K-W-L Chart－Cindy魔法ABC教室

Thematic unit 'The Chicken Smells Good'
Teachers use K-W-L charts during across-the-curriculum thematic units to activate students’ background knowledge about a topic and to assist students in generating questions and organizing information they are learning (Ogle 1986, 1989).
This instruction procedure helps students combine new information with prior knowledge and to develop their vocabulary.

The steps in using a K-W-L chart are:
1. Create a large chart as shown in the photo, dividing the chart into three columns and labeling them K (What I Know), W (What I Want to Learn), and L (What I Learned).

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2. At the beginning of the thematic unit, ask students to brainstorm what they know about the topic and write this information in the K column. (Sometimes students suggest information that is not correct, and these statements should be turned into questions and added to the W column. )

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3. Write the questions that students suggest in the W column.

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4. At the end of the unit, complete the L column of the chart and have students reflect on what they have learned during the unit.

References
Ogle, D. M. (1986). K-W-L: A teaching model that develops active reading of expository test. The Reading Teacher, 39, 564-570.

Ogle, D. M. (1989). The know, want to know, learn strategy. In K. D. Muth (Ed.), Children’s comprehension of text: Research into practice (pp. 205-223). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.