What I KNOW, What I WANT to know, and what I LEARNED.

KWL TEACHING STRATEGY

Ogle, D.M.(1986). A Teaching Model that Develops Active Reading of Expository Text. The Reading Teacher,39(6), 564-570.

Presented by: Christine, Susan, and Jenny

Purpose for KWL• KWL allows teacher to:

• 1. Elicit students’ prior knowledge on specific topics or texts

• 2. Help students set reading goals for what they would like to know on the topic or what they think they will learn after reading

• 3. Monitor students’ reading comprehension and level of understanding of the topic after reading the text.

Interested In Using KWL With Your Students??

Summary of procedure:• Prepare a three-column chart on the board or overhead

projector and distribute the charts to your students• Start with a brainstorming session by recording all

student ideas on the topic in the “K” section of the chart

• Develop Reading goals by recording what students want to know in the “W” section of the chart– elicit student talk by asking questions about topic

• Have students read text in small learning groups• Students record what they learned from the reading in

the “L” section of the chart• Class Discussion on text and what was learned

SAMPLE CHART:

Follow This Detailed Description!

• Choose an expository text on the reading level of your students

• Create a blank chart with three columns for K, W, and L on the board

• Make sure all students have a copy of the chart in front of them

• Ask students to brainstorm words, stories, and phrases that they associate with this topic

• Teacher may have to prompt students with some ideas at first

KWL Steps Continued…• Teacher and students record these in the K column of

their charts • Ask students what they want to learn about the topic • The teacher and students record these questions to

the W column of their charts • Students read the text in small learning groups • Students record what they have learned in the L

column of their charts either during or after reading • Teacher elicits students' responses on what they

have learned by encouraging a discussion of what they have just read

FINAL CREDITSStrategy created by: D.M. OgleClass: ECI 416 Learning and Teaching in the Inclusive ClassroomProfessor: Jessica WeryPowerpoint created by: Christine Fischer, Susan Altvater, and Jenny Li