The Human Body

Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology — Grade 1
Core Knowledge Language Arts, Listening & Learning Program

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Table of Contents

• Alignment Chart for The Human Body
• Introduction to The Human Body
• Lesson 1: Everybody Has a Body
• Lesson 2: The Body's Framework
• Lesson 3: Marvelous Moving Muscles
• Lesson 4: Chew, Swallow, Squeeze, and Churn
• Lesson 5: The Body's Superhighway
• Lesson 6: Control Central: The Brain
• Pausing Point
• Lesson 7: Dr. Welbody's Heroes
• Lesson 8: Five Keys to Health
• Lesson 9: The Pyramid Pantry
• Lesson 10: What a Complicated Network!
• Domain Review
• Domain Assessment
• Culminating Activities
• Appendix

Alignment Chart for The Human Body

This chart lists the main goals — called core content objectives — that students are expected to learn in each lesson of this unit. It also shows how these goals line up with the Common Core State Standards, which are the official learning expectations set for each grade level, and with the specific goals used by the Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) program.

The chart explains that, across the ten lessons, students should be able to:

• Explain that the human body works as a network made up of different systems.
• Identify five major body systems: the skeletal system (bones), muscular system (muscles), digestive system (which breaks down food), circulatory system (which moves blood), and nervous system (which sends signals through the brain and body).
• Recall basic facts about how each of these systems works.
• Explain that the heart is a special muscle that never stops working.
• Explain why exercise and eating a balanced diet matter for staying healthy.
• Identify the brain as the body's control center — the part that manages everything else.
• Explain that germs can cause sickness in the body.
• Explain why vaccination (a shot that helps protect the body from disease) is important for preventing illness.
• Identify Edward Jenner as the scientist who created the first vaccine.
• Identify Louis Pasteur as the scientist who discovered pasteurization, a process that kills harmful germs in food and drinks.
• Explain why exercise, cleanliness, a balanced diet, and enough rest all matter for good health.
• Explain why regular health checkups are important.
• Explain that the food pyramid is one way to show what a balanced diet looks like.
• Identify the different food groups that make up a balanced diet.

The rest of the chart connects these goals to specific reading, writing, speaking, listening, and vocabulary skills that first-grade students are expected to practice — such as asking and answering questions about a text, describing connections between ideas, using pictures to understand key details, comparing similar texts, taking turns in group discussions, and sorting words into categories to build vocabulary.