THEMATIC UNIT CHART

MUSIC LANGUAGE
ARTS/READING ART
Construct
tambourine/noisem Teach about the food Compose an empty
akers with two groups and then Read plate on a poster
paper plates and let Cloudy with a Chance of board and draw or
them chose a food Meatballs as a class and cut out foods out of
(rice, beans, etc.) to let them categorize what magazines that
put in the middle of foods from the book go would be
the plates and then into which food group. categorized in the
create a rhyme with five different food
using the group and then
tambourine about organize these
the food they foods onto the plate
choose to go in it. poster board.

Theme: Food and Nutrition

First Grade

Cloudy with a Chance

of Meatballs
By: Judi Barrett

MATH Atheneum Books for Young SCIENCE

Formulate word Define what

problems related to
the amount of food
that will be needed
to be enough for
the suggested daily
serving of that food
group and allow
them to solve the
amount of amount
Indiana Academic Standards
of serving size left
to complete the
daily serving size.
nutrient means
and how different
SOCIAL STUDIES
foods provide
Teach about the different nutrients
different styles of foods and illustrate how
that are eaten in the different foods
different countries and in the different food
indicate if other groups provide
countries cuisines have different nutrients
the food groups which is why you
identifiable. should get the
serving sizes
suggested.
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English/ Language Arts

READING: Vocabulary

1.RV.1 Use words, phrases, and strategies acquired through conversations, reading and being read to,
and responding to literature and nonfiction texts to build and apply vocabulary.

1.RV.2.2 Define and sort words into categories (e.g., antonyms, living things, synonyms).

Mathematics

COMPUTATION AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING

1.CA.2 Solve real-world problems involving addition and subtraction within 20 in situations of adding
to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all parts of the addition
or subtraction problem (e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown
number to represent the problem).

DATA ANALYSIS
1.DA.1 Organize and interpret data with up to three choices (What is your favorite fruit? apples,
bananas, oranges); ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each
choice, and how many more or less in one choice compared to another.

Art

Standard 4: Theorize about art and make informed decisions

1.4.1 Identify artwork made from the philosophy that art is at its best when it shows us the real world
(imitationalism).

1.4.2 Respond to art based on personal preference and actively listen to others, recognizing that people
have different preferences.

Science

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

1.LS.2 Develop a model mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them
survive, grow, and meet their needs. Explore how those external parts could solve a human problem.

Social Studies

Standard 3 Geography: Human Systems

1.3.8 Compare cultural similarities and differences of various ethnic and cultural groups found in
Indiana such as family traditions and customs, and traditional clothing and food.

Music
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Standard 4
1.4.1 Independently create and perform short rhythmic and melodic patterns with teacher guidance using
the voice, body percussion, found items, or classroom instruments.
1.4.2 Cooperatively plan and perform rhythmic and melodic material to accompany a poem using a
variety of sound sources.