7th grade sub plans: math

One math lesson for every period of a 7th grade day, with no prep: a five-minute bell ringer, then a two-step equations 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: two-step equations

First 5 minutes, the bell ringer: write these on the board and solve them together, asking a student to explain each step: 9x + 13 = 112, x; 3x − 16 = 5, x; x ÷ 2 + 9 = 17, x.
Next 30 minutes: Hand out the two-step equations 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.

📄 Two-step equations (sheet and key)

The sheets, on their own pages

Two-step equations worksheets: three versions with keys

Subbing 7th grade

Seventh graders know the building's routines and will check whether a new adult does. Calm, specific and the same every period works better than strict or chatty, and most will work alone for a stretch once the task and the time are on the board.

Settle seats, phones and “our teacher lets us” in the first two minutes, the same way each period.
Put a timer on the projector for the work time, so the end of it isn't a debate.
Collect the exit tickets at the door: it ends the period cleanly and shows the teacher who was there.

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