Sometimes we get lucky—the day we’re out falls on a day when students have a work day for a paper or project, but more often than not, we have to figure out how to fill 45-90 minutes for our students with a substitute who may or may not be equipped to help them with their learning. It’s the worst kind of planning, and so we’ve put together these emergency sub plans for you and your students.

We almost titled this blog: Stories with endings that make you say: “Wait, what?”