Connect Literacy & Learning

 

Pre Reading Strategy
K W L

K-W-L (Ogle, 1986) is designed to engage students in becoming active learners as it motivates to purposefully seek information from their text and other sources.  It can be used as an effective pre-reading strategy because it activates students’ prior knowledge about the concept.

K-W-L involves four steps:
K  -- determine what the students KNOW about the subject (list on board)
W – determine WHAT the students need to learn about the subject (list on board)
H – HOW will the students locate that information (text, internet, etc.)
L – after locating the information, what has the student LEARNED

K	W	H	L