Indiana Content Area Standards

• Health and Wellness: Standard 1

  Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

  • 5.1.1 Health and Wellness: Describe the relationship between healthy behaviors and personal health.

• Health and Wellness: Standard 8

  Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

  • 5.1.8 Health and Wellness: Identify personal, family, school or community health and safety concerns.

• Social Studies. Grade 3: Geography: Standard 3

  Students explain that simple grid systems (latitude and longitude) are used to locate places on maps and globes, begin to understand the Earth/sun relationship, identify the distinctive physical and cultural features of their community, explain the geographic relationships between their own community and the state and other states within the region, and compare the geographic characteristics of their own community with communities in other parts of the world/country.

  • 3.3.1 The World in Spatial Terms: Use labels and symbols to locate and identify physical and political features on maps and/or globes.
  • 3.3.12 Environment and Society: Use a variety of resources to demonstrate an understanding of regional environmental issues and examine the ways that people have tried to solve these problems.
  • 3.3.4 The World in Spatial Terms: Identify the northern, southern, eastern and western hemispheres; cardinal and intermediate directions; and determine the direction and distance from one place to another on a variety of maps and globes.

• English Language Arts.Grade 3.RV.1

  Build and use accurately conversational, general academic, and content-specific words and phrases.

  • Vocabulary in Literature and Nonfiction Texts.3.RV.3.2: Determine the meanings of general academic and content-specific words and phrases in a nonfiction text relevant to a third grade topic or subject area.

• 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.

  • 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.RV.1

  Build and use accurately general academic and content-specific words and phrases.

  • Vocabulary in Literature and Nonfiction Texts.4.RV.3.2: Determine the meanings of general academic and content-specific words and phrases in a nonfiction text relevant to a fourth grade topic or subject area.

• 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.3.1: Summarize major ideas and supportive evidence from text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
  • 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.RV.1

  Build and use accurately general academic and content-specific words and phrases.

  • Vocabulary in Literature and Nonfiction Texts.5.RV.3.2: Determine the meaning of general academic and content-specific words and phrases in a nonfiction text relevant to a fifth grade topic or text.

• 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.3.1: Orally summarize or respond to a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
  • 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.