Reading

Please meet Pierce, a third grader. He shares his knowledge about visualization and his excitement of how visualization works for him as a reader.

Raising Awareness-WORDS Generate Imagery

Hemingway wrote a short, short story, generating imagery that stimulates a range of emotions.

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1. Consider the imagery these six words evoked in you.
2. You were thinking at a deep level connecting multiple possibilities and emotions.
3. Share these words with a friend. Compare and contrast your imagery to expand your thinking.
4. Your students deserve this same experience, to become aware of and feel their own imagery!

Drawing to Understand

Drawing has been proven to be a powerful learning and memory tool. It is a way for students to record their personal imagery so we can “get into students’ heads”. We can routinely use this type of active representation to gain information about each student’s understanding and provide personal cognitive feedback.