Readworks - A Good Night

What can be difficult for people at bedtime?

• 
  

  falling asleep

• moving a picture

• talking to a parent

• taking a warm bath

A problem described in the text is being unable to fall asleep. What is one solution?

• not talking to anyone about something that is bothering you

• staring at a picture that looks strange in the dark

• going to bed at a different time every night

• taking more time to wind down before bedtime

Read these sentences from the text.Maybe you can’t sleep because you don’t like sleeping all alone in your room. Maybe you have a nightmare that keeps coming back every time you close your eyes.

What can be concluded from this information?

• All kids have trouble sleeping for the same reason.

• There is more than one reason that kids can have trouble sleeping.

• Some kids like listening to stories at bedtime more than taking a warm bath.

• Some kids like taking a warm bath more than listening to stories at bedtime.

How can the problem of falling asleep be described?

• The problem of falling asleep is due to one reason for everyone.

• The problem of falling asleep happens every night at the same time.

• The problem of falling asleep has been around for a long time and affects many people

• The problem of falling asleep only affects people who share a bedroom with someone else.

What is the text mostly about?

• why kids have trouble falling asleep and what they can do about it

• some different stories that parents like reading to their children before bedtime

• why some people get more nervous than others about tests in school

• different daytime activities that make kids too excited to fall asleep at night

Read these sentences from the text.

It also helps to keep your bedtime routine and time the same every night. By keeping it the same, your body will get the message that it’s almost time to sleep.

What does the word “routine” mean in the sentences?

• something done over and over

• something that a person has never done before

• something that is likely to cause harm

• something that people do with others

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.Kids can have trouble sleeping for a variety of reasons, _______ feeling excited and being alone in a room.

• never

• although

• including

• in conclusion

Name one thing mentioned in the text that can keep people from falling asleep at night

• Being alone in a room can keep people from falling asleep at night.

• Playing music all night.

• Spending time with someone else.

Name one thing the text suggests that people can do to help them fall asleep at night.

• Talking to a parent about a source of nervousness can help a person fall asleep at night.

• By reading a book

• By talking to a friend

Imagine

a friend of yours is having trouble sleeping. What would you say to

your friend? Use information from the text to support your answer.

• talking to a parent about the issue, taking more time to wind down before bedtime, going to bed at a regular time, and so on.

• Going to bed right after having dinner.

• Watcha movie.