More Than One Grain of Rice (Grades 3-5)

Students investigate the cultivation and identify the parts of rice by reading One Grain of Rice by Demi and removing the hull, bran, and germ from grains of rice.

Grades
3 – 5
TX: Grades 3 – 5
Estimated Time
1 hour
Updated
August 13, 2024
bowl of rice
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Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Debra Spielmaker | Utah Agriculture in the Classroom

Acknowledgements

Activity 3 was adapted from the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom commodity fact sheet and activity sheet Rice.

Standards

Texas Content Area Standards

  • ELA: 3.110.5.b.6

    Comprehension skills: listening speaking, reading, writing and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

    • ELA: 3.6.G: The student is expected to evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
    • ELA: 3.6.H: The student is expected to synthesize information to create new understanding.
    • ELA: 3.6.I: The student is expected to monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding break downs.
  • ELA: 3.110.5.b.7

    Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

    • ELA: 3.7.G: The student is expected to discuss specific ideas in the text that are important to the meaning.
  • ELA: 4.110.6.b.1

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking- oral language. The students develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

    • ELA: 4.1.D: The student is expected to work collaboratively with other to develop a plan of shared responsibilities.
  • ELA: 4.110.6.b.6

    Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

    • ELA: 4.6.G: The student is expected to evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
    • ELA: 4.6.H: The student is expected to synthesize information to create new understanding.
    • ELA: 4.6.I: The student is expected to monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding break downs.
  • ELA: 4.110.6.b.7

    Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

    • ELA: 4.7.G: The student is expected to discuss specific ideas in the text that are important to the meaning.
  • ELA: 5.110.7.b.1

    Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking- oral language. The students develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

    • ELA: 5.1.D: The student is expected to work collaboratively with others to develop a plan of shared responsibilities.
  • ELA: 5.110.7.b.6

    Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

    • ELA: 5.6.G: The student is expected to evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
    • ELA: 5.6.H: The student is expected to synthesize information to create new understanding.
    • ELA: 5.6.I: The student is expected to monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding break downs.
  • ELA: 5.110.7.b.7

    Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

    • ELA: 5.7.G: The student is expected to discuss specific ideas in the text that are important to the meaning.
  • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.3

    Geography. The student understands how humans adapt to and/or modify the physical environment. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.3.A: describe similarities and differences in the physical environment, including climate, landforms, natural resources, and natural hazards
  • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.6

    Economics. The student understands the concept of the free enterprise system and how businesses operate in the U.S. free enterprise system. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.6.A: explain how supply and demand affect the price of a good or service
    • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.6.B: define and identify examples of scarcity
  • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.10

    Economics. The student understands the characteristics and benefits of the free enterprise system in Texas. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.10.A: describe how the free enterprise system works, including supply and demand
  • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.11

    Economics. The student understands patterns of work and economic activities in Texas. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.11.A: explain how supply and demand affects consumers in the United States
    • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.11.B: evaluate the effects of supply and demand on industry and agriculture, including the plantation system, in the United States
  • Math: 3.111.5.b.4

    Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to develop and use strategies and methods for whole number computations in order to solve problems with efficiency and accuracy.

    • Math: 3.4.A: The student is expected to solve with fluency one-step and two-step problems involving addition and subtraction within 1,000 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
    • Math: 3.4.G: The student is expected to use strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm, the multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number. Strategies may include mental mathm partial products, and the commutative, associative, and distributive properties.
    • Math: 3.4.J: The student is expected to determine a quotient using the relationship between multiplication and division.
    • Math: 3.4.K: The student is expected to solve one-step and two-step problems involving multiplication and division within 100 using strategies based on objects: pictorial models, including arrays, area models, and equal groups: properties of operation; or recall of facts.
  • Math: 4.111.6.b.4

    Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to develop and use strategies and methods for whole number computations in order to solve problems with efficiency and accuracy.

    • Math: 4.4.A: The student is expected to add and subtract whole numbers and decimals to the hundredths place using the standard algorithm.
    • Math: 4.4.D: The student is expected to use strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm, the multiply up to a four-digit number by a one-digit number and to multiply a two-digit number by a two-digit number. Strategies may include mental math, partial products, and the commutative, associative, and distributive properties.
    • Math: 4.4.E: The student is expected to represent the quotient of up to a four-digit whole number divided by a one-digit whole number using arrays, area models, or equations.
    • Math: 4.4.F: The student is expected to use strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm, to divide up to a four-digit dividend by a one-digit divisor.
    • Math: 4.4.H: The student is expected to solve with fluency one-and two-step problems involving multiplication and division, including interpreting remainders.
  • Math: 5.111.7.b.3

    Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to develop and use strategies and methods for whole number computations in order to solve problems with efficiency and accuracy.

    • Math: 5.3.B: The student is expected to multiply with fluency a three-digit number by a two-digit number using the standard algorithm.
    • Math: 5.3.C: The student is expected to solve with proficiency for quotients of up to a four-digit dividend by a two-digit divisor using strategies and the standard algorithm.
    • Math: 5.3.D: The student is expected to represent multiplication of decimals with products to the hundredths using objects and pictorial models, including area models.
    • Math: 5.3.E: The student is expected to solve for products of decimals to the hundredths, including situations involving money, using strategies based on place-value understandings, properties of operations, and the relationship to the multiplication of whole numbers.
    • Math: 5.3.K: The student is expected to add and subtract positive rational numbers fluently.
  • Science: 3.112.14.b.9

    Organisms and environments. The student knows and can describe patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within the environments.

    • Science: 3.112.14.b.9.A: The student is expected to observe and describe the physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities of plants and animals within an ecosystem.
  • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.15

    Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 3.113.14.c.15.D: express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences
  • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.21

    Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 4.113.15.c.21.C: express ideas orally based on research and experiences
  • Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.25

    Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

    • Social Studies: 5.113.16.c.25.C: express ideas orally based on research and experiences