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One Grain of Rice
Upper graders read the story One Grain of Rice, and use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast topics found in the story to current event topics today. Groups of three learners work together to create their diagram. The topics they must...
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What was the lesson learned in the story, "One Grain of Rice?"
Second graders complete activities with the folktale "One Grain of Rice." In this folktale instructional activity, 2nd graders discuss the instructional activity learned in the story. They also tell character traits of the main character...
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One Grain of Rice
In this puzzle worksheet, students locate 10 words in a word search about One Grain of Rice. Words include famine, decreed, and palace.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: One Grain of Rice Mathematical Project
This is the mathematical tale about Raja, one grain of rice, and how quickly it grows. It includes a mathematical project using a spreadsheet to examine exponential growth and a calculus-based extension that explores area under a curve.
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Us Rice Producers: One Grain of Rice Study Guide
Study Guide explores the lessons to be learned from the folktale, One Grain of Rice. Although this story is from India, it has been passed from culture to culture. Students can identify the universal qualities of kindness, generosity,...
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Teach With Picture Books: One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
Author provides a summary, discussion questions, background information, pre-reading and after-reading questions, as well as extension ideas for math and language arts for the folk tale from India, One Grain of Rice.
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Rice Romp: Place Value Lesson Plan
Take a look at the mathematics involved in the story "One Grain of Rice". Included is a lesson plan, geared toward 2nd-grade math students, about place value. A link to a quiz on the story is included.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: One Grain of Rice
A lesson plan to use with the book One Grain of Rice by Demi including an activity sheet to help students work the math Rani used to trick the raja into giving rice to the village.