This step by step resource is to help prepare students for the process of answering constructed response questions using The Writing R.A.T.S. method.

These step by step printable pages explain how to:

identify question words,

reword or restate questions to start an answer,

answer a question,

find the answer in a paragraph,

and write a summary sentence.

Each page builds off of the previous page. The last pages contain "putting it altogether" practice.

This product includes:

a cover sheet

a letter to the teacher

What students need to develop in grades K-2

R.A.T.S. in Motion Chant with motions Printable Posters

a printable question word poster in color and black & white

Cut and paste question word activity & worksheet

kid friendly explanations of how to find question words

2 finding question words practice pages

Question & Answer Graphic Organizer

4 restating and answering question pages

How to Infer Printable Poster & Graphic Organizer

What is Evidence Printable Poster

4 track down answers in a paragraph practice pages

What is a Summary Printable Poster & Graphic Organizer

4 writing summary sentence practice pages

2 sets of "putting it altogether" practice pages

I love using this resource at the beginning of the school year to help ease students into writing constructed response answers, and I hope you will too! Please visit my store for additional writing products. This product compliments my Text Dependent Analysis Step By Step to Success 2-8 Program.

Purchasing this product is for the use of one teacher in his/her classroom. If you would like to share this product with a friend, please purchase additional licenses. To use The Writing R.A.T.S. in any teaching products for sale, written consent must be obtained.Thank you for understanding!