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Meet Clifford! Week-Long Lesson Plan Template teaching resource preview
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Meet Clifford! Week-Long Lesson Plan Template

Participate in daily Clifford-themed activities across centers: circle time songs, movement games, art projects (e.g. paint a bone shape, dog tag collage), science (color/dog facts), literacy (letter recognition, sequencing, story writing), dramatic play, math (counting, sequencing), and construction (building a…

Includes: week-long grid template (Monday-Friday) with rows for Circle Time, Movement, Art, Science, Language/Literacy, Dramatic Play, Math, Construction, and Specials

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Pre-K–K
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The 'Sick Day' Savior: K-5 Emergency Sub Plans Bundle teaching resource preview
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The 'Sick Day' Savior: K-5 Emergency Sub Plans Bundle

Complete grade-differentiated independent work packets (per bundle overview: letter tracing and number recognition for Kindergarten, reading passages with text-dependent questions and thematic math problems for Grades 1-2, and reading comprehension/multi-step word problems/critical thinking for Grades 3-5) while a…

Includes: Bundle Overview & Quick Start guide · Substitute Welcome Packet (editable templates: master schedule, roster/seating, medical/behavioral alerts, classroom management procedures, technology/emergency… · Kindergarten: Letters & Logic packet (alphabet tracing, number recognition 1-10, quantity correspondence, AB/ABC pattern activities)

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Shapes ESL Lesson Plan For Kids and Early Learners teaching resource preview
Shapes & measurement

Shapes ESL Lesson Plan For Kids and Early Learners

Students watch/repeat a shapes song video, identify shapes drawn on the board, spot shapes stuck around the classroom, play a memory-style matching card game (word cards vs. shape cards), and complete a worksheet identifying the shape of pictured everyday objects.

Includes: teacher's notes with step-by-step lesson procedure · 8 large shape cards for classroom display (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, heart, diamond, star) · matching memory-game cards (word/shape pairs)

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Community Helpers – Preschool Week-Long Lesson Plan teaching resource preview
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Community Helpers – Preschool Week-Long Lesson Plan

Students participate in daily themed activities per the plan: e.g. exploring with crutches, mail-route walk, red light/green light, stop-drop-and-roll, doctor-bag collage, paperbag career vests, making police badges, examining fingerprints, writing thank-you notes, dramatic play with role props, counting/matching…

Includes: one 2-page weekly planning grid (Monday-Friday) organized by activity center: Circle Time, Movement, Art, Science, Language/Literacy, Dramatic Play, Math, Construction,… · daily community-helper focus: doctor (Mon), postal worker (Tue), police officer (Wed), firefighter (Thu), store clerk (Fri)

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Pre-K–K
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Numbers ESL Lesson Plan For Kids and Early Learners teaching resource preview
Counting & number sense

Numbers ESL Lesson Plan For Kids and Early Learners

Answer teacher questions about how many animals are shown (e.g., 'There are four turtles'), play an online underwater counting game, and complete related worksheet exercises using full-sentence answers.

Includes: 11-page lesson plan with teacher's notes, worked answer examples, a link to an online counting game, and worksheet exercises

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Age ESL Lesson Plan For Kids and Early Learners teaching resource preview
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Age ESL Lesson Plan For Kids and Early Learners

Count to ten forward and backward as a class, play a substitution counting circle game, match numbers to number words, ask/answer 'How old are you? I'm __ years old.' in pairs and as a class, draw birthday cakes with candles and state their count aloud, watch a linked YouTube video, and write dialogue in speech…

Includes: teacher's notes with numbered activity steps and answer key for number-word matching · count-to-ten/lift-off worksheet · number-word matching worksheet

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My Family! Week-Long Lesson Plan Template teaching resource preview
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My Family! Week-Long Lesson Plan Template

Not a student worksheet; this is a teacher-facing planning document. Implied student activities (per the plan grid) include Circle Time discussions about families, movement games, family-themed art (family drawings, potato-print families, family trees), science activities (family member sequencing, color mixing),…

Includes: Monday-Friday planning grid with rows for Circle Time, Movement, Art, Science, Language/Literacy, Dramatic Play, Math, Construction, and Enrichments/Special…

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Pre-K–K
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From the Ground to the Dinner Table: Emergency Lesson Plan teaching resource preview
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From the Ground to the Dinner Table: Emergency Lesson Plan

Read an informational passage about farms, crops, and harvesting; discuss extension questions about farm equipment and which cafeteria foods come from crops; complete a 'Farmer's Choice' activity choosing and drawing crops to plant; complete a 'How Many?' counting/coloring activity finding and counting farm items…

Includes: nonfiction reading passage on farming and crops · extension activity discussion prompts

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1–2
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Same and Different: Full Day Substitute Plans teaching resource preview
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Same and Different: Full Day Substitute Plans

Complete a morning message worksheet; read independently and fill out a fiction or non-fiction reader-response form; solve addition/subtraction word problems and match answers to numbers in a sentence anagram; complete a multiplication-by-3s and triangle-measuring activity; build a personal timeline using construction…

Includes: activities-at-a-glance schedule and standards grid · morning message worksheet ('Good Morning 3rd Graders!') · afternoon wrap-up message

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3
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Math Phonics Addition & Subtraction: Quick Tips and Alternative Techniques for Math Mastery teaching resource preview
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Math Phonics Addition & Subtraction: Quick Tips and Alternative Techniques for Math Mastery

Complete worksheets practicing number pairs, three-way flash cards, regrouping in subtraction, a math maze, a crossword, calendar math, and formal addition/subtraction assessments (11-18 range).

Includes: 10 lesson plans · worksheets D-BB (number pairs, math art, math maze, crossword puzzle, regroup & subtract, calendar math, treasure trove, adding & subtracting 2s & 4s, etc.) · four-part rainbow activities

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1–3
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All About Bugs - Full Day Substitute Plans teaching resource preview
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All About Bugs - Full Day Substitute Plans

Complete morning/afternoon 'message' worksheets (fill in date, name, age, missing number sequences, skip counting by 2s, missing alphabet letters); read independently and complete reader-response forms about plot, characters, setting, and new words; make a bugs counting book (1-10) and complete bug addition (1-5) and…

Includes: schedule-at-a-glance for the full substitute day (six ~45-60 minute blocks) · activities grid describing each activity, variations, required supplies, and the specific Common Core standard applied · morning/afternoon 'message' worksheets (fill-in date/name/age, number sequence, skip-counting, missing alphabet letters)

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Pre-K, 1
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Apples Week-Long Lesson Plan Template teaching resource preview
Counting & number senseShapes & measurement

Apples Week-Long Lesson Plan Template

Following the weekly grid, students participate in daily circle-time discussion questions about apples, movement games (e.g., Apple Relays, Musical Pass the Apple, Apple Toss, Apple Hop, Apple Listening Game), art projects (apple prints, apple-tree painting, apple-shaped painting at the easel, a group apple-tree…

Includes: Weekly grid template (Monday-Friday) with rows for Circle Time, Movement, Art, Science, Language/Literacy, Dramatic Play, Math, Construction, and…

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Pre-K–K
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Gr Words: Full Day Substitute Plans teaching resource preview
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Gr Words: Full Day Substitute Plans

Complete morning/afternoon group message worksheets, independently read a book and fill out reader-response forms (fiction and nonfiction), solve addition/subtraction problems using GR-word animal pictures (color-by-answer bear, cut-out frog subtraction), do GR-word writing activities (matching pictures to words,…

Includes: schedule at a glance / activity guide with standards alignment table · Template A: morning message worksheet · Template B: reader response forms (fiction and nonfiction book report)

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Pre-K, 1
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Things to Climb: Full Day Substitute Plan teaching resource preview
Counting & number senseAddition & subtraction

Things to Climb: Full Day Substitute Plan

Complete a morning/afternoon message worksheet, do independent reading with a reader-response form, build a counting book of things to climb, add and subtract climbing koalas/monkeys, color a Jack and the Beanstalk picture by number word, read a comprehension passage about a cat that climbs trees, and complete…

Includes: activities grid/teacher overview with schedule and Common Core standards · Template A: morning/afternoon 'get acquainted' message worksheet · Template B: fiction and non-fiction reader-response forms

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Pre-K, 1
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Time and Money: Full Day Substitute Plan teaching resource preview
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Time and Money: Full Day Substitute Plan

Complete a morning/afternoon message worksheet with clock and coin brainstorm lists, do independent reading with fiction/non-fiction reader-response forms, work through time-telling activities (reading clocks to the nearest 5 minutes, elapsed time, earlier/later), work through money activities (identifying coins/bills…

Includes: activities grid/teacher overview with schedule and Common Core standards · 'Good Morning 3rd Graders' message worksheet (pgs. 3-4) with clock and coin/bill brainstorm lists · fiction and non-fiction reader-response forms (pgs. 5-7)

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3
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J-Words: Full Day Substitute Plans teaching resource preview
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J-Words: Full Day Substitute Plans

Complete morning/afternoon group messages, do independent reading and reader-response forms, solve addition problems while coloring a 'Jar of Jellybeans' picture, complete J-word matching/labeling/handwriting worksheets, and read about the jungle/jaguar/jobs for a social studies activity, making their own J-word books.

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Length
45 pages
Level
Pre-K, 1
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Last Week of School Math Activities | 1st Grade No-Prep Pack teaching resource preview
Counting & number senseAddition & subtraction

Last Week of School Math Activities | 1st Grade No-Prep Pack

Complete 22 worksheet activities across 5 scripted 45-minute daily lessons: My Year in Numbers (counting and number reflection); Math with Friends (word problems and addition/subtraction); Math Story Adventure (solving embedded story problems); Number Detectives (place value, comparing, and shapes); Dreams for Second…

Includes: Teacher's Guide & Lesson Plans (14 pages): welcome page, what's-inside summary, how-to-use notes, Standards Alignment table, Week at a Glance schedule, and 5…

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1
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Animals in Winter Week-Long Lesson Plan Template teaching resource preview
Counting & number senseShapes & measurement

Animals in Winter Week-Long Lesson Plan Template

Participate in daily themed activities such as circle-time discussion questions, movement games (Sleepy Bears, Penguin Relays, Penguin Bowling), art projects (Squirrel Tail Art, Feather Painting, Fuzzy Bears), science activities (bird watching, matching tracks), literacy activities (story sequencing, 'Brown Bear,…

Includes: Monday-Friday grid template covering: circle time topic, movement, art, science, language/literacy, dramatic play, math, construction, and enrichment/special… · teacher's ideas for theme section

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Pre-K–K
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Last Week of School Math Activities | 2nd Grade No-Prep Pack teaching resource preview
Counting & number senseAddition & subtraction

Last Week of School Math Activities | 2nd Grade No-Prep Pack

Complete 22 worksheet activities across 5 scripted 45-minute daily lessons: My Year in Numbers (skip counting and number reflection); Math with Friends (two-step problems and add/subtract within 100); Math Story Adventure (story problems with money and time); Number Detectives (place value, comparing, and even/odd);…

Includes: Teacher's Guide & Lesson Plans (14 pages): welcome page, what's-inside summary, how-to-use notes, Standards Alignment table, Week at a Glance schedule, and 5…

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2
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Last Week of School Math Activities | Kindergarten No-Prep Pack teaching resource preview
Counting & number senseAddition & subtraction

Last Week of School Math Activities | Kindergarten No-Prep Pack

Students color and trace numbers, fill in counting sequences to 20, solve picture addition problems within 10, listen to a read-aloud math story and count along, identify and count sides of basic 2D shapes, and draw/reflect on math goals for first grade.

Includes: Teacher's Guide & Lesson Plans (15 pages) · Student Worksheets, 22 activities across 5 lessons (29 pages) · Answer Key (21 pages)

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Pre-K–K
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