#1 How to Create a KWL Chart: Foundations of Reading Comprehension #messireadingchallenge

The video tutorial introduces KWL Charts, a tool for organizing information and enhancing reading comprehension. It explains the three components: Know, Wonder, and Learn, and demonstrates how to use them with examples from a book and a news article. The tutorial encourages active participation in reading by prompting students to think critically and ask questions before, during, and after reading.

What is the primary purpose of a KWL Chart?

• To write a book summary

• To relax while reading

• To organize information and enhance comprehension

• To memorize facts quickly

In the KWL Chart, what does the 'K' stand for?

• Know

• Kind

• Knowledge

• Keep

What question might you ask in the 'Wonder' section of a KWL Chart?

• What do I want to learn?

• What did I learn?

• What is the author's name?

• What do I already know?

Why was the duckling at the construction site in 'The Digger and the Duckling'?

• It was lost

• It was playing

• It was looking for its mother

• It was helping the trucks

What is a key question to consider about great white sharks in the 'Wonder' section?

• What do they eat?

• Are they endangered?

• How fast can they swim?

• Where do they live?