Math Strategies (KWL and Data Charts)

Math Strategies 

5. KWL and Data Charts
Kwl and Data Charts are three section charts that students use to explore what they know, what they want to know, and what they learn, about a topic. 

• The teacher will begin by choosing a topic.
• Then the teacher will create a chart or have the students create one.
• Then the teacher will provide the students with books or packets that are filled with research, for the students to read.
• The teacher will demonstrate how the students should take notes on the charts.
• The teachers should be introducing the data chart as a way to organize the information they are gathering.
• The teacher will demonstrate how to use the data chart and how to complete it.
• Then the teacher will use assessment to test the students knowledge.

Worksheets for Students to use: