I will sometimes do a quick run through the structure word cards when reading about something that can be pictured in history or science. Even better, it works in all subjects and can be used in content areas. You can use this as a strategy to teach reading comprehension from kindergarten all the way through high school and even to adults. It’s also a great strategy to implement at a young age. Like I said before, it’s a great easy reading comprehension strategy to implement and you can sneak it in as a warm-up, transition activity, or even during a content area lesson. This is a strategy that requires lots of practice so it’s best to make it into a daily reading comprehension activity. Tips for teaching visualization techniques for comprehension Read a paragraph out loud and follow the same steps as above.įrom here you can go on to visualize bigger chunks of text. Using the structure word cards is really helpful for visualizing sentences and paragraphs. It might help to have them draw what they see, and then they can verbalize what they drew. The goal is for them to have a scene in their mind just as if it was a movie.
#Visualize activities full#
Read a sentence out loud and have students visualize as much as they can.Īsk probing questions to form a full picture. It’s a very eye-opening activity even for us teachers. You will quickly notice how many kids will point out a small detail as the main thing that stood out to them. This is really helpful for summarizing, as it helps them focus on the main idea instead of the details. It also helps to ask what the main thing is in the image, or what the image is about. Be sure to probe for details like colors, size, mood, and background.
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You can show a picture for a few seconds and take it away then ask students to recall what they saw. I do want to stress that if you’re a parent or teacher of young children, using this strategy early on can prevent lots of reading comprehension difficulties. This will work for young children even before they begin reading as well as older students. I will provide some ideas for you to implement this strategy below the video. Watch the video below to see how you can help your student or child. It’s an easy reading comprehension activity that most students will enjoy too. Visualizing makes a great daily reading comprehension activity that can be done in 15 minutes or less and at any level. If you’re a teacher or a parent you can help your student or child visualize by explicitly showing them, continuously modeling, and having them practice with you until they are able to visualize on their own. It’s unfortunate that such successful methods of teaching are not being widely used.
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I had a degree in special education and had worked in special education for many years. I remember feeling so upset that I had not learned about this before in any of my teacher education programs or from colleagues. I attended a Lindamood-Bell training for their Visualizing and Verbalizing comprehension program.
#Visualize activities how to#
Teachers have long been telling students to visualize but they don’t teach them HOW to visualize. Visualizing as a reading intervention for struggling readers