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Guest Teacher Plans: Kindergarten Lesson PlanGuest Teacher Plans: Kindergarten Lesson Plan
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Curriculum Corner
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Guest Teacher Plans: Kindergarten

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This Guest Teacher Plans: Kindergarten lesson plan also includes:
  • Number cards 1–20
  • Find the biggest number
  • ABC Cards
  • Fill in the Missing Letters Page 1
  • Fill in the Missing Letters Page 2
  • I See a School
  • Graphic Organizers
  • Beginning Letter Mats
  • Fry Word Strips
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Emergencies happen. Be prepared the next time you have to call in a substitute with a lesson plan designed to meet the needs of a kindergarten class. Throughout the day, class members work with number and alphabet cards, identify numbers and initial sounds, fill in the alphabet, complete writing prompts, and read high frequency words.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

substitute teachers, counting, counting by 1, counting to 20, greater than, less than, reading, fiction, fictional narratives, independent reading, main characters, responding to reading, fry words, high frequency words, sight words, writing sentences, complete sentences, making observations, initial sounds, initial letters, the alphabet, letter recognition

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classroom support

Instructional Ideas

  • Update class information often in order to stay current with the goings on in your classroom 
  • Include a regular and rainy day bell schedule so the substitute can stay on time
  • Attach lined paper for the substitute to write a detailed note 

Classroom Considerations

  • A class set of each worksheet is required for the substitute to conduct the lessons 
  • Review each activity to confirm their level of appropriateness for your class
  • The lesson plan is the first of nine in a series intended for substitutes

Pros

  • The lesson plan opens as an editable copy 
  • Provides ideas to fill extra time, if needed
  • Activity descriptions are written in detail 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RF.K.1.d RF.K.3.a RF.K.3.c K.CC.A.1 K.CC.C.7

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