Short constructed response

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…

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Do your students struggle with writing a constructed response? Teach them to RAP! Print smaller versions for individual students or print poster size to hang as an anchor chart.

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

Sentence starters, questions, and a reading passage for short constructed response practice. And best of all - it's free. Whether you are introducing constructed response to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students, or just need more practice or review, this freebie will help. The reading passage question includes paragraph frames to scaffold student writing and help upper elementary students be successful.

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 make a stamp of it so that grading takes less time.... hum.... In all seriousness students need to restate the question to get the full credit on quizzes and tests so here is what they need to do. 1. Restate the question 2. Provide an answer 3. Provide evidence. 4. Put it all together in 1-2 sentences. Use this formula over and over and over and…

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

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, there is a huge shift toward the inclusion of constructed responses in testing. These concentrated responses provide students with the opportunity to show w…

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

RACE Writing Response. "The acronym, RACE, stands for each part of a complete constructed response. There are a few versions out there, but I like this one best: R - restate the answer A - answer all parts of the question C - cite evidence E - explain how your evidence supports your answer." "Here is a great explanation of the strategy (complete with a rubric) from Mrs. Sol's classroom." Click on the picture to get to the free download. "Now that my students know how to use the RACE r