Clocks Fall Back This Weekend for Daylight Saving Time
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It is almost time to change the clocks in the United States. This weekend, clocks go back one hour. This is called daylight saving time.
People in Michigan and other states will set their clocks back. This means it will get dark earlier in the evening. But people get one more hour of sleep.
This year, the clock change happens close to Halloween. This is special. It will not happen again like this for a long time.
Daylight saving time started many years ago. The idea was to use daylight better. Clocks go forward in spring and back in fall.
Many people forget to change their clocks. Phones and computers often change by themselves. But clocks on walls and in cars do not.
Doctors say the time change can affect sleep. It is good to go to bed early before the change. This helps your body feel normal faster.
Vocabulary15 words
- daylight saving time
- when clocks change to use more daylight
- Halloween
- a holiday on October 31
- fall
- the season after summer; autumn
- clock
- a machine that shows the time
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- sleep
- rest you get at night
- evening
- the time before night
- spring
- the season after winter
- body
- the physical part of a person
- normal
- usual; not different
- state
- a part of a country, like Michigan
- change
- to make something different
- dark
- without light
- special
- not usual; important
- idea
- a plan or thought
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1. They go back one hour 2. Halloween 3. True
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It is almost time to change the _____ in the United States.
This weekend, clocks go back one _____.
This is called daylight _____ time.
People in Michigan and other _____ will set their clocks back.
It will get _____ earlier in the evening.
But people get one more hour of _____.
This year, the clock change happens close to _____.
It will not happen again like this for a long _____.
Clocks go forward in spring and back in _____.
It is good to go to _____ early before the change.
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