Answering with RACE
5th Grade•30 minutes•use text evidence to support a constructed response
Learning Objective
I can use the RACE strategy to answer questions using evidence from the text.
Key Concepts
The RACE strategy includes restate the question, answer the question, cite text evidence, and explain with examples.
When using the RACE strategy, the 'C' stands for citing text evidence to prove what you said is true.
The 'E' in the RACE strategy means to explain by giving a text-to-text connection or example.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 4 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. What does the RACE strategy help you do?
2. What does each letter in RACE stand for?
3. Why is it important to cite text evidence when answering a question?
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