Anon31135 - I think that means that the teacher breaks down the curriculum by week and includes daily lesson plans in order to meet the weekly goal.
For example, in Saxon Math curriculums it will have the topics covered for the week along with individual homework and classroom worksheets. In addition, after every five lessons there is a built in test that is administered to the students.
There are also computation drills as well as a set of manipulatives that go with the curriculum for grades kindergarten to third grade. While this program is highly scripted some are not.
Most curriculums offer a set of instructions on how to implement the program in a school setting. It includes milestones and goals to be achieved. The teacher may have some flexibility on how the curriculum is taught.
For example, a teacher may implement a project based on the students’ favorite character in a literature study. This allows the teacher to go more in depth with the curriculum by offering supplemental exercises like this.
All teachers have a lesson plan book and usually have to submit their lesson plans to their principal in advance. A curriculum map helps teachers determine how to go about teaching the curriculum.