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Mrs. Atienza

Visualizing or Making Mental Movies while Reading

Grades: 2nd Grade, 4th Grade, 3rd Grade
Subjects: Reading, Home Learning, English Language Arts

Student Instructions

We are going to practice "seeing" mental pictures while reading together. It's called visualization! 1. 📚Choose a book to read. 2. 📖Start reading the book aloud. 3. 🗣After 2 to 3 pages, stop. Close your eyes and describe the pictures or movie you see in your mind. 4. 📖Continue reading the book, stopping at interesting parts and picturing what you've read. 5. add Tap the add button. 6. photo Take a photo of the page you visualized the best. 7. mic Tap the mic and describe what it was like to make a "mental movie" while reading. 8. check Tap the green check to save to your journal. 👨‍👧 Family Why: When readers make mental pictures of what is happening in a book, they are better able to understand and remember what they are reading about.

Teacher Notes (not visible to students)

Why When readers make mental pictures of what is happening in a book, they are better able to understand and remember what they are reading about. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.10 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.10 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.10 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.10 Books The Loud Book! (PK-K) Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (1-3) Come on Rain by Karen Hesse Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer Charlotte's Webb by E.B. White Abuela by Arthur Dorros Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

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