W - What do I WANT to Know

Construction Process:  What I WANT to Know

- Students discuss and articulate their own questions about what they want to learn and what they want ot learn from the author
- Uses communication, organization, brainstorming, prediction skills

Lesson on Filling Out the W

Second, I want you to us to make a list of questions about Christopher Columbus and things that we want to learn about him.  These questions will help us focus when we read the selection on Christopher Columbus.  What do you want to learn about Christopher Columbus?

Possible Questions
Why did Columbus come to the Americas?
Who sent Columbus to the Americas?
How did he get to the Americas?
Why is there a holiday named after him?
 
 

K - What I 
know about
Christopher Columbus

* explorer
*set sail in 1492
*3 ships
*came from Spain
*in search of land
*holiday named after him
 
 
 
 
 

 

W- What I 
want to know
about 
Columbus

* Why did Columbus come to the Americas?
* Who sent Columbus to the Americas?
* How did he get here?
* Why is there a holiday named after him?
 
 

 


L- What I 
learned baout
Christopher 
Columbus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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