Lesson Plan

KWL Chart

  • Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Graphic Organizer: KWL Chart

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Teaching Tip:
Activating background knowledge, creating questions about the topic, and developing a purpose for reading help students to become more thoughtful, engaged readers. The KWL organizer guides students through this three-step process — a process they can add to their list of comprehension strategies.

Teaching Tip for Back to School:
Have students use the KWL chart to learn about their classmates. Each student can write a short blurb about another student and organize the information they know and want to learn on the KWL chart. The blurbs can be compiled into a book or put in a newspaper format to be used as a reference guide to and for the class.

  • Subjects:
    Reading Comprehension, Journalism, Listening Comprehension, Research Skills, Expository Writing, Early Reading, Early Social Skills, Early Writing, Sharing and Taking Turns, Teacher Tips and Strategies
  • Skills:
    Development of Reading Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Charts and Graphs, Primary Sources, Research Skills, Expository Writing
  • Duration:
    1 Class Period
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