"Picture This"
Reading to Learn
Rationale: In order to read to
learn, children have to be able to comprehend what they are reading.
One strategy that helps students comprehend what they are reading is to
visualize the stories that they are reading.
This lesson will teach children how to visual what they are
reading in order to better comprehend.
Materials:
Poem-
I Grew a Foot This Summer by Ken Nesbitt
(http://www.poetry4kids.com/poem-531.html)
Copy
of poem for each student: Gordon's Garden by Ken
Nesbitt (http://www.poetry4kids.com/poem-529.html)
Copy
Paper
Crayons
Pencils
Copy
of
Mummies in the Morning by Mary Pope Osborne for each student
(Random House Publishing 1993)
Assessment Chart:
Did the student pay attention to detail? Yes No
Does the drawing accurately
describe Ch. 1? Yes No
Does the student comprehend the
text?
Yes No
Procedure:
1.
Good Morning boys and girls!
Today's lesson is going to be about visualizing. Does anyone know what
visualize means? That is right!
Visualizing is when you think of a picture with you head. I know I
visualize a lot of times during the day. Can you tell me some of the
ways you visualize? Those are great ways!
I am going to show you how to visualize.
Write the poem I Grew a Foot This Summer on the
board. Read it aloud and then say to the children:
When I read this poem I pictured a boy who was really short
and had three feet. While you tell them what you visualized, also
draw it on the board so they can see the process.
2.
I will review silent
reading next. This will help the students
recognize that they can use visualization when they read silently to
themselves.
Can anyone tell me what silent reading is? That's right. We
use silent reading when we do not want to bother our friends who are
also reading. We can use visualization when we read silently to
ourselves.
3.
Put the poem up on a smart
board, or projector for the students to read.
I want you to read this poem silently. When you are done
reading I want you to draw a picture using your paper, pencils, and
crayons. You can even add some sentences to help explain your picture
if you would like. When they are done drawing allow them to share
their drawings and sentences with the class.
4.
Great Job visualizing boys
and girls! Now that you have mastered visualization of this poem we are
going to practice some more by reading the book
The Magic Tree House:
Mummies in the Morning
by Mary Pope Osborne.
In this book Jack and Annie go to Ancient Egypt to help Queen Hutepi
find a book she has misplaced .It tells a lot about the different items
they find in Egypt. To find out more about their adventures I want you
read chapter one. It is also important to
tell the children to make sure they do not visualize at the same time
they are reading. Make sure they read a few paragraphs and then
visualize what they have read. You need to draw pictures
of your visualizations just like we did for Gordon's Garden.
Assessment: I will assess the
students on their drawings and sentences when they share with the
class, as well as the drawings they turn in after reading chapter one.
References:
Poems:
I Grew a Foot This Summer-
http://www.poetry4kids.com/poem-531.html
Gordon's Garden-
http://www.poetry4kids.com/poem-529.html
Osborne,
Mary Pope. Mummies in the Morning. Random House Publishing, 1993.
Toronto Canada
Ivey,
Danielle. Can you Picture It?
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/sightings/iveyrl.html