Substitute Teacher Resources

Female teacher  Prepare your class for your absence with our substitute teacher printables and references. Use these classroom management resources to provide substitutes with emergency contact information, directions, and a daily schedule. Our lesson planning kits provide great icebreakers for substitutes and plenty of fun, educational activities for elementary and intermediate students. Feedback forms will help you gather important information about a substitute's experience in your classroom.

Lesson Planning Kits

This substitute kit for kindergarten-aged children explores the five senses.

Use this substitute teacher kit for grades 1-2 that encourages students to explore the world of animals.

Use this substitute teacher kit for grades 3-4 that explores oceanography topics through a series of cross-curricular activities.

Allow students to learn about outer space while you're away from your classroom with this substitute teacher kit for grades 5-6.

The activities in this substitute teacher kit (grades 7-8) will help students write and appreciate poetry.

Use this substitute teacher kit for grades 7-8 that focuses on the development of geography skills.

Use this substitute teacher kit for grades 7-8 that helps teach grammar by having students use a newspaper.

Forms for Substitute Teachers

This customizable printable is designed to make basic classroom information and directions available for substitute teachers. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing. New teachers will find this resource particularly valuable when providing materials for substitutes.

This blank, customizable form encourages a substitute teacher's feedback about your students by providing a collective place for comments. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.

Filling in these sheets will provide your substitutes with the necessary information to run your class efficiently in your absence. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.

Access a quick reference of daily subject and lesson plan information for substitute teachers with this form. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing.

Related Resources


Free 7-Day Trial for TeacherVision®

Sign up for a free trial and get access to our huge library of teaching materials!
Start Trial

Highlights

November Events

Find educational resources for every day in November. Fill your November lessons with activities for Thanksgiving (Nov. 27).

Math Printables

Browse our most popular math resources in our Printable Rulers & Protractors Slideshow and Number Lines & Place-Value Charts Slideshow.

New Resources

Not only have we added new printable books for Maps & Activities and The Human Body, but we've also focused on new classroom management resources. Try our Homework Excuse Form, Quieting the Class Quickly, Handling Misbehavior During Instruction, and Checking Student Progress in Homework. Take a look at all the new pages added to TeacherVision.

Walden Forums

Wondering about online education at Walden? Get answers to your questions, meet faculty, and learn what it's like to be a Walden student. Click here to check out our free Walden Forums!

2009 Educators' Calendar

There's something worth celebrating every day! Find fun and educationally relevant holidays, events, and celebrations for each day of the year.

Printable Maps

Enrich your lessons with our collection of printable world maps depicting continents, countries, capitals, political boundaries, lines of longitude and latitude, climate zones, oceans, land forms, and more. Plus, browse our collection of Unites States maps.

Daily Printables

Add a TeacherVision widget to your blog, personalized homepage (such as iGoogle or Pageflakes), or social networking sites (such as Facebook). Our widgets feature a different fifth-grade language arts printable or fourth-grade math printable for each day of the year.

Discussion Guide: The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World

The teacher's guide for The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World, from Penguin Young Readers, is filled with discussion questions, research assignments, and writing activities to engage your students in early American history. Enjoy this book with your students around Thanksgiving or when introducing them to the Colonial Period and Native American History.