RACE Writing Strategy | Travel Writing Prompts | 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade

RACE Writing Strategy | Travel Writing Prompts | 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade | Reading Response & Opinion Writing

Help your students become successful and confident writers with these RACE Writing Strategy travel writing prompts! This highly-engaging resource targets grades 3,4,5 and can be used in conjunction with the RACE writing strategy to help students learn how to format their answers correctly while learning how to support their claims and statements with evidence. Whether you need help teaching reading comprehension, opinion writing or constructed responses, these travel themed writing prompts for 4th Grade and 5th Grade are your ideal solution!

What is it?

This resource is specifically designed for students to learn how to use the RACE strategy of writing while engaging them in the exciting topic of travel. They can be used with reading passages, as writing prompts for opinion writing, constructed responses or general practice. With these prompts your students will learn to:

• Master the RACE writing strategy (Retell, Answer, Cite, Explain)

• Write complete constructed responses

• Use evidence from their texts or given prompt

• Improve their reading comprehension and critical thinking skills

• Boost their opinion writing skills

• Become confident writers who are able to effectively respond to questions

The resource contains:

• Travel themed RACE writing prompts with response pages

• Writing practice in a student-friendly, engaging format

• Graphic organizers

• Practice prompts for independent practice, writing centers, etc.

Answer Keys: N/A (No Answer keys are included since students will write their own responses)

Order, outline & instructions:

To respond to prompts, students simply have to follow the RACE model:

Retell: Retell the question.

Answer: Answer the question completely

Cite: Cite evidence or details from the text or prompts.

Explain: Explain how the evidence supports your answer or why you wrote what you did.

This resource is suitable for:

• 3rd Grade

• 4th Grade

• 5th Grade

Recommended age:

8-11

Format:

This resource can be used in many different ways. You might want to use them as morning work, test prep, literacy centers, whole-class activities or homework.

How to use:

You can use these prompts in conjunction with fiction and non-fiction texts as either guided or independent practice.

They can be used as weekly writing prompts where students pick one writing prompt per week and respond to them accordingly. In addition, this travel writing prompts resource can be used for:

• Teaching the RACE writing strategy

• Practice opinion writing and constructed responses

• Independent practice

• Writing interventions and enrichment

• As formative assessments

And much more.

Students can also work on them individually, with partners or in writing work stations. Simply print and go!

Standards:

This travel themed writing prompts resource is aligned with Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1

Product Description

File type

PDF

Pages

10

Answer Keys

N/A