1. R.A.C.E What does this stand for? Why do we use it?
How does it make us better readers?

2. The acronym R.A.C.E is used to help our students remember to answer questions in complete sentences and to the best of their ability.
The answer is not just YES! You got it right!
We want to challenge our students to show how they know something by providing evidence and to able to explain their thinking.

3. See the difference? Question: Which of the 3 little pigs was able to build a sturdy house and why?
The third little pig was able to build a sturdy house because he built it out of bricks so the wolf could not blow it down. I know this because on page 12 it states, “the wolf couldn’t move this house, it was made of bricks.” This tells me that the 3rd little pig built the strongest house out of bricks and the wolf could not blow it down.
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4. 3rd Grade Expectation
Question: Which of the 3 little pigs was able to build a sturdy house and why?
RACE
The third little pig was able to build a sturdy house because he built it out of bricks so the wolf could not blow it down. I know this because on page 12 it states “ the wolf couldn’t move this house, it was made of bricks.” This tells me that the third little pig built the strongest house out of bricks and the wolf could not blow it down.

5. 5th Grade Expectation
Question: Which of the 3 little pigs was able to build a sturdy house and why?
RACE
Of the three little pigs, the third little pig was able to build a sturdy house because he chose the best material and built it out of bricks so the wolf could not blow it down. I know this because on page 12 it states, “ the wolf couldn’t move this house, it was made of bricks.” I can also observe in the illustrations on pages 10 and 11 the wolf blowing down the straw house and the stick house. On page 12 I can see that the wolf is not successfully blowing down the house made of bricks. This evidence tells me that the third little pig built the strongest house out of bricks, the most sturdy material, and the wolf could not blow it down unlike the other two pigs who built their houses out of straw and sticks which were not sturdy.