The unit addresses the following English/Language Arts Standards:

Standard 1 – Reading: Word Recognition, Fluency and Vocabulary Development
Students understand the basic features of words. They see letter patterns and know how to translate them into spoken language by using phonics, syllables, word parts and context clues. They apply this knowledge to achieve fluent oral and silent reading.
Standard 2 – Reading: Reading Comprehension
Students read and understand grade-level appropriate material. They use a variety of comprehension strategies, such as asking and responding to essential questions, making predictions and comparing information from several sources to understand what is read. Students read a variety of expository texts, reference materials and online information.
Standard 3 – Reading: Literary Response and Analysis
Students read and respond to a wide variety of significant works of children's literature. They identify and discuss the characters, theme (the main idea of a story), plot (what happens in a story) and the setting (where a story takes place) of stories that they read. 
Standard 4 – Writing
Students write clear sentences and paragraphs that develop a central idea. 
Standard 5 – Writing: Writing Applications
Students write compositions that describe and explain familiar objects, events, and experiences. Writing demonstrates a command of standard English and the drafting, research and organizational strategies of the writing process.
Standard 6 – Writing: Written English Language Conventions
Students write using standard English conventions appropriate to this grade level.
Standard 7 – Listening and Speaking: Listening and Speaking Skills, Strategies, and Applications
Students listen critically and respond appropriately to oral communication. They speak in a manner that guides the listener to understand important ideas. Students deliver brief oral presentations that are organized around a coherent thesis statement.

The unit addresses the following Social Studies Standards:

Standard 2 – Civics and Government
Students explain citizenship rights and responsibilities; investigate civic and political issues and problems; use inquiry and communication skills to report findings.
Standard 5 – Individuals, Society and Culture
Students examine the interaction between individual and group behavior in state and community life and analyze the roles and relationships of diverse groups of people.

The unit addresses the following Visual Arts Standards:

Standard 1 - Responding to Art: History
Students understand the significance of visual art in relation to historical, social, political, spiritual, environmental, technological and economic issues.
Standard 3 – Responding to Art: Criticism
Students describe, analyze, and interpret works of art and artifacts.
Standard 5 – Responding to Art: Aesthetics
Students reflect on and discuss art theories and aesthetic issues concerning the meaning and significance of art.
Standard 8 – Creating Art: Production
Students understand and apply elements and principles of design effectively in their work.
Standard 9 – Creating Art: Production
Students develop and apply skills using a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, tools and processes to create works that communicate personal meaning.
Standard 10 – Creating Art: Production
Students reflect on, revise, and refine work using problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

The unit addresses the following Science standards:

Standard 1 – The Nature of Science and Technology 
Students, working collaboratively, carry out investigations. They question, observe, make accurate measurements, increase their use of tools and instruments, record data in journals and communicate results through chart, graph, written and verbal forms.
Standard 2 – Scientific Thinking
Students use a variety of skills and techniques when attempting to answer questions and solve problems. They describe their observations accurately and clearly, using numbers, words and sketches, and are able to communicate their thinking to others. They compare, explain and justify both information and numerical functions.
Standard 5 – The Mathematical World
Students apply mathematics in scientific contexts. Their geometric descriptions of objects are comprehensive. They realize that graphing demonstrates specific connections between data. They identify questions that can be answered by data distribution.
Standard 6 – Common Themes
Students work with an increasing variety of systems and begin to modify parts in systems and models and notice the changes that result. They question why change occurs.

The unit addresses the following Math standards:

Standard 5 – Measurement
Students recognize that measurement has applications in science, social studies, home economics and other subjects.
Standard 6 – Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability
Students organize, represent and interpret numerical and categorical data and clearly communicate their findings.

The unit addresses the following Music standards:

Standard 1 – Singing alone and with others
Students sing alone, on pitch, and in rhythm, with proper timbre, diction, posture and with a steady tempo. Students sing expressively, accurately, with good breath control, alone and in small groups.
Standard 2 – Playing an instrument alone and with others
Students perform on one instrument independently, alone and in groups; perform easy rhythmic, melodic and chordal patterns accurately and independently and perform independent instrumental parts while other students sing or play contrasting parts.
Standard 3 – Reading, notating and interpreting music
Students read music notation in simple meters and write down musical ideas in standard music notation.
Standard 4 – Improvising melodies and accompaniments
Students improvise rhythmic and melodic accompaniments to a known melody and improvise short melodies over given rhythmic accompaniments.
Standard 5 – Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
Students create and arrange music to go with readings or dramas; create short songs, variations or instrumental pieces and use a variety of sound sources when composing.
Standard 6 – Listening to, analyzing and describing music
Students identify simple music forms when heard; discuss and describe aural examples of music of many styles and cultures and respond through movement to selected musical events while listening to music.
Standard 8 – Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Students identify examples of unknown music by historical period and compare the roles of musicians and their performing conditions in several cultures.
Standard 9 – Evaluating and critiquing music and music performances
Students develop criteria for musical quality and explain personal preferences for musical works and styles, using proper music terminology.