Read and Race

Roll the dice, read aloud, and race to the finish! Choose a skill pack or your custom set, then save results, share a link, and track student progress for quick reading-fluency practice.

Read & Race — Middle School Reading Game (Grades 6–8)

Read & Race is a digital board game for middle school ELA. Students roll the dice, read a short passage, and answer standards-based questions that build reading comprehension, main idea & details, and text-evidence reasoning for grades 6–8.

Why middle school ELA teachers use it

  • 🎲

    Reading practice that feels like a game

    Students move around the board by answering reading-comprehension questions, so every turn is a quick check on understanding—not another worksheet.

  • 📖

    Focused main idea practice

    Current sets center on identifying the main idea and supporting details in short passages, helping students prepare for middle school ELA tests and benchmarks.

  • 📌

    Evidence-based answers

    Questions push students to use clues from the text, explain their thinking, and build habits of citing evidence as they play.

  • 🖥️

    Perfect for centers & intervention

    Use Read & Race with small groups, stations, tutoring, or test-prep cycles whenever you need quick, targeted reading-comprehension practice for grades 6–8.

How Read & Race works

  1. 1 Choose a middle school reading set (starting with Main Idea & Details by grade level).
  2. 2 Students roll the dice, read the passage or prompt, and answer a multiple-choice or short-response question.
  3. 3 Correct answers move their token forward on the game board; incorrect answers spark quick reteach moments.
  4. 4 At the end of the game, you can review results to see who needs more support with main idea and key details.

Who it’s built for

Read & Race is designed for grades 6–8 ELA classes, small groups, and reading intervention. It also works well for advanced 5th graders who are ready for middle school reading-comprehension questions in a low-pressure, game-style format.

Current skills covered

  • Reading Comprehension (Short Passages)
  • Main Idea & Supporting Details
  • Using Clues in the Text
  • Explaining Reasoning Out Loud
  • Multiple-Choice Test-Style Questions

More middle school ELA skills (like inference, text structure, and argument analysis) are planned to be added as new question sets roll out.

FAQ

Is Read & Race made for middle school?

Yes. This version of Read & Race is tuned for grades 6–8 with reading passages and questions that match middle school ELA expectations.

What skills does it target right now?

Currently, the game focuses on reading comprehension with a strong emphasis on main idea, key details, and using clues from the text to support an answer.

Where does Read & Race fit in my lesson?

Use it as a reading center, small-group activity, bell-ringer, or test-prep game whenever you want extra practice with main idea and text-evidence questions.

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