New School Rules: Save Energy and Water, No Smoking, No Sales Visits
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A new school year will start soon. Before it starts, education officials made new rules for all schools.
The first rule is about energy and water. Schools must use less energy and water. This means less electricity and water waste.
The second rule says school workers cannot smoke at school. This rule is for everyone who works there.
The third rule stops sales people from coming into schools. Sales people cannot sell things to students anymore.
The rule also stops advertising activities in schools. Schools cannot show ads to students during the school day.
These new rules will start when the new school year begins. The goal is to make schools safer and better.
Vocabulary15 words
- energy
- power used for light, heat, or machines
- sales
- selling things to people
- advertising
- showing ads to make people buy things
- consumption
- using something, like water or power
- official
- a person who works for the government
- rule
- something people must do or not do
- ban
- to stop something by law
- worker
- a person who has a job
- waste
- using too much of something without need
- school year
- the months when school happens
- decision
- a choice made by someone in charge
- smoking
- using cigarettes
- enter
- to go into a place
- activity
- something people do
- important
- very needed or serious
Quiz
Answer key
1. Use less 2. School workers 3. False
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A new school year will start _____. Before it starts, education officials made new _____ for all schools.
The first rule is about energy and _____. Schools must use less energy and water.
The second rule says school _____ cannot smoke at school.
The third rule stops _____ people from coming into schools.
The rule also stops _____ activities in schools.
These new rules will start when the new school _____ begins.