R.A.C.E. Strategy Practice: Space

Students practice the R.A.C.E. response routine with space-themed readings. Strategy reminders and sentence starters help them answer questions and explain text evidence.
Grades
Grades 3–6, Elementary, Middle School
File type
Microsoft PowerPoint
Editable
Yes

Updated Feb 21, 2024

Subject
ELA, Writing
Topic
Google Classroom, Outer space
Editable
Yes

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From the author

R.A.C.E. Strategy Practice: Space is a writing activity for students to build critical reading and writing skills. This resource provides an engaging way for educators to teach the R.A.C.E. response strategy. R.A.C.E. stands for restate key words, answer all parts of the question, cite text evidence, and explain your answer then edit. There are 6 informative passages about space with open-ended questions for students to practice applying the R.A.C.E. strategy. As students work through the activities, they will strengthen skills like finding key details, analyzing texts, providing text evidence, elaborating ideas, and editing responses. These Google Slides are designed to be interactive and assignable through Google Classroom. The passages and questions are built right into the slides, making this a plug-and-play resource that teaches an essential reading comprehension and writing strategy. Use for whole group, small group, or individual practice in grades 3-6.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Compose a complete text-dependent response

  • Cite and explain relevant passage evidence

Teaching tips

  • Review race writing strategy before using the race strategy overview.

Skills covered

  • RACE writing strategy — Compose a complete text-dependent response

  • Space reading comprehension — Cite and explain relevant passage evidence

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