The book contains 13 chapters with from 7 to 15 lessons. A quick walk through the teacher's edition reveals remarkably few bells and whistles required for each lesson. In many cases the teacher might present one transparency and the rest is board work. Key concepts and skills, such as number facts and writing number sentences, are given top billing. In general, the teacher's book gives slightly more aid to teachers in planning and presenting lessons than some of the other programs.
Lessons generally follow the same pattern.
Prior to the lesson, the teacher may use one or both of two optional group activities as a getting started activity. Each lesson begins with a short introduction containing review, a story, or some activity lead by the teacher, with student participation, which introduces the topic for the day. This section also directs specific vocabulary development to understand the lesson. The teacher then goes to the first page of the two pages of student work for the day and uses the example at the top of the page as a teaching device to go over the lesson and show students how to do the material for the day. Students finish the exercises on their own, with the teacher checking and helping as necessary.