Differentiated Instruction for the Middle School Math
Teacher is a practical and easy-to-use resource for
teaching a standards-based math curriculum to all learners.
It gives you effective ways to present math concepts, shows
how to provide opportunities for guided practice, and offers
ideas for modifying the material to provide access to the
same content standard for all students in the inclusive
classroom. This book also contains key strategies for
collaborating with other professionals, suggestions for
involving the students' families by tying math concepts to
students' everyday lives, and valuable assessment
strategies.
The lessons in the book cover middle school math topics
correlated to the standards of the National Council of
Teachers of Math, ranging from numbers and operations to
problem solving and reasoning. Each lesson includes:
- Instructions for presenting the lesson to the whole
class
- Worksheets designed to help review and reinforce
theconcepts presented in each lesson
- A section on how to adapt the lesson for the
inclusive classroom, including descriptions of different
stations for different learners
- A home-school connection with family-based everyday
math activities
- Suggestions for how to assess students' grasp of the
concepts presented in the lesson