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Direct linkBrock, Cynthia H.; Wiest, Lynda R.; Thrailkill, Laurie – Reading Teacher, 2021
In this study, we focused on the implementation of a disciplinary literacy inquiry unit with a group of sixth-grade students. Guided by us, students learned about a local budgetary crisis, researched subtopics of interest to them (e.g., the effect of budget cuts on school athletics), and then wrote letters to their state's governor sharing their…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Content Area Reading, Inquiry, Grade 6
