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Peer reviewedKong, Ailing; Fitch, Ellen – Reading Teacher, 2003
Describes a year-long study in a combined fourth- and fifth-grade classroom that observed student participation in literacy learning activities. Notes that as students participated in reading, writing, and talking about quality literature, they learned to make sense of texts by using contextual clues and connecting the reading to their own…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Critical Reading, Cultural Differences, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
