A Time to Sleep

A Time to Sleep is an expository text about how and where animals go to sleep. This book focuses on animals that sleep for a long time, a short time, in the day, standing up, and with their eyes open.

Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Some photographs include captions. A comparison chart of each animal’s sleeping time is shown. An index is included.

Interest words include wild, awake, sleep, and den. Simple connectives such as and are used. A sentence begins with an independent clause. To conclude, simple activities that include oral, written, and visual communication are presented in the Teacher’s Guide Notes.

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