Middle School Advisory Sub Plans, 2 Weeks, Long Term Sub Plans for Grades 6-8, SEL Lessons, No Prep, 136 Pages

Ten advisory days, two binders, and nothing left for you to plan. These middle school advisory sub plans cover two full weeks for grades 6-8, ready as long term sub plans with SEL lessons for advisory or homeroom. Every day has individual work (a review set and a calm block) and a team task for groups of four, plus an optional game as a fun way to end the class. Week 1 covers goal setting, study skills, conflict resolution, digital citizenship, and kindness and community. Week 2 covers growth mindset, time management, friendship and peer pressure, managing stress and emotions, and respect and diversity. No prep: print and go for a two-week absence, a planned leave, or a good start for a longer absence before your own plans take over.

Perfect For

• Two weeks out: surgery or medical leave, a family emergency, a school trip, jury duty
• A good start for a longer absence: the first two weeks of a long term sub, before your own plans take over
• A sub who does not know your advisory or your class
• Advisory or homeroom teachers with several periods: one set covers every period that day
• Your sub tub or emergency sub folder, ready before you need it

How It Works

1. Print both binders and leave them on your desk. Week 1 covers days 1 to 5 and Week 2 covers days 6 to 10. Each binder has its own week plan on page 4, already filled in with page numbers.
2. The sub runs the day’s review set in every period. Students work on their own, and the set ends with a challenge for fast finishers. The calm block (a puzzle page and a reset sheet) is for early finishers or a loud moment, the team task for groups of four 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: move any set to any day.
4. Every answer is in the key at the back of each binder, so the sub needs no subject knowledge.
5. Prefer your own order? Each binder includes a blank weekly schedule.

What’s Inside: 136 Pages, Two Binders

• Week 1 binder, 68 pages: a binder cover, important information, a note to the substitute, the week plan filled in Monday to Friday with page numbers, a blank weekly schedule, a set index, class list and dismissal, a "how it went" sheet and a Monday opener (Meet Your Sub)
• Week 1 review sets (solo, 3 pages each): Goal Setting (SMART goals, fixing vague goals, if-then plans); Study Skills (spaced practice, retrieval practice, taking notes, a study plan); Conflict Resolution (I-statements, the four steps to talk out a conflict, role-play scripts); Digital Citizenship (screenshots, the digital footprint, online choices, a before-I-post checklist); Kindness and Community (specific compliments, compliment cards, a class map)
• Week 1 team tasks (groups of four): The Two-Week Crunch; The Quiz Week Study Plan; The Welcome Booklet; The Homework Club Council; The Mixed Lunch Debate
• Week 1 calm blocks (solo, each a word puzzle with advisory words plus a reset sheet): Word Search and Reset Sheet; Study Words Match and Grounding Sheet; Secret Codes and Control Sheet; Online Words Scramble and Brain Dump; Word Ladders and Three Good Things
• Week 2 binder, 68 pages: its own binder cover, important information, note to the substitute, filled-in week plan, blank schedule, set index, class list, "how it went" sheet and Monday opener
• Week 2 review sets (solo, 3 pages each): Growth Mindset (fixed or growth?, the power of yet, mistakes are information); Time Management (urgent or important, estimate and start, my week planner); Friendship and Peer Pressure (healthy and warning signs, three ways to answer, the no toolkit); Managing Stress and Emotions (naming feelings, the stress thermometer, helping and planning); Respect and Diversity (other perspectives, inclusive language, our class agreement)
• Week 2 team tasks (groups of four): Mindset Makeover; The Fun Run Countdown; The Pressure Play Lab; The Right Tool for the Moment; Fix the Flyer
• Week 2 calm blocks (solo, each a word puzzle with advisory words plus a reset sheet): Word Search and Reset Sheet; Word Match and Grounding Sheet; Secret Codes and Control Sheet; Word Scramble and Brain Dump; Word Ladders and Three Good Things
• Optional advisory games for the last 15 minutes of each day, a fun way to end the class or something for extra time, with new questions in each week: Whiteboard Quiz Game; Paper Password; Class Feud; Classroom Millionaire; Mystery Box
• Answer keys for every set, calm puzzle, team task and game, at the back of each binder

Here is a quick look at both weeks: