Learn how to effectively use a KWL chart to gather knowledge, generate questions, and summarize what you know about trees. Discover the advantages of using this tool to enhance your understanding and appreciation of trees.
Inquiry is a huge focus in FDK and it aligns well with my view that we should learn the student's interests and differentiate instruction to engage the students using their interests. My teaching partner (ECE) is fantastic at picking up on these interests and she noticed that a lot of students were asking questions about a broken tree in our kindergarten pen. She also mentioned how some were inquiring about the leaves changing colour so we decided to tie that into our inquiry as well. First…
NEW PIN: A KWL chart is a good way to assess what your students have learned during a unit. They can be done in large groups or individually buy the students.
We have been learning all about trees this week! We started off by reading a book about oak trees. Then the lion cubs made a simple chart showing the life cycle of oak trees. We learned about the parts of a tree and I created a pictorial input chart while teaching the students. Then they drew and labeled the parts of a tree in their science journals. Next, we unscrambled a sentence about an acorn which included "little" which is one of the high frequency words that we learned this week. You…