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KWL
Purpose:
KWL activates readers' prior knowledge before reading, engages their attention while reading and supports understanding after reading.
How:
- Before reading ask readers:
- what do they know about the topic
- what do they want to know about the topic
- After reading ask readers:
- what did they learn about the topic
Note: The KWL strategy can be used individually or as a group. Responses to the prompts can be captured in print or through conversation. Either way, it is important to understand what readers already know and what they want to know about a topic.
Watch:
Instructional Strategies video -- The KWL Strategy
Listen:
The Answers May Vary Resource Collection on the CALP Portal includes a short audio file dedicated to KWL from Chapter 2 of the AMV Guidebook ‘Strategies to Build Literacy and Essential Skills into Daily Life’.
Downloadable Template:
Download a KWL chart
https://calp.ca/_uploads/5dd2e45907322.pdf
Read More:
Practitioner’s Shortcut blog: K-W-L