Exploring Visualization Techniques in Reading

Miss Wake introduces a new reading strategy focused on making visualizations, or creating mental images while reading. The lesson reviews previous strategies like reading and thinking voices, summarizing, and asking questions. Students practice visualization through a song and an interactive activity, followed by a drawing exercise based on a passage from Charlotte's Web.

What is the main idea behind making visualizations while reading?

• To ask questions about the text.

• To read the text out loud.

• To write a summary of the text.

• To create a mental image or movie of the story.

Which voice reads the words in a text?

• Reading voice

• Summarizing voice

• Thinking voice

• Questioning voice

What should you do when you come across something you don't know while reading?

• Connect it to your background knowledge.

• Ignore it.

• Guess the meaning.

• Skip it and move on.

What is the purpose of the cloud above your head in the visualization activity?

• To display a summary.

• To indicate a question.

• To show confusion.

• To represent a thought bubble.

What is the first step in the visualization song?

• See the details in the text.

• Ask a question.

• Write down the main idea.

• Clap your hands.

What should you do if the words make sense while visualizing?

• Skip the text.

• Ask a question.

• Re-read the text.

• Your mind will show it.

What is the main activity in the drawing visualization exercise?

• Writing a summary.

• Drawing what you visualize from the text.

• Asking questions about the text.

• Reading the text out loud.

What book is the passage for the drawing activity taken from?

• The Great Gatsby

• The Hobbit

• Charlotte's Web

• Harry Potter

What happens to the sheep in the passage from 'Charlotte's Web'?

• They stay inside the barn.

• They run away.

• They graze in the meadow and then walk up the lane.

• They get lost.

What should students do after hearing the passage from 'Charlotte's Web'?

• Write a summary.

• Ask questions.

• Draw what they visualize.

• Read the passage out loud.