Rice: Introductory activities

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Rev up your lesson using our cross-curricular activities about rice. Choose from a selection of topics aimed at 7-11-year-olds, covering subjects including spoken language, geography and design and technology.

Lesson highlights: 

  • Lead a discussion about rice and rice facts
  • Learn about different types of rice from around the world
  • Understand where rice grows

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Curriculum

England

Spoken language

  • Ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and knowledge.
  • Use relevant strategies to build their vocabulary.
  • Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates.

Word reading

  • Apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decoding words.

Design and Technology

  • Understand where food comes from.

Geography

  • Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage.
Scotland

Spoken language

  • Ask questions and link what [they are] learning with what [they] already know; listen and take part in conversations and discussions [to] discover new words and phrases which [they] use to help [them] express [their] ideas, thoughts and feelings.

Word reading

  • Listen and take part in conversations and discussions [and] discover new words and phrases which [they can] use.

Design and Technology

  • Explore and discover where foods come from as I choose, prepare and taste different foods.

Geography

  • Learn about how and why people and places are linked, use atlases and globes.
Wales

Spoken language

  • Use appropriate language in spontaneous and structured play activities and when conveying meaning; listen and respond appropriately and effectively, with growing attention and concentration.

Word reading

  • Understand that written symbols have sound and meaning and develop phonological, graphic and grammatical knowledge, word recognition and contextual understanding.

Geography

  • Understand and use positional and directional language, as well as simple maps and drawings; be aware of everyday uses of technological tools and know how to use some of these safely.
Northern Ireland

Spoken language

  • Present ideas and information with some structure and sequence; think about what they say and how they say it; express thoughts, feelings and opinions in response to personal experiences [and] imaginary situations.

Word reading

  • Use a range of strategies to identify unfamiliar words; build up a sight vocabulary.

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