Publication Date
12-31-2014
Abstract
This article includes the findings from a formative experiment implementing inquiry with informational texts in a fifth-grade bilingual classroom after the completion of state assessments. The pedagogical goals were focused on facilitating engaged reading and writing for native Spanish-speakers and building content knowledge and related academic vocabulary in English. The intervention was designed to emphasize modeling of research, strategies of the inquiry process, self-selected reading, informational text-creation and peer interactions, discussions and feedback regarding inquiry. In this article, the author shares initial instructional plans for implementation as well as modifications that were made based on factors inhibiting and advancing the pedagogical goals throughout the six-week study.
Recommended Citation
Moses, L. (2014). A Formative Study: Inquiry and Informational Text with Fifth-Grade Bilinguals. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 53 (4). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol53/iss4/4
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