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Veteran Teacher Emergency Sub Tub — Lesson Plans
Thirty scripted, sub-proof lesson plans for fall — one for every student page in the tub. Each plan runs 25–30 minutes: warm-up, mini-lesson, independent practice, an early-finisher challenge page, and wrap-up, with differentiation and the answer key built in. For the teacher who’s done lesson plans at 10pm for 15 years.
$12.99 one-time
One-time purchase · 30 lesson plans · 50 sub-proof student pages · answer keys included · yours to keep
What you’re getting
30 lesson plans · 50 sub-proof student pages · matching answer keys. Every plan names its exact worksheet (Sub Tub p. XX), so a substitute can teach it cold. No prep, no cutting, no tech. K–3 fall — math and ELA only.
Kindergarten · 8 plans
| 1 | Kindergarten Picture-to-Word Match — Harvest Words (Lesson 1) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 67 Students will draw a line from each fall picture to the word that names it. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 2 | Kindergarten Beginning Sounds — Fall Match-Up (Lesson 2) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: K Fall Pack p. 6 Students will match each fall picture to the letter its name begins with. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 3 | Kindergarten Sight Words — Pumpkin Color Hunt (Lesson 3) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 61 Students will recognize the sight words THE and AND and color each box by the word it shows. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 4 | Kindergarten Picture-to-Word Match — Fall Friends (Lesson 4) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: K Fall Pack p. 5 Students will draw a line from each fall picture to the word that names it. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 5 | Kindergarten Beginning Sounds B — Busy Bats (Lesson 5) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 70 Students will identify and color the pictures whose names begin with the /b/ sound. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 6 | Kindergarten Sight Words — Leaf Color Hunt (Lesson 6) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 62 Students will recognize the sight words SEE and CAN and color each box by the word it shows. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 7 | Kindergarten Beginning Sounds M — Moonlit Night (Lesson 7) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 71 Students will identify and color the pictures whose names begin with the /m/ sound. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 8 | Kindergarten Sight Words — Owl Color Hunt (Lesson 8) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 64 Students will recognize the sight words A and TO and color each box by the word it shows. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
Grade 1 · 8 plans
| 1 | Grade 1 Addition to 10 — Fall Fun Math (Lesson 1) Math · 25–30 min · worksheet: G1 Fall Pack p. 6 Students will add fall objects to find sums within 10. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 2 | Grade 1 CVC Words — Fall Fun Words (Lesson 2) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 75 Students will match each CVC word to the picture it names. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 3 | Grade 1 Word Families — The -at Family (Lesson 3) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: G1 Fall Pack p. 5 Students will build and read -at family words and tell which words rhyme. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 4 | Grade 1 CVC Words — Fall Leaf Words (Lesson 4) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 81 Students will read CVC words and draw a line from each word to the picture it names. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 5 | Grade 1 Sight Words — Night Bat Color Hunt (Lesson 5) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 78 Students will recognize the sight words CAN, SEE, and THE and color each box by the word it shows. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 6 | Grade 1 Addition to 10 — Fall Math (Lesson 6) Math · 25–30 min · worksheet: G1 Fall Pack p. 18 Students will add fall objects to find sums within 10. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 7 | Grade 1 Word Families — The -in Family (Lesson 7) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: G1 Fall Pack p. 17 Students will build and read -in family words and tell which words rhyme. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 8 | Grade 1 Sight Words — Sweet Candy Corn Hunt (Lesson 8) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 84 Students will recognize the sight words IT, IN, ON, and AT and color each box by the word it shows. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
Grade 2 · 7 plans
| 1 | Grade 2 Addition & Subtraction to 20 — Fall Facts Fun (Lesson 1) Math · 25–30 min · worksheet: G2 Fall Pack p. 21 Students will fluently add and subtract within 20. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 2 | Grade 2 Vocabulary — Fall Words Match-Up (Lesson 2) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: G2 Fall Pack p. 11 Students will match each fall vocabulary word to its meaning. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 3 | Grade 2 Sight Words — Fall Fun Fill-Ins (Lesson 3) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: G2 Fall Pack p. 17 Students will read each sentence and fill in the blank with the correct word from the word bank. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 4 | Grade 2 Addition & Subtraction to 20 — Pumpkin Patch Math (Lesson 4) Math · 25–30 min · worksheet: G2 Fall Pack p. 22 Students will solve addition and subtraction facts within 20 and apply them to word problems. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 5 | Grade 2 Sight Words — Scrambled Sight Words (Lesson 5) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: G2 Fall Pack p. 19 Students will unscramble the letters to spell each sight word correctly. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 6 | Grade 2 Addition & Subtraction to 20 — Pumpkin Patch Color-by-Code (Lesson 6) Math · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 89 Students will solve addition and subtraction facts within 20 and use each answer to pick the right color. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 7 | Grade 2 Vocabulary — Spooky Night Words (Lesson 7) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 93 Students will match each spooky vocabulary word to its meaning. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
Grade 3 · 7 plans
| 1 | Grade 3 Multiplication — Pumpkin Patch Arrays (Lesson 1) Math · 25–30 min · worksheet: G3 Fall Pack p. 17 Students will write the multiplication sentence and total for each picture array. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 2 | Grade 3 Multiplication — Fall Repeated Addition (Lesson 2) Math · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 106 Students will turn each repeated addition into a multiplication sentence and solve it. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 3 | Grade 3 Vocabulary — Fall Words Match-Up (Lesson 3) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: G3 Fall Pack p. 13 Students will match each fall vocabulary word to its meaning. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 4 | Grade 3 Multiplication — Harvest Fact Fluency (Lesson 4) Math · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 107 Students will solve multiplication facts with factors 2 through 5 quickly and accurately. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 5 | Grade 3 Multiplication — Corn Maze Word Problems (Lesson 5) Math · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 108 Students will solve multiplication word problems by identifying the equal groups. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 6 | Grade 3 Reading — The Pumpkin Patch at Dusk (Lesson 6) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 109 Students will read a fiction passage and answer questions about key details. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
| 7 | Grade 3 Vocabulary — Halloween Night Words (Lesson 7) ELA · 25–30 min · worksheet: Sub Tub p. 104 Students will match each Halloween vocabulary word to its meaning. | ⇩ Plan PDF |
Get the whole Sub Tub — $12.99
30 plans + 50 student pages + answer keys · one-time purchase · yours to keep
$12.99 one-time
One-time purchase · 30 lesson plans · 50 sub-proof student pages · answer keys included · yours to keep
Classroom use: teachers may print and copy these materials for their own students — classwork, centers, sub plans, all fair game.
Standards mapping is pending for this line: each plan names its skill in plain language. State codes (GA/FL/AL/KY) will be quoted exactly as published in a future update — never invented.