Visualizing and Verbalizing Questioning

"What do those words make you picture?" Should _______ be asked after reading a part of a passage.

• always

• never

• sometimes

The Following Steps Use Felts

• Sentence x Sentence

• Multiple sentences x Multiple sentences

• Whole Paragraph

• Paragraph x Paragraph

You should ask the student to go through ALL structure cards for EVERY part of their picture.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Can you ask a student a choice/contrast question when they are struggling to verbalize? (Is the frog in your picture big or small?)

• YES

• NO

• YES, if you follow it up with asking for imagery

• NO, we never ask the students any questions

In Sentence x Sentence, after reading a sentence you should ask you student...

• What did I just read?

• What do those words make you picture?

• What was that about?

• Can you tell me about the sentence?

Good VV questioning includes

• using sensory language

• questioning towards the gestalt or relevant details

• questioning to the student's response

• directly using imagery for higher order thinking

• questioning for yes/no responses

What should you ask if a student tells you "there is a dog with food," when asked to describe this picture in Picture x Picture?

What is the best first question to ask when getting a student to verbalize their pictures?

• Who is this about?

• What did you picture for (specific thing)?

• What did those words make you picture?

When doing a Picture Summary

• Lead your student with a sentence starter: "The airplane was racing through the..."

• Lead your student with a question about imagery if they struggle: "Where did you see the airplane?"

• Take away the felts.

• Have the student say, "Here I saw..." and point to the relevant felt.

• Have the student retell the story in their own words.

"There is a volcano that erupts and causes a cloud in the sky."

This student response is an example of the student giving ________.

• Words

• Pictures