APIEReading: Two Special School Days
A school open day
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🏫 Two Special Days for School
📋 How to use this lesson
🍎 Teacher Notes:
Use this 8-minute reading activity in class.
Read the short passage together and check answers with the class.
🎒 Learner Notes:
Read the short text about two special days first.
Then answer the 8 questions below.
Two World Days for School
We have two special days for school in the year. World Teachers' Day is on 5 October every year. People have celebrated this day since 1994. The International Day of Education is on 24 January. The United Nations made this day to show how education helps peace and development.
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✏️ Interactive Exercises (1-8)
Easy to HardWorld Teachers' Day is on 5 October every year.
People started celebrating World Teachers' Day in 2020.
When is the International Day of Education?
Who made the International Day of Education?
Education helps peace and ____.
People have celebrated World Teachers' Day since ____.
The International Day of Education is on 24 ____.
The United Nations made this day to show how education helps ____ and development.
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