ESL Sub Plans Level A1 Beginner, Week Long Emergency Sub Plans for ELL and ESL Class, No Prep, 5 Days, 61 Pages

Out for a week? Every ESL class at this level is planned, Monday to Friday. These ESL sub plans for beginner English learners (CEFR A1, roughly WIDA 1 to 2) give your substitute five days of ELL review, one set per day for every class, ready as ESL emergency sub plans, long term sub plans or a no prep ESL sub binder for middle school, high school or adult ESL. It is review only, nothing new: ESL worksheets on family, daily routines, food and shopping, the town and vacations, with the grammar of level A1, plus a daily ESL vocabulary block where students learn 8 new words and test themselves, team tasks, optional ESL review games and answer keys, so any sub can run it without ELD training. No tech needed. Print and go for a planned absence, a sub tub, a substitute teacher binder, or emergency lesson plans on a sick day.

Perfect For

• A full week out: sick leave, a conference, jury duty, a family emergency
• A sub who does not know your subject or your class
• ESL teachers with several A1 classes: one set covers every class that day, middle school to adult
• A review week before a test or after a break, when nothing new should be taught
• Your sub tub or emergency sub folder, ready before you need it
• Long term subs who need a first week that runs itself

How It Works

1. Print the binder and leave it on your desk. The week plan on page 5 is already filled in, with page numbers and minutes for every set.
2. Monday’s set runs in every period you teach on Monday, Tuesday’s set on Tuesday, and so on. The calm vocabulary block fits any gap, the team task fills a block period, and the game is optional fun for the last 15 minutes.
3. Every set stands alone, so the plan is only a sample order: swap sets between days, or use one with another class when it fits. Each set opens with a line that says what it reviews.
4. The sub script is plain English and every answer is in the key, so the sub needs no ESL training.
5. Prefer your own order? A blank weekly schedule is included.

What’s Inside: 61 Pages

• A sub binder front section: a note to the substitute, the week plan already filled in Monday to Friday with page numbers, a blank weekly schedule, class list and dismissal, a “how it went” sheet, and a Monday opener (Meet Your Sub)
• A1 review set 1, Meet the Family: reviews to be with questions and negatives, I / you / he, my / your / his, possessive ‘s, this / these / that / those and adjectives
• A1 review set 2, My Day: reviews present simple, always / usually / sometimes / never, in / on / at for time, like / love / hate + ing and questions
• A1 review set 3, Food and Shopping: reviews how much / how many, uncountable food words, I’d like, there is / there are, can / can’t / could / couldn’t and very / really
• A1 review set 4, Around Town: reviews next to / opposite / between, to / by / with / for, instructions (turn left, don’t cross), am / is / are + ing, bigger and the biggest
• A1 review set 5, Weekends and Vacations: reviews was / were, the past simple (played, went, didn’t go, Did you …?) and going to for plans
• ESL team tasks, one per day (about 40 minutes, groups of four): A Cold Night by the Lake; The Class Party; The Paper Tower; Dinner on Friday; Agree or Disagree?
• Optional ESL games for the last 15 minutes, a fun way to end the class or something for extra time, with level A1 English questions and every answer in the key: Whiteboard Quiz Game; Paper Password; Class Feud; Classroom Millionaire; Mystery Box
• A calm vocabulary block for each day, for early finishers or a loud moment: students learn 8 new topic words at level A1, turn the page over and test themselves quietly (match, word hunt, story gaps, unscramble, mystery word), then check with the answer strip: Learn and Test: Family and People Words; Learn and Test: Daily Routine Words; Learn and Test: Food and Shopping Words; Learn and Test: Town Words; Learn and Test: Vacation Words
• Answer keys for every set, vocabulary test, team task and game

Here is a quick look at the kit: