Subica Hussain
Master of Arts in Teaching
Active Readers Visualize
I could...
hear, see, smell, feel, or taste
Visualizing is a comprehension strategy that requires the reader to imagine the text they are reading. The active readers imagine the text using their experiences as the events take place. The readers integrate their background experience and knowledge to the text they are reading and illustrate an image in their mind. While reading, the good readers use five senses to imagine and illustrate images in their minds. To support the students visualize the text, the teacher explicitly explains that we all use the visualizing strategy without realizing that we are making images in our heads. This will help the students understand how they can use the visualization strategy by giving life to words. Giving more meaning to words through senses, good readers better comprehend and understand the text.
Work Cited:
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Common Core Reading Standard involving the application of comprehension strategy "Visualizing."
RL.5.3: Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
RL.5.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently