Lesson 4
SLEEP!
ZZZZZZzzzzz!

Grade Level(s):   5-6 

Subject(s): Health, Language Arts, and Math

Learner Outcomes: 

• The student will define sleep, REM (rapid eye movement), and NREM (non-rapid eye movement).
• The student will recognize the importance of sleep.
• The student will identify the stages of the sleep cycle.
• The student will calculate the total number of hours he/she sleeps per night for a week.
• The student will find the percentage of the day he/she sleeps and the average amount of sleep he/she gets per night.
• The student will illustrate a dream using the information he/she recorded on the Sleep/Dream Journal.
• The student will continue his/her electronic portfolio used during this unit.

Materials:

• Sleep/Dream Journal
• Teen Sleep Worksheet
• Calculators

• Multimedia computer with Internet access
• Microsoft Paint
• Microsoft Office

• The teacher may want to preview the Brain Pop Health movie on sleep.
• The teacher may want to learn/review the use of Microsoft Paint.
• The teacher may want to print the Sleep/Dream Journals in advance.

• The teacher will introduce sleep using the Brain Pop Health sleep movie and quiz.
• The teacher will lead a large group discussion on the sleep movie and quiz.
• The students will go to the Kidshealth site to read facts about sleep and gather information to complete a worksheet.
• The teacher  and students will discuss the answers to the questions on the worksheet.
• The students will begin completing their Sleep/Dream Journals.  (The journal will be used for seven consecutive days.)
• The students will record the number of hours they sleep nightly and calculate the percentage of the day  they spent sleeping.
• The students will record any dreams they have had during the week at the bottom of the Sleep/Dream Journal.
• The students will use Microsoft Paint to illustrate one of their dreams and write a brief description of the dream.
• The students will continue with their electronic portfolio on a daily basis with Microsoft Word.  (The students can record their answers to the Teen Sleep worksheet on Microsoft Word.)

• All written text will be read to any student receiving special services or on a 504 plan as needed.
• Students may work with a peer as stated in their IEP.

• Students may go to Brain Pop Sleep site, click on the Timeline and research one of the three topics.

• Students will be given a grade on their Teen Sleep worksheet.
• Students will be given a grade on their completed Sleep/Dream Journal.
• Students will complete journal entries on a daily basis. (A rubric will be used to grade all journal entries at the completion of the unit.)
• Presidential Physical Fitness pre and posttests

• Health: 5.3.3, 5.6.2,6.5.1, 6.6.2
• Language Arts: 5.8, 5.16, 5.26, 5.62, 6.6, 6.18, 6.20, 6.66 
• Math: 5.5, 5.14, 5.23, 5.50,6.12, 6.48 

National Standards:

• Health Standard 3  Understands the relationship of family health to individual health 
• Health Standard 7   Knows how to maintain and promote personal health 
• Language Arts Standard 4 Gathers and uses information for research purposes 
• Language Arts Standard  7   Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts 
• Language Arts Standard 9 Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media 
• Math Standard 3  Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processes of computation 
• Math Standard 9 Understands the general nature and uses of mathematics 

• Kidshealth.org 
• Brain Pop 
• Microsoft Paint

OVERVIEW  WORKING ON WELLNESS

LESSON 1  BODY IMAGE

LESSON 2  NUTRITION MISSION

LESSON 3  EXERCISE WISE

LESSON 4  SLEEP  ZZZZzzzz!

LESSON 5  STRESS ALERT