Young scholars discuss, summarize, and express alternative positions regarding a study on adolescent sleep. They examine arguments for and against changing the school start time for high-school students, based upon the findings of a...

Second graders examine the interdependence of organisms using the book "Go To Sleep, Gecko!" They examine a variety of food chains, listen to the book, and answer story comprehension questions. Students then conduct research on food...

A reading adventure pack features two stories—Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming and Animals Don’t Wear Pajamas by Eve Feldman. In response to reading the fiction and nonfiction texts, scholars create a dreamcatcher, discuss hibernation,...

Sleeping, dozing, snoozing. Five different ways to say sleeping are introduced in this presentation designed to preparing kids for a reading of The Napping House.

Bed, blanket, pillows, sleep. Five words associated with Audrey Wood's The Napping House, are introduced in this presentation, which features one word and one illustration printed on each blue page.

The practice of developing lyrics by elaborating with sensory details and examples continues in the third activity on songwriting. This time class members examine Jesse McCartney's "How Do You Sleep?" Using procedures established in the...

Students explore the sleeping patterns and sleeping habitats of animals. In this where animals sleep lesson, students research different animal species. Students also write and illustrate an animal picture book, make connections...

Students write about strange places that they have slept. In this sleep science activity students read about astronauts sleeping experience in space. They reflect on unusual places that they have slept and write about it.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

A cute folktale from Bali tells the story of Gecko, Elephant, and Buffalo, and Gecko's struggle to sleep. After reading Go to Sleep, Gecko, learners focus on comprehension questions, singing and learning about geckos, building...

Use this multidisciplinary lesson to delve into these subjects: English language arts, math, science, drama, and character education. After reading, discussing, and making interpretations about Go To Sleep, Gecko!: A Balinese...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about sleep cycles. Students answer 11 multiple choice questions about the text.

Students investigate the effect good sleep and rest has on the human body.  In this health lesson, students discover the different stages of sleep and discuss ways they can ease their own tension through exercise or meditation....

In this language skills activity, students read an article about World Sleep Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble questions,...

In this ESL dictionary use learning exercise, students look up a list of word that are related to sleep such as drowsy, nap, siesta, and sleepwalking. They place the 8 words in the appropriate places in a cloze paragraph

In this sleep deprivation activity, students read an article on sleep deprivation and answer true or false questions about it. Students complete 15 questions.

Learners read the "Animal Bedrooms" worksheet to themselves, or have your students take turns reading the sentences out loud. You can also read the worksheet out loud to your learners. They discuss if they can think of other strange...

In this color by number worksheet, students use the color key at the bottom of the page to complete the color by number picture of Sleeping Beauty. Students need 11 different colors for this worksheet.

Introduce class members to the conventions of the romance genre and the theme of familial relationships with Mahlon F. Craft's illustrated Sleeping Beauty. The themes are a focus of their study of The Winter's Tale.

Have the kids choose a fairy tale and read it independently. Then model writing a conclusion for a narrative piece. They create storyboards based on the chosen plot, then write a new conclusion.

Imagine you are a bug living on a leaf in the painting, Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase by Maria van Oosterwyck. This is what you'll tell your class as they analyze the lovely image. They list details in the painting, find two insects...

Students examine the process of human development and identify the reasons for a good nights sleep. Individually, they write a list of the situations in their lives which are stressful. As a class, they discuss myths about stress and...

Students read Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the ideas presented in the story. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library...

In this math and science worksheet, students read the questions relating to math and science for the text 'Animals are Sleeping.' Students answer the 10 questions.