K-W-L Strategy Chart
The K-W-L chart a widely used chart that has a number of benefits for multiple subjects and can be used for many different grade levels. It starts off having students activate their prior knowledge, thinking about what they already know about the topic. They are having a purpose for reading the text and they are able to monitor their own comprehension.
There are three main columns in the chart:
Procedure
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Kimberly Carey
Course: EEC 428 Professor: Dr. Lori Piowloski Minnesota State University, Mankato How to use a K-W-L Chart
(Literacy4DS, 2012)
This video does a great job of explaining how to use a K-W-L chart in your classroom. It shows how students are engaged in the learning process and how to complete the chart. Students will need a teacher to model how the use the chart for the first few times, eventually backing off and letting the students do the work. Students are able to monitor their own comprehension with the K-W-L chart and are able to see what they are learning. It will also be a great resource for later.
using a k-w-l chart to solve a word problem
(Gamble, 2011)
What I like most about this video is that it shows how to use it in math. It is just as important in math as it is in reading to really comprehend what you are reading and we need to show students strategies to use to help them comprehend on their own. By looking at the K-W-L chart, it is easy to visually see the students understanding and the background knowledge they are building on.
Tied into writing
Through this strategy, students are expected to engage individually, but also as teacher-led and as the teacher backs off, they can change some expectations and allow for group collaboration. The students are analyzing a topic that is their grade level and are required to really get involved in the instruction process and start thinking for themselves. Students can share ideas and help others come to conclusions about their concepts and again about their own.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6-8.2.a Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension (Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2015). |
References
Collaborative Research Project. (2010, April 22). KWL [Table Photographed]. Retrieved from http://collaborative-research-project.wikispaces.com/KWL
Common Core State Standards Initiative. (2015). English Language Arts Standards. Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/6/
Gamble, L. M. (2011, November 1). Using a kwl chart to solve a word problem [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7u3Jy5KyT8
Gardner, B. (2013, August). KWL chart [Table]. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/KWL-Chart-595724
Literacy4DS. (2012, November 2). The kwl chart [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv-eOtO9f-A
Little Green. (2013, August 9). Little green. Retrieved from http://littlegreenteacher.blogspot.com/2013/08/freebie-friday-kwl-chart-graphic.html
Miller, M., & Veatch, N. (2011). Literacy in context (linc): choosing instructional strategies to teach reading in content areas for students grades 5-12. Boston: Pearson.
Tompkins, G. E. (2014, April 30). Education. Retrieved from http://www.education.com/reference/article/K-W-L-charts-classroom/
Common Core State Standards Initiative. (2015). English Language Arts Standards. Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/6/
Gamble, L. M. (2011, November 1). Using a kwl chart to solve a word problem [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7u3Jy5KyT8
Gardner, B. (2013, August). KWL chart [Table]. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/KWL-Chart-595724
Literacy4DS. (2012, November 2). The kwl chart [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv-eOtO9f-A
Little Green. (2013, August 9). Little green. Retrieved from http://littlegreenteacher.blogspot.com/2013/08/freebie-friday-kwl-chart-graphic.html
Miller, M., & Veatch, N. (2011). Literacy in context (linc): choosing instructional strategies to teach reading in content areas for students grades 5-12. Boston: Pearson.
Tompkins, G. E. (2014, April 30). Education. Retrieved from http://www.education.com/reference/article/K-W-L-charts-classroom/