The KWL model is a strategy used to improve reading comprehension. It involves having students identify what they Know, Want to know, and have Learned about a topic. The K column is where students record their prior knowledge. In the W column, they write questions they have about the topic. After reading, students record what they've learned in the L column. Using this before-during-after approach helps students monitor their understanding and identify gaps in their knowledge.

1. KWL Model

2. Definition of KWL Model
 created to enhance reading comprehension
in content areas.
 All three parts of the model focus on a
different aspect of student’s individual
learning style.
 KWL model is also used as an organizational
tool because it allows student to identify
known information about a given subject.

3. Purpose of the KWL
KWL chart presents a before-during-after strategy for
students in helping with comprehension strategies:
 Students can get started by brainstorming any prior knowledge
they may have on the topic which then helps them develop a
curiosity on the subject and gets them interested in learning
more about it.
 This chart also helps them decide what they would like to learn
about the subject which gives them the self motivation to read
and make up their own questions.
 It helps with self-monitoring of comprehension because it
allows them to identify what they understood.
 This chart also gives an opportunity for students to expand on
their ideas and formulate new ones.

4. Breaking the Model Down…
First Column of KWL Model= K
●What the students already know about the topic
-Example: Topic=Transportation
K Column: The student said that they know
transportation gets you from place to place.
They also know that there are many different
types of transportation.

5. Breaking the Model Down…
Second Column of KWL Model= W
●What the students want to know
-Example: The students want to know
how many different types of
transportation there are. They also want
to know when the first type of
transportation was discovered.

6. Breaking the Model Down…
Third Column of KWL Model= L
●What the student has learned
●The students will be given time to
research about their topic and questions
they had pertaining to the topic. They will
then write what they have learned in this
column.

7. Topic: Gravity
Topic: GRAVITY
K W L
It keeps us from floating What is gravity? Gravity is the force that
around. pulls objects towards
Why is there less gravity Earth.
It’s makes things fall. on the moon?
The amount of gravity
There is less gravity on How did Newton there is depends on the
the moon. discover gravity? masses of the objects
involved. The moon is a
Isaac Newton discovered What determines how lot less massive than the
gravity. fast something will fall to earth, so there is less
the ground? (teacher gravity on the moon than
question) there is on earth.
Air resistance determines
how fast something will
fall to the ground.