KWL+Charts

What is a KWL Chart?
 * It is a pre-assessment
 * It is a lesson guide
 * It is a post assessment
 * It is a student driven activity
 * It can be a group activity
 * It can be an individual activity
 * It stands for Know, Want to know, and Learned
 * 1) Know
 * 2) It stands for what the student(s) already know about the given to
 * 3) It allows students to list off as much information as they can about the topic
 * 4) This is the part of the chart that shows pre-assessment
 * 5) Want to know
 * 6) This is the part that drives the lesson
 * 7) This is where students show what they want to learn about the topic
 * 8) The teacher can guide learning ideas by saying anything like, "Do you know who/when/why/what/how this works? Do we want to find out? What specifically do we want to find out about this?"
 * 9) Learned
 * 10) This is where the students can list all the facts that they learned about the topic
 * 11) It can be listed in paragraph/sentence form or just a list of ideas


 * 1) This is the part of the chart that shows post assessment


 * This chart can be filled in with words, pictures, a combination of both or any other way that ideas can be displayed and interpreted by another person.
 * Students can use this chart to create a final project, such as an essay or drawing
 * This displays information in a chronological order, in relation to how and what the students learned
 * This chart can be altered to fit an age, topic, subject, cognitive level anything

An example KWL Chart: See Comprehension for more KWL resources