Teacher printables guide · Updated Oct 26, 2026
Teacher Printables: Sub Binder, Lesson Plans, Planner and Classroom Forms
Most teachers looking for printables are not after another cute worksheet. They want the paperwork that eats planning time to be done already: a sub binder that is ready before the sick day, lesson plan pages that match how they actually plan, and forms for behavior and conferences that they don't have to rebuild every fall.
This page sorts the teacher printables in the SteadyStackStudio Etsy shop by the job each one does. Every one is an instant download that you print at school or at home, and most have fillable fields or an editable Word file so you can type instead of write. The listing photos show the real pages before you buy. Nothing here is a curriculum: these are planning and classroom-management forms that work with any subject and any set of standards.
Start here: which teacher printable do you need?
Start with the problem that costs you the most time this month. Each pick below covers one job, so you can add the others later without doubling up.
- You need a plan for a day you can't be there: the Substitute Teacher Binder gives the sub your schedule, roster, emergency procedures and a feedback form in one place.
- You plan lessons week by week: Lesson Plan Templates has 12 templates, from a daily plan to a 4-week unit calendar, plus a filled-in example.
- You want the whole school year in one binder: the Teacher Planner 2026-2027 runs from August 2026 to July 2027 with a gradebook and attendance pages.
- One student needs a daily behavior goal: the Behavior Chart for Classroom uses point sheets with a simple 0-1-2 score.
- You want a calmer follow-up after an incident: the Think Sheet Printable has restorative reflection sheets for grades K-2, 3-5 and 6-8.
- January goals or student-led conferences are coming: Student Goal Setting Worksheets for K-8 and Growth Mindset Worksheets for grades 2 to 6.
- Conference season is close: Parent Teacher Conference Forms cover the sign-up, the reminder, your notes and the follow-up.
Plan the year and the week
A year planner and a lesson planner do different jobs, and it helps to keep them apart. The year planner holds the things that don't change week to week: your schedule, duties, roster, seating chart, important dates and the gradebook. The lesson pages hold what you will teach and how you will check it. When both live in one overstuffed planner, the weekly pages tend to get skipped.
If your school gives you a planning format, use that and add only the pages it is missing. If it doesn't, a weekly plan by day plus one daily lesson plan for observed or tricky lessons covers most teachers. Use a unit overview when you start a new topic, so the 10 lessons in it have a clear end point.
- Teacher Planner 2026-2027 Printable: a 30-page fillable PDF and a matching Word file in US Letter. It has teacher and school info with a bell schedule and duties, 12 mini calendars, a class schedule, a 30-student roster, birthdays, a 36-desk seating chart, monthly calendars from August 2026 to July 2027 with US federal holidays marked, a weekly lesson planner for 7 subjects, a daily lesson plan, attendance for 30 students over 23 school days, a gradebook for 30 students and 15 assignments, a parent communication log, behavior notes, student accommodations at a glance, meeting notes, a professional development log and an end-of-year reflection. School breaks vary, so you add your own.
- Lesson Plan Templates Editable: a 13-page fillable PDF and a 13-page Word file. It includes a weekly plan by day, a weekly plan by subject for up to 6 subjects or periods, a daily lesson plan with I do, we do, you do and a check for understanding, a daily schedule in 12 time blocks, a unit plan overview with a 10-lesson sequence, a backward design unit plan, a 4-week unit calendar, a differentiation planner, a small group plan for up to 4 groups, a lesson reflection, a year at a glance from August to July and a filled-in grade 3 science example.
Teacher Planner 2026-2027 Printable
Run your whole school year from one planner. Monthly calendars from August 2026 to July 2027, lesson planning pages, a gradebook…
Lesson Plan Templates Editable
Plan a single lesson, a full week, or a whole unit with 12 clean templates plus a filled-in example. Type into the fillable PDF…
Be ready for a sick day: the sub binder
An emergency sub binder is the one teacher printable you want finished before you need it. The sub needs to know who is in the room, where to go in a drill, who can help, how dismissal works and what to teach if no plans arrive. Fill it in once, put it where the office can find it, and update the roster and schedule when they change.
For a tab-by-tab checklist, the 8-step setup and how many days of emergency plans to keep, read Emergency Sub Binder: What to Include and How to Set It Up.
- Substitute Teacher Binder Printable: a 12-page US Letter workbook PDF with a cover, a list of what's included and 10 write-in pages: Sub Welcome Page, Class Schedule, Emergency Procedures, Student Roster, Behavior Notes, Daily Lesson Plan, Helpful Students, Dismissal Notes, Classroom Rules and a Sub Feedback Form. It also has a one-page Quick Start and an Excel tracker with a dashboard, a 50-row roster, 30 rows of sub plans and 30 rows of behavior notes, which you can import into Google Sheets. It does not include ready-made lessons, so add your own emergency plans.
Substitute Teacher Binder
I put this substitute teacher binder together for teachers who need emergency sub plans and classroom forms a guest teacher can…
Behavior and reflection forms
A behavior chart works best for one student with one or two clear goals, checked at the same points every day. A think sheet is for after something has gone wrong: the student names what happened, thinks about who was affected and plans how to make it right. Used together, the chart tracks the goal and the think sheet handles the hard moments, without turning either one into a punishment.
- Behavior Chart for Classroom: 8 pages plus a cover in US Letter and A4, fillable, with an editable Word file. You get a daily point sheet by period (8 periods), a daily point sheet by subject, a half-day sheet, a weekly chart, a behavior goal contract with signatures, a reward menu, a home note and a blank sheet for your own goals and times.
- Think Sheet Printable for Kids: 11 pages plus a cover in US Letter and A4, fillable. It has a guide for teachers and counselors, then three sheets for each grade band: K-2 (with feeling faces), 3-5 and 6-8, including repair plans and a restorative conversation guide, plus a family note to send home. The focus is learning and repair, and the sheets are not an assessment tool.
Behavior Chart for Classroom
Simple point sheets and charts to support one student's goals, with a clear 0-1-2 scoring system.
Think Sheet Printable
Kind, restorative reflection sheets that help students name what happened, think about others and plan how to make it right.
Goals and growth mindset
Goal setting sticks when the goal is small, written in the student's own words and checked every week. January and the start of the year are the natural times, and a goal sheet also gives students something real to share at a student-led conference. Growth mindset pages pair well with it, because students who expect to struggle a bit are more likely to keep going.
- Student Goal Setting Worksheets: 8 pages plus a cover for K-8 in US Letter and A4, fillable. K-2 gets a picture-based goal page and a Goal Stars tracker, grades 3-5 get a New Year goal and a weekly tracker, grades 6-8 get a SMART goal and an action plan, and every grade gets a reflection page. A teacher guide is included.
- Growth Mindset Worksheets: 7 pages plus a cover for grades 2 to 6 in US Letter and A4 with fillable fields: The Power of Yet, Mistake Reflection, a Brain-Stretch Goal, a Self-Talk Switch, a one-week journal, a Fixed or Growth? sort with 12 statements and an answer key.
Student Goal Setting Worksheets
Help students set a goal and stick with it, from kindergarten to 8th grade. For Teachers guide Grades K2: My Goal (with drawing space), Goal Stars tracker Grades 35: My New Year Goal, Weekly Goal Tracker Grades 68: SMART
Growth Mindset Worksheets
Help students in grades 2 to 6 see mistakes and challenges as part of learning. The Power of Yet Mistake Reflection BrainStretch Goal SelfTalk Switch Growth Mindset Journal (one prompt a day for a week) Fixed or Growth?
Parent-teacher conference forms
Conferences go faster when parents arrive with their questions already written down and leave with one or two agreed next steps. Send the sign-up and the pre-conference survey a week or two ahead, keep your notes on one page per family, and log the follow-up so nothing promised in the meeting gets lost.
- Parent Teacher Conference Forms: 7 forms plus a cover in US Letter and A4, fillable, with an editable Word file in both sizes: a sign-up schedule, a reminder (2 per page), a parent pre-conference survey, teacher conference notes, a student self-reflection, an action plan with signatures and a follow-up log. The student goal setting pages above work well as the student's part of the meeting.
Parent Teacher Conference Forms
Everything for conference season, before, during and after the meeting. Conference SignUp Schedule Conference Reminder (2 per page) Parent PreConference Survey Teacher Conference Notes Student SelfReflection Conference A
Printing and editing tips
- Print at Actual size or 100%, not Fit to page, so boxes and lines stay the size they were designed for. Plain printer paper is fine for all of these.
- To type into the fillable PDFs, open them in a free PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and save a blank copy first.
- Where a Word file is included, change headings, columns and colors to match your school before you print a class set.
- Several of these come in both US Letter and A4, so check the size your school printer uses before printing a stack.
A note on student information
Rosters, behavior notes and conference notes hold private information about children. Follow your school's rules on what can be written down and where it is stored, keep the sub binder in the place your office expects, and leave out anything a substitute does not need to know to keep the class safe. These are organizing forms, not school policy or legal guidance.
Step-by-step guides
Frequently asked questions
What printables does a teacher actually need?
Most teachers get the most time back from four things: a year planner with the roster, calendar and gradebook, lesson plan templates for the week, an emergency sub binder, and a few behavior and conference forms. Start with whichever one you rebuild most often.
What should go in an emergency sub binder?
At minimum: a welcome page, the class schedule, emergency procedures, a student roster, behavior notes, helpful students, dismissal notes, classroom rules, a lesson plan and a sub feedback form. The Substitute Teacher Binder has a write-in page for each of these, and you add your own emergency lesson plans.
Can I type into these teacher printables?
Yes. The lesson plan templates, teacher planner, behavior chart, think sheets, goal setting worksheets, growth mindset worksheets and conference forms have fillable PDF fields, and several also come with an editable Word file. The sub binder is a print-and-write PDF with an Excel tracker.
Do the teacher planner dates fit my school calendar?
The Teacher Planner 2026-2027 has monthly calendars from August 2026 to July 2027 with US federal holidays marked. School breaks differ by district, so you add your own.
Are these A4 or US Letter?
The teacher planner, lesson plan templates and sub binder are US Letter. The behavior chart, think sheets, goal setting worksheets, growth mindset worksheets and conference forms come in both US Letter and A4.