Who hasn't had a middle of the night wake-up when either you or your child was sick. Rather than just attending to health needs, you are worried about having to write sub plans! I think a lot of us have a set that we can use for a one-day emergency, but I wanted to be more proactive this year. I want to be able to really rest if I'm sick, or be completely focused on my little boy if he is. So, this year, I'm going for a whole week of plans.
As I've been writing out routines and procedures for the year, I'm thinking through them in much more detail than in the past. Once they are written out, I will make a copy for my Sub Binder.
Yes, I have a Sub Binder. I found a great resource on Teacher Pay Teachers by Kellie McHaffie called "The Ultimate Substitute Teacher Binder". It's geared towards a long term absence, like a maternity leave, so there is everything you can possibly think of. I'm using what I need and finding that through the process, it's helping me get more organized for the school year in general. It always helps to be more specific to think through things for someone else. I'll also be benefitting myself by being more organized and prepared, and thinking through things I may not have thought of otherwise. Click on the image below to check out her great resource. Thank you, Kellie!
I'm organizing plans for five days in my Sub Tub crate. I know many of you already have one of these too. If you don't, I highly recommend it. In the past I used a portable file box, but the crate has much more room. Each day will have activities for each subject. They are topics related to what we are currently covering in class but can stand alone and remain in the tub. So for example, if we are discussing map skills in social studies, I have a few map skill activities in the tub. Also, if we didn't get to an activity during class time, I add that to the tub as one of the activities.
I always find the trickiest thing to plan for is Math. We have a workshop format and an hour block, so I really want my students engaged in meaningful activities. I plan to introduce math activities during the first few days of school that I can place in the tub for extra practice. That way the children are working on current topics even if I'm not there.
I'm not a huge fan of worksheets. We follow a workshop model for Reading, Writing and Math which is great so students are working on works in process for the most part.
I'll post more about how the Sub Tub is being maintained throughout the year. So what do you do for Sub Plans? I'd love for you to share.
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