Although campuses require teacher lesson plans and emergency substitute packets, there may be times when lesson plans aren’t available. In these cases, it is beneficial for GEs to be thoroughly prepared to continue instruction to the best of their ability!
The following suggestions may be useful:
• Ask the students what lesson or chapter of the textbook they previously studied. Use this information
to conduct a review of the material. You may want to review the questions at the end of the textbook to
determine if the students mastered the material.
• Allow selected students to demonstrate their knowledge of the material in front of the class and/or on the
board.
• If it appears that the students have mastered the material from the previous chapter, move on to the next
chapter with an introduction and assignment for the class.
• Ask a nearby teacher in a similar grade level or subject area to borrow their lesson plans or activities from the emergency substitute packets.