Healthy Screen Time and Balance is a Grade 5 Computer Science resource focused on digital citizenship and thoughtful technology use. Students examine how screen time can fit alongside sleep, exercise, reading, meals, learning, and social interaction while developing practical habits for a more balanced daily routine.

Build Healthy Technology Habits

Students identify habits that support balanced technology use, explain why screen breaks matter, compare daily routines, and describe choices that can help manage screen time. The reading content emphasizes that healthy digital habits do not require avoiding technology completely; instead, students consider how technology fits into the whole day and how stopping points, breaks, and activity changes can support wellness.

Practice Through Multiple Formats

The resource gives students opportunities to work with a dialogue, matching activity, cloze passage, labeled diagram, reading passage, multiple-choice questions, true-or-false statements, short-answer responses, and an extended response. The reading and questions address realistic examples such as completing online assignments, watching educational videos, playing games, stretching or playing outside, reading a paper book, eating with family, and preparing for sleep.

Ready for Classroom Use

• Use the reading and question activities for direct instruction, independent practice, or digital citizenship review.
• Use the routine-focused prompts to help students compare technology use with other parts of a healthy day.
• Use the extended response to encourage students to apply practical screen-time management choices to a realistic routine.
• Use the separate teacher guide for learning objectives, teaching tips, discussion questions, and common mistakes.

This resource connects screen time management, digital citizenship, healthy routines, technology use, and wellness in language appropriate for Grade 5 learners. It gives teachers a focused way to discuss balanced technology habits while asking students to apply the ideas to everyday choices.