All About Bugs - Full Day Substitute Plans

All About Bugs - Full Day Substitute Plans

This is an exceptionally well-curated resource suitable for kindergarten and first grade learners, designed to ensure uninterrupted learning even during teacher absences. Minimal preparation is required for substitutes -- just print or display on a Smartboard or Activeboard.

Wide Range of Stimulating Activities

• Math: Counting books with bugs from 1-10, and addition and subtraction problems involving bugs which enhance students' number sense and ability to write number words from 1-10.
• Science: Easy-to-digest materials about spiders and ladybugs coupled with comprehension questions. Flashcards of eight different bug species are also included.
• Literacy: Creation of an ABC Bug Book; forming sentences inside the Magic Sentence Cloud improves students' language skills effectively. Reader response worksheet which allows children to draw or write characters, plot aspects etc; great discussion starters for large group or small circle discussions.

The resource also includes morning and afternoon messages crafted for student completion; 'get acquainted' sessions help smoothly start the day followed by a wholesome 'end-of-day wrap up.'

Detailed Activity Grid Included

An activity grid identifies brief descriptions per task as well as possible variations where relevant. Additionally it outlines the required materials per assignment while identifying appropriate Common Core standards applied per assignment providing clarity on learning objectives involved.

This resource honors the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

1 PDF file.