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Subjects

• Language Arts
  

Grade

• 3-5

Brief Description

Students use their visualization abilities to construct meaning in a fun and creative way..

Objectives

• make use of a newly taught reading strategy: visualization.
• use visualization to construct meaning from a piece of literature.

Keywords

visualization, reading, strategy, literature

Materials Needed

• a chapter book (lesson includes some suggestions)
• paper
• crayons or colored pencils

The Lesson

Discuss with students the importance of visualizing when reading or listening to a story that doesn't include pictures. Visualizing can help increase understanding of the material read. Explain to students that all readers, especially good readers, naturally create mental images when interacting with printed text.

Read aloud to students from a chapter book. The following award-winning books are excellent choices; they are written in a way that encourages students to conjure up captivating images.

• Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate Dicamillo
• The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Superfudge by Judy Blume

After reading a few pages of the book you've selected, encourage students to discuss their favorite parts or the most important parts. Then ask them to draw a picture of one of the mental images they constructed during the reading.

Assessment

Submitted By

Stiles X. Simmons, Mann Elementary School in Detroit, Michigan