Substitute plans

2nd Grade Substitute Math Activities

A one-click emergency math pack for a 2nd grade class: a note for the substitute, four activities and an answer key. It reviews 1st grade math, so it works on any day of the year and nobody needs to know where the class is in the book.

It prints as nine pages: the note, four activities to copy for the students, and four pages of answers. Each activity is a worksheet from this site, so you can open any of them first and change it.

What this pack covers

  • Add and subtract within 20
  • Solve addition and subtraction stories
  • Review tens and ones, the time and coins

Common Core standards

  • 1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract within 20, fluently within 10.
  • 1.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems.

In this pack

Frequently asked questions

Why does the 2nd grade pack review 1st grade math?

A substitute cannot know where a 2nd grade class is in the book, and a teacher who is out sick often cannot say. Math from 1st grade is safe on any day of the year: the students have met it, so no one has to be taught anything new.

Can I change what is in the 2nd grade pack?

Each activity is a page from this site: Addition and Subtraction Within 20, Addition and Subtraction Word Problems, Spiral Review Worksheets and Color by Number Addition. Open one from the list, change its number ranges or how many problems it has, and print it on its own. The pack itself stays as it is, so a substitute always finds the same four kinds of activity.