Monthly Teacher's Guide

I can't believe that we are approaching the end of 2022 already. This can be a great time to encourage conversation with your students and have them talk about their experiences with the holiday season in the U.S. so far.

You'll see more about hurricanes in this issue. Our hearts go out to all of the people affected by these storms. We also continue our Money in the U.S. series in this issue. We hope that this article helps your students navigate the banking system more easily.

Happy fall! As we head into October, the weather in Virginia Beach is getting cooler and leaves are just starting to get a little color on the tips. How is the weather where you are?

Welcome back to an exciting year of teaching and learning. We at Easy English NEWS want to make it easy for teachers to shine as well as for students to grow in learning and language. Please take advantage of the free materials we create for you each month to go along with each issue of the newspaper.

This month's issue is focused on articles and projects that could fit into summer practice. This could either be in class together, or as summer reading at home for students to prevent the summer learning loss that we address in our main article.

Is this your last issue for the year? If so, have a great summer! If your students are looking for summer reading, the June issue would be a great start. It will have lots of great stories, the June holidays, and even the 4th of July.

April is Earth month. We have a tradition every year of putting an article on the cover that addresses some environmental issue. We continued that tradition with our article on the manatees. They are dying at alarming rates. The algae blooms that are causing it are becoming a problem in most states that have major water access.

It's hard to believe it is tax time already again. We have example W-2 and 1040 forms in the paper this month for your students to use for practice. In addition to tax time, ID.me is in the news. Slowly states were adopting this company's solution to online identity proof.

It seems like it wasn't that long ago that we were talking about the summer Olympics in Tokyo, but here we are, ready for the winter games. Some of the vocabulary will be the same between the two games, but some will be season specific.

Our hearts are broken for the families devastated by the storms on December 10 and 11. It is never easy when tragedy like this happens, but it is even harder when it is so close to the holidays. We hope that your families are safe and send our deepest sympathy to those involved.

Greetings and happy holidays! Supply chain issues have been in the news for months, but the stories have increased with the holidays coming. It is important to understand what supply chains are and how they have been disrupted in many ways over the last year and a half. We hope this month's front page story helps with that.

Since last month's COVID-19 vaccine update, there has been so much in the news about booster shots and new treatments that it made sense to have a follow-up article. We also included some information about other vaccine boosters in general. Please stress with your students that it is always important to talk to their doctors about any medical problems or questions.