Indiana Content Area Standards

• Health and Wellness: Standard 5

  Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

  • 5.5.5 Health and Wellness: Describe how personal health decisions are connected to subsequent decisions.

• English Language Arts.Grade 3.RN.1

  Read and comprehend a variety of nonfiction within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 2-3. By the end of grade 3, students interact with texts proficiently and independently.

  • Key Ideas and Textual Support.3.RN.2.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
  • Key Ideas and Textual Support.3.RN.2.2: Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

• English Language Arts.Grade 3.W.1

  Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to write in response to literature and nonfiction texts.

  • Writing Genres.3.W.3.2: Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that a. State the topic, develop a main idea for the introductory paragraph, and group related information together. b. Develop the topic with facts and details. c. Connect ideas within categories of information using words and phrases. d. Usetextfeatures(e.g.,pictures,graphics)whenusefultoaidcomprehension. e. Provide a concluding statement or section.

• English Language Arts.Grade 3.SL.1

  Listen actively and adjust the use of spoken language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

  • Comprehension.3.SL.3.2: Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
  • Discussion and Collaboration.3.SL.2.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on grade- appropriate topics and texts, building on others ideas and expressing personal ideas clearly.

• English Language Arts.Grade 4.RN.1

  Read and comprehend a variety of nonfiction within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 4-5. By the end of grade 4, students interact with texts proficiently and independently at the low end of the range and with scaffolding as needed at the high end.

  • Key Ideas and Textual Support.4.RN.2.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what a text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
  • Key Ideas and Textual Support.4.RN.2.2: Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

• English Language Arts.Grade 4.W.1

  Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support reflection and response to literature and nonfiction texts.

  • Writing Genres: Argumentative, Informative, and Narrative.4.W.3.2: Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that a. Provide an introductory paragraph with a clear main idea. b. Provide supporting paragraphs with topic and summary sentences. c. Provide facts, specific details, and examples from various sources and texts to support ideas and extend explanations. d. Connect ideas using words and phrases. e. Include text features (e.g., formatting, pictures, graphics) and multimedia when useful to aid comprehension. f. Use language and vocabulary appropriate for audience and topic. g. Provide a concluding statement or section.

• English Language Arts.Grade 4.SL.1

  Listen actively and adjust the use of spoken language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

  • Comprehension.4.SL.3.2: Identify and use evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
  • Discussion and Collaboration.4.SL.2.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on grade- appropriate topics and texts, building on others ideas and expressing personal ideas clearly.

• English Language Arts.Grade 5.RN.1

  Read and comprehend a variety of nonfiction within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 4-5. By the end of grade 5, students interact with texts proficiently and independently.

  • Key Ideas and Textual Support.5.RN.2.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what a text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
  • Key Ideas and Textual Support.5.RN.2.2: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

• English Language Arts. Grade 5.W.1

  Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support reflection and response to literature and nonfiction texts.

  • Writing Genres: Argumentative, Informative, and Narrative.5.W.3.2: Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that - a. Introduce a topic; organize sentences and paragraphs logically, using an organizational form that suits the topic. b. Employ sufficient examples, facts, quotations, or other information from various sources and text to give clear support for topics. c. Connect ideas within and across categories using transition words (e.g. therefore, in addition). d. Include text features (e.g. formatting, pictures, graphics) and multimedia when useful to aid comprehension. e. Use appropriate language, vocabulary, and sentence variety to convey meaning; for effect; and to support a tone and formality appropriate to the topic and audience. f. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.

• English Language Arts.Grade 5.SL.1

  Listen actively and adjust the use of spoken language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

  • Comprehension.5.SL.3.2: Summarize a speakers points as they relate to main ideas or supporting details and demonstrate how claims are supported by reasons and evidence.
  • Discussion and Collaboration.5.SL.2.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on grade- appropriate topics and texts, building on others ideas and expressing personal ideas clearly.