Topic: Improving sleep

Grade level: 2rd grade

Core Idea: Personal Health and Wellness

 

Internet Source for Students:

Sleep For Kids

Reason For Choosing This Site:

This website is a kids friendly environment that is both interactive and informative. It is built for kids to explore and to learn about why it is vital to have healthy sleeping patterns. The layout of the website is tailored towards kids, easily accessible and fun to navigate. As a teacher, I would do a day around this website, using it as a project. I would create a worksheet handout, or writing assignment connected to looking at this website. The worksheet would be a scavenger hunt, finding particular information and going to specific links that I would lay out. I would ask students to walk through the website in a particular form and record their findings on the worksheet handout. Another website that was similar was Kids Health, but this website isn’t as organized or as user friendly.

NHES Applicable (Standard 1): “Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.”

• • PHW1.5.3    “Explain why sleep and rest are important for proper growth and good health.”

• • PHW1.5.2    “Describe values that promote healthy behaviors.”

Healthy Behavior Outcomes Applicable:

 

• • HBO 2: “Practice appropriate hygiene habits.”

  • HBO 3: “Get an appropriate amount of sleep and rest.”

Core Integration:

For integration into the classroom, I would create a whole activity for this website with a worksheet, I could have a read aloud with a book about sleeping, something like “Goodnight moon”, or “Where Do I Sleep? : A Pacific Northwest Lullaby”. The worksheet would be a KWL sheet, or a map that would have word text boxes, these boxes would be used for writing in the information found on the website about sleep. I would have a section for “why”, “how”, and “when”.

I would find a book about animals that have different sleeping patterns, and talk about hibernation, discuss what other animals need. I would then bridge into what humans need (sleep) to survive and be healthy. I found a book called “Where Do I Sleep? : A Pacific Northwest Lullaby” which shows animals in their different habitats, while sleeping.

For integration into another subject, if I was doing a unit on animals, or nocturnal animals, I would integrate sleeping patterns into this unit. For example, as you are discussing and researching which types of animals are nocturnal, you could then dive into how humans need sleep. This would start the discussion about healthy habits and how important sleep is.

 

Standard for Science: 3-LS1-1 “Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.” (This was the only standard for NGSS that I could find that had anything to do with cycles, can be related to sleep).

 

Internet Source for Teachers:

Health Finder

Description:

This website describes why it’s important to get enough sleep, how to set a proper routine, having a good sleep environment, and what you can change throughout the day to help your sleep. We chose this site because anyone is able to easily access it.

NHES 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

• PHW7.5.1        Identify responsible personal health behaviors.

• PHW7.5.2        Demonstrate a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.

• PHW7.5.3        Demonstrate a variety of behaviors to avoid or reduce health risks.

Core Integration:

This website ties into our core topic very easily. Teachers can access this website and expand their knowledge on sleep and other areas of personal health. Since this website is easily accessible it will be a very helpful link for teachers to visit so they can learn more. You could send out a newsletter to schools directed towards teachers so they can see the website and what the website is about.

NHES 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

PHW7.5.1  Identify responsible personal health behaviors.

PHW7.5.2  Demonstrate a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.

PHW7.5.3  Demonstrate a variety of behaviors to avoid or reduce health risks.

Internet Source for Parents:

Healthychildren.org

Reason for choosing this site:

This resource is geared towards parents and is also available in spanish.  The articles are also easily printed or shared through a variety of social media by links provided on the page.

Description:

This website is run by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is dedicated to the well-being of children. Members of the academy include pediatricians and medical specialists.This resource contains information such as the recommended amount of sleep for different age groups as well as tips to create healthy sleep habits. The AAP encourages keeping a daily routine, monitoring screen time, and gives tips on how to recognize sleep problems. This website also contains additional information regarding tips on how to implement these recommendations. I would introduce this resource to parents by using the available “share” link through Google using emails. I would also sent home a newsletter using the “printer friendly” link on the page.