Part I of this book offers teachers and preservice students key strategies to collaborate with other professionals and paraprofessionals, design and deliver effective instruction, measure success, and get students to work together.  Each chapter also includes handy teacher checklists that can be used to diagnose problems, work with others, design and deliver instruction, and evaluate students’ work.

Part II provides ready-to-use math activities that are tied to core curriculum standards for middle school students and include adaptations for students with different learning needs.  Techniques used to reach all students include station/group activities, enrichment activities, and modifications for students with specific disabilities. Math content chapters cover Numbers and Operations,  Algebra and Functions, Geometry and Measurement, Data Analysis and Probability, and Problem Solving and Reasoning. Each activity also includes home/school connections and a variety of assessment techniques.