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KWL Comprehension Strategy: Maus I and II
How much does your class know about World War II? Before reading Art Spiegelman's Maus I, lead your class in creating a KWL chart. Knowing the background and setting of the novel are extremely important in understanding this survivor's...
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Disney's Pocahontas: Fact or Fiction?
Did you know that Pocahontas was 12 when Jamestown was established? Did you know that she later married John Rolfe? Did you know that she lived in London for two years? Did you know that she died of small pox? Class members study the...
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NonFiction Reading
Students explore reading nonfiction. In this nonfiction instructional activity, students practice using KWL charts to organize nonfiction information gained from reading. Students explore unfamiliar words from reading and recognize...
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Inuit and Arctic Animals
Students will explore the animals and people living in the Arctic. In this science lesson, students locate Alaska on a globe, discuss its climate and geographical features, and identify common arctic animals. Students complete the first...
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KWL Chart
Students use a KWL Chart. In this lesson, students will have a blank KWL, or what do I know, what do I want to learn, and what did I learn chart. Students get to there the other students in their class by filling it out the KWL chart and...
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KWL Chart
For this graphic organizer, students organize information into three columns. The columns include information about what they know, what they want to learn, and what they learned.
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Earth: Mini Book/KWL graphic organizer
In this Earth mini book worksheet, 1st graders will fold their paper to make a KWL mini book. Students will then write a sentence or two about what they know, want to know and learned about Earth.
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The Giving Tree
Fourth graders participate in a shared reading of The Giving Tree. They discuss the relationship between trees and people in the story. Students contribute to a class KWL chart. They create their own KWL chart with at least four things...
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KWL Chart
Use this KWL chart with any subject or material that you see fit. The chart contains three columns, but the first is not what you generally see with a KWL chart. Typically the K represents what the learner already knows about the subject...
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Seasons
First graders create a KWL chart about the four seasons. For this four seasons lesson plan, 1st graders continue the chart by watching videos and drawings.
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Understanding Volcanoes
In this understanding volcanoes activity, 4th graders use the KWL chart to write what they know, what they want to know and what they have learned about volcanoes.
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KWL Chart
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students complete a KWL chart with information about what they know, what they want to know, and what they have learned about an assigned topic.
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Plant and Animal Cells KWL Graphic Organizer
In this science graphic organizer worksheet, students complete a KWL chart for a study of plant and animal cells. They record what they know, what they want to know, and what they learned.
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Environment KWL Worksheet
In this environment KWL worksheet, students fill in the graphic organizer with details they already know, want to know, and have learned regarding the environment.
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KWL Chart
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students organize information by completing a chart. Students write what they know, what they want to learn, and what they learned.
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Holocaust Education in the K-4 Classroom
Pupils discuss Holocaust and complete KWL chart.