Newsela KWL Chart

March 11, 2024

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Help students connect what they know, wonder, and learn

Use this organizer to help students activate background knowledge, ask questions before reading, and reflect on what they learn after reading.

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Support inquiry before, during, and after reading

Use the chart to help students organize what they know, what they wonder, and what they learn from a text or topic.

Know

Start with what students know

Students record prior knowledge, observations, or ideas they already have about the topic.

Wonder

Turn curiosity into questions

Students write what they want to find out before or during reading.

Learned

Record new learning

Students add what they learn after reading and connect it back to their questions.

Discussion support

Use the chart to guide conversation

Students can share questions, compare new learning, and reflect on how their thinking changed.

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Newsela KWL Chart

Graphic organizer preview

Help students connect what they know, wonder, and learn

Use this organizer to help students activate background knowledge, ask questions before reading, and reflect on what they learn after reading.

Printable Classroom Uses

Support inquiry before, during, and after reading

Use the chart to help students organize what they know, what they wonder, and what they learn from a text or topic.

Know

Start with what students know

Students record prior knowledge, observations, or ideas they already have about the topic.

Wonder

Turn curiosity into questions

Students write what they want to find out before or during reading.

Learned

Record new learning

Students add what they learn after reading and connect it back to their questions.

Discussion support

Use the chart to guide conversation

Students can share questions, compare new learning, and reflect on how their thinking changed.

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Newsela KWL Chart

Help students connect what they know, wonder, and learn

Support inquiry before, during, and after reading

Start with what students know

Turn curiosity into questions

Record new learning

Use the chart to guide conversation

Newsela KWL Chart

Help students connect what they know, wonder, and learn

Support inquiry before, during, and after reading

Start with what students know

Turn curiosity into questions

Record new learning

Use the chart to guide conversation

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