

Who This Is For

3rd Grade classroom teachers who want a day ready in the sub folder, the substitutes who walk in cold, and the paraprofessionals and team teachers asked to cover a room. Works for a single classroom; additional licenses are available for teammates.