A cross-curricular mini unit using Demi’s book, One Grain of Rice. Build background by looking at a map of India and also by talking about rice and how it grows. Learn the vocabulary of the book to help build schema so children can successfully understand what they are reading. Comprehension discussion questions help to guide the student thinking throughout the book. Build an understanding of how characters change by examining the aja and how he changes during the story. Compare two stories that