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INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION

Encourage students to get more sleep with this collection of interactive quizzes, word play, and videos

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Get More Sleep

Guiding Question

What stops me from getting enough sleep?
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    ELA ARTICLE: SCREEN TIME

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    Practice reading comprehension and critical thinking with this article

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    WORKSHEET + DISCUSSION

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    Analyze caffeine levels in common beverages and how these choices can interfere with sleep

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    ASSESSMENT

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    How much did your students really learn?

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Lesson Objectives

  • Identify habits/practices that interfere with sleep
  • Analyze influences that interfere with sleep
  • Describe personal benefits associated with being aware of practices that interfere with sleep

Benefits of Teaching this Lesson

Adequate sleep is important for children because it has impact on their physical health and growth, their emotional well-being and their academic performance. Today we understand that many students are not getting adequate sleep. Research has determined that increasing screen time and caffeine intake are interfering with sleep. This lesson will reveal the impact of these practices on sleep, and help students identify strategies for eliminating them.

National Health Education Standards

Common Core: English Language Arts (ELA) - Grade 4-5 Alignments

Common Core: Math - Grade 5 Alignments

Common Core: Math - Grade 4 Alignments

Background

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Vocabulary

  • INTERFERE - get in the way of Deciding to play a video game at night can interfere with getting to bed on time.
  • CAFFEINE - a substance that stimulates the nervous system Soda, coffee and some energy drinks contain caffeine.
  • STIMULANT - something that temporarily quickens the activity of an organ Caffeine acts as a stimulant on the nervous system.
  • RECOMMENDATION - advice or suggestion of an action that is appropriate or beneficial Doctors have issued a recommendation that children in 4th and 5th grade get 10 to 11 hours of sleep each night.

Place these words and definitions on the class “word wall,” on an easel or chart, or use some other visual cue.

Send Health Home

Help families reinforce this lesson at home: copy and paste the content below into an e-mail to the parents/guardians of your students.

SET LIMITS ON CAFFEINE AND SCREEN TIME

Dear Families and Caregivers,

This week students have been learning about the two biggest problems that get in the way of a good night’s sleep: screen time and caffeine intake.

Research suggests that screen time – using computers, watching TV, playing electronic games, and using cell phone applications and texting – interferes with falling asleep. Sleep experts suggest that you should set limits on your child’s screen time as follows:

  • Stop ALL screen time one hour before bedtime.
  • Move TVs and computers out of bedrooms.
  • Remove cell phones from your child’s room at bedtime.

Caffeine intake is another growing problem among kids. This stimulant drug is found in many soft drinks, energy drinks, coffee, tea, and chocolate. The effects of caffeine can last up to 6 hours. Therefore, it is recommended that caffeine be avoided after 2 pm so that it won’t interfere with falling asleep at night.

Help your children meet their sleep goals by setting and enforcing limits on their screen time and caffeine.

Sincerely.

LIMITAR EL CONSUMO DE CAFEÍNA Y EL TIEMPO FRENTE A UNA PANTALLA

Estimadas familias y cuidadores,

Esta semana los estudiantes han estado aprendiendo acerca de los dos mayores problemas que impiden una buena noche de sueño: el tiempo frente a una pantalla y el consumo de cafeína.

Las investigaciones científicas sugieren que el tiempo frente a una pantalla (el uso de computadoras, televisores, videojuegos, aplicaciones de teléfono celular y los mensajes de texto) interfiere con el sueño. Los expertos sugieren que se establezcan límites al tiempo que sus hijos pasen frente de una pantalla como se describe a continuación:

  • Dejar TODAS las actividades frente a una pantalla una hora antes de la hora de dormir.
  • Sacar los televisores y computadoras de las recámaras.
  • Quitar los teléfonos celulares de las recámaras de sus hijos a la hora de dormir.

El consumo de cafeína es otro problema creciente entre los niños. Esta droga estimulante se encuentra en muchas bebidas gaseosas, bebidas energéticas, café, té y chocolate. Los efectos de la cafeína pueden durar hasta 6 horas. Por eso se recomienda que se evite la cafeína después de las 2 p.m. para que no interfiera en la noche con el sueño.

Ayuden a sus hijos a alcanzar su meta de sueño adecuado al establecer y reforzar límites de su tiempo frente a una pantalla y de su consumo de cafeína.

Atentamente.

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