What Students Will Learn: 
•	Students will use a K-W-H-L chart to record what they know, need to know, how they will learn, and what they learn from a reading assignment. 
•	Students will use their K-W-H-L charts to complete reading comprehension questions with 80% accuracy. 
•	Students will use their K-W-H-L charts to write a summary of the assigned reading material.
•	Students will give a verbal explanation of how the K-W-H-L chart will help maximize their future learning and help them to feel more prepared and confident in all new learning situations.

Background knowledge needed:
•	How to read at a 6th-grade reading level or higher. 
•	How to write notes on a chart, reflect on new learning, and participate in group discussions. 
•	How to follow directions for using notes to write a summary of reading materials.

Materials needed for students:
•	One copy of a K-W-H-L chart.
•	One copy of the article: Does the early bird always catch the worm? Seattle high schools say no.
•	Pencils and highlighters.

NO homework for this course. 

How They Will Learn the Objectives - Learning Activities:
1)	Students will be introduced to the K-W-H-L chart. The K column on the chart will be where students write what they know about the subject of the article provided for the lesson. The W column on the chart will be where students write the objectives of the article. The H column on the chart will be where students write how they will learn the objectives of the article. The L column on the chart will be where students write what they learned from the article.
2)	The students will complete the K column on the K-W-H-L chart and share their knowledge with the class. 
3)	The teacher will guide students in taking the comprehension questions from the end-of-the article to create reading objectives to be recorded in the W column of the K-W-H-L chart. 
4)	Next, the students brainstorm all of the ways they will learn the objectives for the reading assignment and record their learning activities in the H column of the K-W-H-L chart. (Examples of learning activities include: independent reading, group reading and discussion, highlight text that needs to be clarified, asking questions, and taking side-notes on the article).
5)	After the H column is completed, the students participate in a guided reading activity for the article. The guided reading activity includes highlighting sub-topics, interesting vocabulary, and other concepts that may need to be clarified. After reading each sub-topic area, students will go to their K-W-H-L chart to record what was learned from that section. 
6)	When the guided reading of the article is complete, the students will use their new learning from the L column of the K-W-H-L chart to write a summary of the article. The summaries will be shared with the class. 
7)	After sharing their summaries, the students will complete the reading comprehension questions then check and discuss their responses.

Learner Evaluation: Each student will give a verbal explanation of how the K-W-H-L chart will help maximize their future learning and help them to feel more prepared and confident in all new learning situations.