Visualization
Visualization is seeing images in your mind as you read. It involves all of your senses. It is like seeing a movie in your mind. Visualization will enhance students reading comprehension. To teach visualization, read a book and stop periodically and describe to students what you see. Next, read a book and have the students describe what they see. This is a great site with videos to enhance your lesson. http://reading.ecb.org/teacher/visualizing/index.html
A visualization activity to do after reading a book is called split image. Have students draw an image from the book with oil pastels. The students then take a Kleenex or Qtip and smear the colors around. This is a link to a video that teaches how to use oil pastels. http://www.ehow.com/video_2381514_blend-oil-pastels.html When they are done, they cut the picture into thirds, making straight cuts down. Next, they paste it onto colored paper leaving a space between. These pictures can then be used as a class bulletin board with visualization as the heading.
A visualization activity to do after reading a book is called split image. Have students draw an image from the book with oil pastels. The students then take a Kleenex or Qtip and smear the colors around. This is a link to a video that teaches how to use oil pastels. http://www.ehow.com/video_2381514_blend-oil-pastels.html When they are done, they cut the picture into thirds, making straight cuts down. Next, they paste it onto colored paper leaving a space between. These pictures can then be used as a class bulletin board with visualization as the heading.
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| Split image art activity Another art activity that corresponds to visualization involves character puppets and paper bag setting. Students draw the setting onto paper bags. Then they draw the characters on paper and glue them onto a popsicle stick. Next, the students retell part of the story with the puppets and setting. These pictures can also be used as a bulletin board.  |
