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Kindergarten sub plans: reading

A kindergarten reading block for a substitute: “Day and Night”, a 48-word nonfiction passage about the Earth and sun, with 5 questions and an answer key. 4 steps, from handing it out to going over the answers.

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

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The reading block

Reading: Day and Night

  1. Hand out “Day and Night”, a nonfiction passage of 48 words. Print 24: the student copy is in this packet.
  2. Read it aloud once while the class follows along with a finger. Then partners read it to each other in whisper voices.
  3. Ask the 5 questions out loud, one at a time. Students answer with a partner first, then share. Each student draws a picture of their favorite part.
  4. With five minutes left, go over two questions out loud. The answers are on the key page: keep it with you.

📄 Day and Night (passage and key)

The sheets, on their own pages

Subbing kindergarten

Kindergarten runs on routines more than lessons: the bathroom, snack, lining up, the carpet. Blocks are short, and the class knows how its day goes better than you do. Read to them rather than expecting them to read alone, and let them show you the routines.

  • Keep each part short: fifteen to twenty minutes of one thing, then change.
  • Ask the class to show you how they line up and how they ask for the bathroom, instead of teaching your own way.
  • Count heads at every door: out to recess, back in, to lunch and back.

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