ERIC Number: EJ1304591
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0425-0508
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"But What Happened to Your Dog?": Inquiry into Immigration in a First-Grade Texas Classroom
Lammert, Catherine; Beyhl, Jodi
English in Texas, v50 n2 p12-16 Fall-Win 2020
Increasing numbers of children in Texas communities and across the U.S. are immigrants. One way to support students in exploring the history and contemporary topic of immigration through literacy is with inquiry, a teaching method that centers around students' questions, incorporates informational and narrative texts, and creates opportunities for discussion, writing, and advocacy. In this classroom innovations article, a teacher's enactment of inquiry-based units on immigration in her first-grade classrooms is described. This article outlines planning strategies for inquiry and highlights ways to address curricular goals and objectives while still centering on students' perspectives. Tips are provided for connecting inquiry units to social and emotional learning goals as well as state standards and learning targets. This article shows how, through innovative teaching, even the youngest students can be engaged in meaningful literacy learning and the discussion of important social issues, such as immigration.
Descriptors: Immigrants, Immigration, Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Literacy Education, Social Emotional Learning, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Childrens Literature, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts, Art Education, Social Studies
Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts. 919 Congress Avenue Suite 1400, Austin, TX 78701. Tel: 512-617-3200; Web site: http://www.tctela.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 1; Primary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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