Wednesday, November 12, 2014

R.A.C.E. to English Class!

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Oh, how happy I am to be your English Language Arts teacher! This week was fun for many reasons. First, our Word of the Week was superlative which is a super over-the-top word. Remember to use the word superlative in conversation or in writing in the next seven days!


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Another cool thing about Language Arts this week was learning how to answer text-based questions thoroughly. We learned a handy "recipe" for making sure our answer is complete and convincing. 



Here is an example...



Every month we will practice our text-based responses, so by the end of the year you'll all be experts! This skill will come in handy in all courses from now, through college... and beyond.

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Here is a peek at my ELA Notebook. 


The ELA printables should be added, along with your "Word Work" activity.


Homework Due 11/19/14:
  • Sign up for a Newsela account (check k-mail for our class code).
  • Watch this R.A.C.E. Strategy presentation on Prezi. Read through the information and enlarge the text as needed (the zoom icon is on the right). Answer the questions thoroughly in your ELA Notebook. 

5 comments:

Anonymous January 8, 2015 at 2:29 PM

This is so useful

Unknown October 11, 2015 at 8:53 AM

Thanks for sharing the RACE rubric- Would you mind if I post it on my website for my social studies students? I will cite your site with full credit.

Mrs. Sol October 11, 2015 at 9:09 AM

Of course LIsa! Thanks for asking. I'm adding new RACE info and resources each week, so check the newer posts too. Enjoy!

Unknown September 1, 2017 at 11:53 AM

Thank you so much!! RACE Rubric is awesome!!!

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