Conceptual planning follows an idea or an activity. Some schools choose a school-wide theme for each month or term. They would aim to cover material in each of the different subject areas, but not in discrete periods. A project on environment might encompass math, language arts, science and art. One of the bonuses of this kind of planning is that it is usually done together with other teachers, and whenever you plan with others you have a greater store of knowledge and ideas to draw on.
Some schools choose a school-wide theme for each month or term.
They would aim to cover material in each of the different subject areas, but not in discrete periods. A project on environment might encompass math, language arts, science and art. One of the bonuses of this kind of planning is that it is usually done together with other teachers, and whenever you plan with others you have a greater store of knowledge and ideas to draw on. Another characteristic of thematic planning is that it allows for input from the students as to what they would like to investigate. This is very important.