1. What is it?

2.  Create mental images while they read.  Use all five senses to help them create pictures in their mind  Think about what the character ▪ Smells ▪ Hears ▪ Tastes ▪ Feels ▪ Thinks

3.  Creating a movie in your mind.  Pretend you are making a movie – What would you see from behind the camera?

4.  Close your eyes and listen as I read a short passage from a popular picture book.  Try to imagine the scene the words describe.

5.  Will everyone’s visualizations be the same?  Is it okay if what you pictured is different than what your friend pictured?

9.  Close your eyes and try to picture in your mind what is happening in the text.  Try to think about what the characters look like, what they are doing, and what their surroundings are like.

10.  You will each get a piece of paper.  After I share part of another story, you will quickly draw the pictures you were able to see in your mind.

11.  How is using “visualization” the same as or different than watching TV?  How would you respond if someone told you visualizing a story in your head is NOT important?  How could drawing a sketch help you respond to a story?  Why are everyone’s pictures a little different?  Why is visualizing what you are reading important?

12.  Guided Reading Group  Ramona Quimby, Age 8  Read to Self  Read to Someone  Word Work

13.  Thoughtful Entry  Title of book – Underlined and today’s date  Use the visualization strategy to sketch in your journal the picture from your mind.  (Write) This part of my story, and my visualization makes me think about…  Be ready to meet at the gathering place to share your journal entry.