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Choose ready-to-teach lessons for Grades 6–8, or an editable K–8 binder for the routines your substitute needs. Preview real pages before you choose.

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Ready-to-teach lessons · Grades 6–8

Volume 1: five days, 52 student PDF pages, 17 guide pages, 23 slides, 10 editable Word pages, offline helpers. See Volume 1 from Milestone Teachers. USD $18.95 list.

Volume 2: five different days, 73 student PDF pages, 28 guide pages, 23 slides, 10 editable Word pages, offline helper. See Volume 2 from Milestone Teachers. USD $18.95 list.

The ten-day bundle includes both volumes with no bundle-only lessons: 170 printable PDF pages, 46 slides and 20 editable Word pages. See the bundle from Milestone Teachers. USD $29.95 list.

Routines and handoff · K–8

The editable K–8 Sub Binder has 52 PowerPoint pages and a matching printable PDF in eight tabbed sections for local schedules, routines, safety prompts and reports. Templates only; lessons not included. See the Sub Binder from Milestone Teachers. USD $7.95 list. The product page confirms the checkout price.

Inside the Grades 6–8 pack

52 student PDF pages, a 17-page teacher and substitute guide, 23 editable PowerPoint slides, 10 editable Word pages, and two offline HTML helpers.

Five cases connect reading, quantitative reasoning, discussion and writing: The Commons Redesign; The Low-Waste Night Market; The Crooked Chart; One Room, Three Clubs; and The Neighbourhood Shade Challenge.

Each day provides 300 instructional minutes, excluding local breaks and routines. Choose and print the pages you need, then complete school contacts, procedures, bell times and supports.

Need five days or ten?

The real pages here are from Volume 1: five complete days. Volume 2 adds five different cases. The ten-day bundle contains both volumes with no bundle-only lessons. If you already own Volume 1, choose Volume 2 on its own.

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The one-page information sheet

Include the schedule, reliable helpers, routines, who to call, and school-required notes. Keep medical, safety and dismissal information in your school's required format.

Free activities by grade band

Grades K–3: Read, draw, teach

Choose a familiar picture book. Fold a page into four and draw or write a favourite part, a character, a new word and a question for the author. Share and discuss with a partner.

Grades 4–6: The review menu

Choose two: make and solve five practice questions, explain a hard idea to a younger student, or create a quiz with one hidden mistake. Trade with a partner. Leave an exit slip explaining what to reteach.

Grades 7–8: Source, summary, stance

Choose a classroom text. Write a five-sentence neutral summary and a short stance supported by evidence. Swap and check whether the summary and stance stay separate.

Adapt the timing, materials and support to your class.

Before you leave the folder

Label the plans, identify optional work, provide local routines, invite a note back, and refresh details each term.

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