6th grade sub plans: math

One math lesson for every period of a 6th grade day, with no prep: a five-minute bell ringer, then a adding and subtracting integers sheet with its key, a partner check, and an exit ticket at the door. The timetable runs 7 periods of 50 minutes; the lesson fits each one.

Checked October 30, 2026. Made from Peabody Teach's own passages, worksheets and brain break cards.

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The lesson, every period

Math: adding and subtracting integers

First 5 minutes, the bell ringer: write these on the board and solve them together, asking a student to explain each step: 19 + 6; 16 + (−20); 12 − 2.
Next 30 minutes: Hand out the adding and subtracting integers sheet (16 problems). Print 24; the key is on its own page.
Students work on their own for twenty minutes, then check with a partner.
Early finishers write three problems of their own and swap with a neighbor.
Last 10 minutes, the exit ticket: students solve two more problems from the board on a scrap of paper with their name, and hand it to you at the door.
Collect the work for each period in its own pile, with the period written on top.

📄 Adding and subtracting integers (sheet and key)

The sheets, on their own pages

Adding and subtracting integers worksheets: three versions with keys

Subbing 6th grade

In many schools sixth grade is the first year of a middle school day: a bell every period, lockers, several teachers. Sixth graders still lean on a clear routine, so say the plan at the start of every period and leave it on the board.

Write the period's task and what to hand in on the board before the bell.
Seat them by the seating chart and take attendance from it; by second period it is how you know names.
Give a two-minute warning before the bell, so packing up doesn't eat the exit ticket.

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