Instruction takes place at a common time with teachers team teaching an integrated curriculum. Support in terms of time and resources is a must. By viewing participating subject-area content over the course of the school year, it becomes possible to find natural connections. Core skills and processes. These include basic skills, such as reading, writing, and mathematics as well as social skills and problem solving.
Curriculum strands and themes.
These are broad organizing principles around which the curriculum is built. Curriculum strands are divided into major themes which assist in breaking down the barriers between disciplines. Questions are used to further define major themes and focus activities. From the major theme and the questions, knowledge, and skills related to the concepts, teachers plan activities that will lead to the development of knowledge and skills which will answer the questions. Teachers also collect resources and develop actual lesson plans and assessment strategies.