RACES Writing Strategy Graphic Organizers, Sentence Starters, Practice Templates

This RACES Writing Strategy bundle combines two great resources to help students answer text-based constructed response questions. Together they put exactly what students need for success at their fingertips.

Resource 1: Sentence Starters Reference Tools

Coming in 3 different sizes, these reference tools can be used as posters, to make anchor charts, to add to interactive notebooks, as deskplates, or as portable flipbooks students can keep at their fingertips wherever they go. The 3 sizes give teachers so many options for teaching the parts of a great constructed response answer using text evidence! Note: The last two pages of the resource have 4 different Sentence Starters pages. One represents all parts of the RACES Strategy on one convenient page. The other sheet also has 4 different mini reference sheets for convenience; however, those are C, E, S, and Transition Sets.

Each reference tool comes in three sizes: whole page, half page, and quarter page.

Reference Tools Included in this Resource:

-RACES Acronym and each part's meaning

-Restate and Answer (RA) Example

-Cite Text Evidence (C) Sentence Starters

-Explain (E) Sentence Starters

-Sum Up (S) Sentence Starters

-Transition Sets Sentence Starters

This resource can be used in many different ways.

Some examples:

-as posters

-when making anchor charts

-as individual flipbooks

-as note-taking tools inside binders, folders, or notebooks

-in teacher-led small groups

-in centers

-as deskplates

Resource 2: Practice Templates: Graphic Organizers, Sentence Templates, Paragraph Templates

Use these ready-to-go printable templates with any reading comprehension passage that requires text evidence within a basic written response question. This resource provides practice templates for getting students comfortable with the process of writing one-paragraph answers. Once that happens, writing multi-paragraph answers will be much easier for students to grasp.

Templates Included in this Resource:

Separate RACE, RACER, and RACES resources for each of the following:

1) Reference Page with acronyms and steps

-Use these as classroom posters or anchor charts, desk plates, interactive notebook inserts, binder inserts, or laminated for small groups or literacy centers.

2) Graphic Organizers with sentence stems for guidance

3) Guided Practice Templates help students get the hang of writing their answers in sentence format; includes sentence stems for guidance

4) Paragraph Practice Templates help students get used to writing their answers paragraph format; includes sentence stems for guidance

*All come in 2 sizes:

-1 per page (best for classroom posters or anchor charts, binder inserts, formative assessments, and summative assessments)

-2 per page (for interactive notebooks, literacy centers, and small groups)

★Please look at the individual resource pages for more detailed information.★

★All are black and white to save on ink.★

I hope these tools become a valuable and easy to use resource for you and your students!

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