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
- Subject
- ELA, Writing
- Topic
- Google Classroom, Outer space
- Editable
- Yes
Product description
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.
In the classroom
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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