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Language Arts

Inquiry at the Window: The Year of the Birds

by David Whitin and Phyllis Whitin

Inquiry at the Window: The Year of the Birds
Grades
K - 8
Type
Journal
Published
February 1996
Publisher
NCTE

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Description

This science inquiry in a fourth-grade classroom affirms the importance of observation, questioning, reading, and writing to the inquiry process.

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