Kwl_Reading_Strategy

Kwl Reading Strategy STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING COMPREHENSION OF FICTION/NONFICTION TEXT A. What is the strategy' Describe it. K-W-L (What I Know, What I Want to Know, and What I Learned) is a teaching strategy developed by Donna Ogle (1986) used to encourage reading by first activating students’ prior knowledge, then developing questions of interest to focus attention during reading, and finally reflecting on what was learned. B. Why use it' This method is used by educators to activate high order thinking skill which will help students construct meaning from what they read and help them monitor their progress toward their goals. C. How to teach it' The following procedure can be used to teach K-W-L to your students 1. Explain to students that when people read, they do not always understand what they have read. 2. Introduce K-W-L as a learning strategy as a way to help understanding. Here are the steps: a. List what you know about the topic b. List what you want to know about the topic c. Read the article or chapter d. List what you have learned. 3. Modeling a. Teacher list on the board what he/she knows about the text of chapter. b. Teacher lists in another column what he/she wants to find out about the text or chapter. c. Teacher reads outloud text, students, strategy, reading, k-w-l, read, questions, list, know, understanding, teacher, learned, column, check, after, about, teaching, inaccurate, help, he/she, chapter, way, topic, teach, prior, pages, learning, knowledge, interest, high, find, class, before, adaptations, using, useful