RACES Strategy Guide
A teacher-facing reference guide for implementing the RACES strategy, featuring specific sentence starters, teacher tips for the "Restate + Answer" phase, and a classroom implementation checklist.
Mighty Metropolis Reading Passage
A rigorous informational text about ant colonies, focusing on social structure, communication, and nest building. Designed for 3rd-grade students to use throughout a 4-day unit. Explicit genre labels have been removed for student analysis.
Colony Mission Log Packet Challenge
A student response packet for the 4-day unit, including Day 1 genre analysis and 8-fold scratch map, two short constructed responses, and one final extended constructed response. Each day is on its own page for clarity.
Architect Facilitation Guide Packet
A 4-day instructional guide for teachers, including daily objectives, "Screen to Scratch" annotation guidance for Day 1 with genre analysis and folding rules, and scripts for Days 2-4 covering SCRs and the final ECR. Each day is on its own page for ease of use.
Architect Exemplar Key Checker
A comprehensive answer key and exemplar guide for teachers. Includes a Day 1 scratch map exemplar, high-scoring RACES responses for all 2 short constructed responses, and a complete model for the final extended constructed response. Each day is on its own page for ease of use.