LESSON: Get More Sleep
CONTENT AREA: Personal & Consumer Health
GRADE LEVEL: 4-5
ACTIVITY TYPE: INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION
About this Lesson

Description

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

Estimated Time

15 minutes

Standards Alignment

National Health Education Standards
  • NHES Standard 1 - Concepts
Materials, Teacher Resources and Handouts
Teacher Resources
Key Vocabulary

Help students expand their vocabulary by:

  • incorporating these key words into the classroom discussions;
  • providing context clues as you use them; and
  • encouraging students to use these words in their speaking and writing activities.

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.

Teaching Steps
Step 1: Preview the Interactive Presentation
  • Click on the interactive lesson. On the top right of each slide, you’ll see the letter “i” –click on it to view the Teacher Notes.
  • Review or print the Teacher Resources handout, “Interactive Presentation Slide Notes.” This PDF includes a small version of each slide and the “Teacher Notes.” Keep in mind, to understand the real “interactivity” of the whiteboard lesson, you will need to look at the slides themselves.
Step 2: Review "Sleep Barriers Background"

In this resource, we've compiled information about why/how caffeine and screen time are so disruptive to sleep. You don't have to share this with your students - it's just background to make teaching the lesson easier for you.

Step 3: Show the Interactive Presentation to your students

Don't have an interactive whiteboard? Display these slides using a standard projector system. Write key concepts on the chalkboard. Or print out the “Teacher Notes” and lead a classroom discussion covering these health concepts.