Mrs. Rice’s Weekly News March 14-18, 2016 We Are Studying….. Reading: Genre focus: biography. We will be practicing summarizing. We will continue to work on synonyms. Exciting news: We are in “teams” for a March Madness reading competition. Be sure to ask your child about what team they are on and how they are doing. Writing: We are continuing to work on adding descriptive details to our writing, and sentence fluency and variety. Math: The metric system! We are measuring in centimeters now! Spelling: words with oo, ue, u_e, ew, ue, ui and ou. Social Studies: We began a new unit on using maps. Students will be learning how to use the cardinal directions, and map keys. Star Citizen This week’s star citizen is: Kylan Leadingham Calendar Updates Field trip: March 16th to the high school. We are seeing a production of Lil’ Abner. Please send in your permission slip and $2 for this trip if you have not already done so. Winterfest: Bourbon Central’s PTO will be holding our annual Winterfest School Carnival on Friday, March 11th from 5:00 – 8:00 PM at Bourbon County High School. Please mark your calendar and plan to join us for an evening of family fun. Calendar Updates: On March 18th school WILL be in session in Bourbon County. This day will be used as makeup snow day! Spring Pictures: March 24. YMCA Swimming Lessons: Please return the permission slip for swimming if you have not already done so. I am in need of parent volunteers to help out with this. If this is something you could help with in the afternoons, please send me a note. We are in need of tissues, pencils and treats for our treat box. Box Tops: Please continue to send those in for us! A.R. Update Student: __________________ A.R. Average:_______% (Goal 100%) % of Goal Met ______% Weekly Goal 100% Students must be at 100% of their AR goal by the end of the nine week grading period. Contact me at Karen.r ice@bourbon.kyschools.us Or check out our classroom website at: http://www.bourbon.kyschools.us/olc/teacher.aspx?s=419