Reader's Workshop: Strategy 3 Visualizing

Character:
Vivi the Visualizer

Props:
French beret, scarf, paint brush

Accent: Speaks with a French accent.

Song: Visualizing

Phrase: "I don’t use my eyes when I visualize. I use my brain."

Teaching Points and Mentor Texts
Visualize the action	Waiting By the Window(poem) - A. Milne
Visualizing is different for each person	Rondo In C - P. Fleischman
Visualize the setting	In a Small, Small Pond - Fleming In the Tall, Tall Grass - Fleming Up North at the Cabin - Chall
Visualize the characters	The Twits - R. Dahl BFG - R. Dahl
Visualize using all your senses	The Seashore Book - C. Zolotow Hello Ocean - P. Ryan Caps, Hats, Socks, Mittens

Visualizing Song by Holly Coates
Adapted from Reading Power by Adrienne Gear
Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

When my teacher reads a book
Then my brain begins to look
At people, places, and events
Pictures that my mind invents
Use your senses to create
A mind movie that is great

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SUMMARY
Many struggling readers do not notice the key details that can help them imagine what is happening in a text. By teaching the process of visualization, students will learn how to create mind movies to better understand the characters and events in a story.