Handwriting Power-Ups V2: SCR Trace & Write (Grades 6–8)

Worksheets · Grades 6–8 · PDF, 38 pages · $5

Handwriting Power-Ups V2 brings neat, readable handwriting into STAAR-style short constructed response practice for middle school. Each one-page set has an original passage, a model answer students trace on notebook-size lines and a second question they answer on their own.

Every model answer follows the RACE moves: restate, answer, cite and explain. Students see what a complete, supported answer looks like while they practice keeping letters on the line and words spaced.

Ten fiction and ten informational passages cover theme, inference, character change, author's purpose, main idea and more. The evidence-stem half-slips make quick bell ringers.

What's included

• 20 one-page SCR sets (10 fiction, 10 informational): passage, traced model answer and a write-your-own question
• 20 evidence-stem half-slips (two per page)
• Teacher guide with 10 response acronyms (RACE, RACES, ACE, ATE, CER, APE, RAP, TAG, PEEL, ICE), each with a sample answer from the pack
• Student acronym reference page and a RACE guide with a 0–2 scoring summary
• Five-box self-check on every page, score tracker and certificate

How teachers use it

• STAAR reading SCR warm-ups and bell ringers
• Small group writing intervention
• Handwriting and response practice for homework

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