Tara Anderson

Comprehension Strategy

I-Chart

Reading Comprehension Strategy: Inquiry Chart (I-Chart)

Purpose/Student Learning Goals: To promote student inquiry and get students engaged with
the material. Modifications support reading comprehension of students through organizational
strategy.
Materials Needed: I-Chart, pencil, and Comprehensive Health and Physical Education text
Grade Level: Most Grade Levels with adaptations
Instructional Time: 30-45 minutes
Texts: Can be used with any type of text, narrative, expository, video, audio, pictures; the texts
can be conflicting, complementary, or a single text broken into sections. Virtually any text can be
used to teach a Comprehensive Health and Physical Education topic/standard and the I-Chart is
a great strategy for students to organize information and understand text.
Overview:
The Inquiry Chart is a strategy in which students write down questions from the material they
have read. This strategy can be used for students to create their own questions they have about
the reading or to answer specific questions regarding the reading to promote comprehension.
Guidelines:
1. Once strategy is introduced to students, have students place in strategy binder or create
a strategy binder for class filled with I-Chart strategy templates.
2. Students fill out questions as they come up with while reading text. (Multiple sources or a
single article)
3. Teach students how to draw on own paper for personal notes any time once familiar with
template.
Inquiry-Chart (I- Chart) Template
Can print chart from readwritethink.org
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/printouts/Inquiry%20Chart.pdf
OR CREATE ONE OWN:
Topic:
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
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Comprehension Strategy

I-Chart

Modifications/Adaptations:
This strategy can be used to help students understand the rules of different
sports/activities. The sources would be the different sports or activities being studied (i.e.
basketball, baseball, volleyball, soccer) and the questions will be regarding rules or skills
utilized in each sport (dribbling (hands/feet), number or people, offense/defense) and the
object of each game. Students will read texts in the form of informational
books/articles/notes for each sport. After reading, students will fill out inquiry chart. This
same idea can be used when learning the different muscle groups, nutrition, stretches,
current news in sports or health education, etc.
Virtually any article for can be used to teach a Comprehensive Health and Physical
Education topic/standard and the I-Chart is a great strategy for students to organize
information and understand text.
Could also be adapted so that instead of using for multiple sources, one source could be
examined and sources would be replaced by dividing a single source into different
paragraphs, sections, or chapters. Questions could be interchangeable with important
details or ideas learned from the reading.
Differentiation:
ELL Students: Use a modified, grade-level appropriate text for the EL learner; visuals
may be used to represent ideas; students can orally relate the information if an emerging
writer. Chart will have captioned pictures to help students identify. For example, a visual
aid of a basketball will be with the source column for basketball.
Gifted and Talented Students: Choose a challenging text related to the topic; give
resources for additional research; challenge students to create more questions for inquiry
or come up with their own questions.
Physical, emotional, cognitive challenge: If applicable choose a buddy or partner to
complete reading and strategy with.
Sources:
http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/inquiry-charts-charts30762.html