Plan in a Can! Full Day Emergency Lesson Plans for 3rd Grade

How many times have you wished you had a knockout set of lesson plans at-the-ready for days when emergencies, an illness, or workshops keep you out of the classroom?

Plan in a Can : Full Day Emergency Lesson Plans for 3rd Grade saves you all of the time you'd spend prepping for a sub and includes everything you need to ensure that your students spend their day engaged in MEANINGFUL learning activities. Everything you need including CLEARLY WRITTEN SUB PLANS for 6+ hours of lessons and activities is included in the book.

You don't need to plan an absence to make use of the great lessons in "Plan in a Can" This packet includes many printables and activities that can be used over and over again. Here's what inside:

Activities have a subtle bird theme--hummingbird book, lorikeet multiplication color-by-number, and bird-themed area word problems to engage your learners.

1. Complete, easy-to-follow, sub plans for all activities.

2. Area Math Practice and Challenge Worksheets: find the area of rectangular shapes, with answer keys.

3. Independent Book Response: multi-use prompt sheet for responding to chapter books.

4. Rainbow Lorikeet Color-by-Number: Students complete multiplication problems and use a code to color in illustrated birds.

5. "Incredible Hummingbirds" printable non-fiction book: 1,000 words with lots of beautiful photographs and easy assembly.

6. "Incredible Hummingbirds" Mini Book: students use pre-printed pages to write and illustrate important ideas from each chapter of the non-fiction book after reading.

7. Reading Comprehension Quizzes: Two differentiated worksheets to check comprehension of "Incredible Hummingbirds."

8. ABC Chart: a multi-use graphic organizer for use with any content-area reading material of your choice.

9. Spelling Lists: A 15-word list of common 3rd-grade sight words, and a challenge list of age appropriate, commonly misspelled words.

10. "Monkey on My Back" Spelling Practice: Students practice their Spelling words with partners, using a fun, original game.

11. Four pages of helpful forms for substitutes, including templates for important information on students' medical conditions, schedule, discipline plan, end-of-day procedures, and more.

12. A "Copy Room Quick Guide" for when you're really in a pinch and need someone else to make copies for you (or just want to stay extra-organized).

If you're planning an absence (or just want lots of fresh and fun materials), give yourself the gift of time and peace of mind that your plans are already ready--just open a "Plan in a Can"