Anchor chart for short response writing

How to answer a short response question chart

Anchor chart for elementary, middle school, and high school Constructed Response / Short Answer Response using A.C.E. strategy

Last week we looked at the beautiful language and sentence fluency in All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan. I decided to do a small writing project with the kids to help them adopt a more fluent writing style and to write more like Patricia MacLachlan. We noticed that all the places the characters loved in her book had to do with nature. I modeled for students how I thought of a place in nature that I love (the Horicon Marsh), followed by nouns that I see, feel, smell, hear, and…

R.A.C.E your written responses classroom anchor chart.

Do your students struggle with constructed response reading questions? This post shares strategies and resources to help!

Here's a challenge, how many times in a day can you write on students paper "RESTATE THE QUESTION?" I am joking.... But really, they should ...

Restating the question anchor chart

Do your students need more constructed response practice? Use and adapt these example question prompts for any nonfiction text for your upper elementary students (3rd, 4th, and 5th grade). Whether you are doing a lesson on short constructed response or extended constructed response, one of these questions should fit with your reading passage!

A constructed response strategy like RACE or RACES is a great way to support your students when responding to reading. Since many state and provincial