I've been thinking about my topic and trying to formulate my questions. As I was doing my reading about graphic organizers, I was trying to do one in my head and it just wasn't coming together. The things I was thinking about didn't seem to fit in a graphic organizer. Then I read about doing a KWL chart. I've know about those and done those with students, but hadn't thought about it for this project. A KWL chart made sense for this project at this point in time!
What I Know
Cotton grows in warm climates.
Cotton is picked and used to make many things.
Cotton grows in the southern United States.
The cotton plant produces cotton bolls.
What I Want to Know
What are the exact (how warm or cool?) growing conditions for cotton?
What are the “many things” cotton is used for?
Which are the cotton producing states?
What are the steps in harvesting cotton?
Are there different kinds of cotton plants?
(I couldn't get the KWL chart I created in Word to transfer! so I improvised. The "What I Learned" part is not listed, because I'm not at that point yet!)
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