Arkansas Rice Council Introduces Fun New Educational Tool for State's Fourth-Grade Students.STUTTGART, Ark. -- Arkansas rice farmers want to teach fourth-grade students a lesson. The Arkansas Rice Council, which represents the state's rice farmers, has created a workbook work·book n. 1. A booklet containing problems and exercises that a student may work directly on the pages. 2. A manual containing operating instructions, as for an appliance or machine. 3. specifically for Arkansas' fourth-grade students. The workbook contains exercises, questions and information designed to help fourth graders prepare for standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. benchmark examinations, scheduled for April 17-20. About 37,000 fourth-grade students in nearly 500 Arkansas schools have received copies of the workbook. The workbook, titled "Arkansas Rice AWESOME AWESOME Angina with Extremely Serious Operative Mortality Evaluation ," has sections on language arts language arts pl.n. The subjects, including reading, spelling, and composition, aimed at developing reading and writing skills, usually taught in elementary and secondary school. , math, and social studies. All the information in the workbook is based on rice farming and the rice industry in Arkansas. It was developed with input from a panel of Arkansas elementary school elementary school: see school. teachers. "Education is extremely important to rice farmers and millers because so many in our industry have children," explained Robert Petter, chairman of the Arkansas Rice Council and a farmer in Prairie County Prairie County is the name of several counties in the United States:
The workbook contains the story of a fictional rice farmer, Harvey Halbrook, and relates how his farm helps support his family and fuels the local economy. By reading the workbook and doing the exercises, students will get a better understanding of rice farming and how it is integrated into our state's culture and commerce. They also will sharpen sharp·en tr. & intr.v. sharp·ened, sharp·en·ing, sharp·ens To make or become sharp or sharper. sharp their skills in preparation for benchmark examinations. Arkansas is the nation's leading rice producer with approximately 1.4 million acres planted each year. It is estimated that the rice industry contributes about $2.5 billion and 30,000 jobs to the state's economy. "In this booklet, the Arkansas Rice Council has put together helpful and interesting facts about one of Arkansas' most important farm products. You will learn and have fun at the same time," said Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe Michael Dale Beebe (born December 28 1946) is the current Governor of Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. Background Beebe was born in Amagon, a small town in Jackson County, Arkansas. He was reared by his mother, a waitress, and never met his father. . ABOUT THE ARKANSAS RICE COUNCIL The Arkansas Rice Council represents the farmers and millers of rice in Arkansas. There are an estimated 3,500 rice farmers in Arkansas and six major rice-milling operations. The Arkansas Rice Council Board of Directors is comprised of 30 rice farmers, three from each of 10 rice districts in the state. The Arkansas Rice Council is a member of the USA Rice Federation. |
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