Emergency Substitute Plans: 4th -5th Grade Sub Plans Animal-Themed

Looking for ready-to-use substitute teaching plans for an entire day (and more)? Whether you’re out sick, home with an under-the-weather child, or need a mental health day, these 4th/5th Grade Emergency Substitute Plans have you covered!

It can be used at any time of the year and is an animal-themed packet of learning activities for your students to do with your substitute while you’re out for the day. The substitute plans include everything from morning work to reading, math, and more to give your students an interesting day learning about animals. The bonus is that it makes your life so much easier! It even has several extra time activities to make sure your sub has more than enough to keep the kids busy!

Specifically, it contains:

Morning Work:

Animal Classification (double-sided worksheet)

Triple Venn Diagram to Compare Animal Groups

Word Work:

Figurative Language (Animal Idioms)

Writing:

Plot Poster

Plot Line Teaching Page

Quick Sketch Page

Narrative Writing Pages

Reading:

Whole Class Interactive Inference Lesson

Koko Inference Story (double-sided worksheet)

Math:

4th Grade Level: Pet Store (Perimeter and Area) and Animal Word Problems

5th Grade Level: Pet Store (Perimeter and Area) and Animal Word Problems

Art: Animal Art Mosaic

PE:

Indoor Animal Games

Outdoor Animal Games

Extra time?

Reading: Animals Inference Windows Activity

Science: Cheetahs Worksheet

Detailed Teacher Notes

Editable Substitute Plan Schedule

Editable Preparation Page Instructions to leave for your sub if needed

Why you’ll love this resource:

• It’s a great unit to copy and leave ready in a subtub.
• The activities are general in nature and can be inserted at any time of the year for sub-emergencies!
• The directions are clear and easy for any sub to manage.
• Your students will have meaningful learning and not just busy work!
• The activities hit 4th and 5th grade standards.
• There are more than enough activities to fill a day, so your sub won’t run out of things to do.
• There are editable sub plans included, so you can customize them to your schedule.
• Your students will enjoy the activities!

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