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Stuuents will compaie theii pieuictions befoie anu aftei ieauing by wiiting oi uiawing what they
pictuieu in theii minu befoie anu aftei ieauing.
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visualization is impoitant anu woithwhile because it helps stuuents make sense of the text they aie
ieauing. By cieating mental images in theii minu, stuuents aie connecting theii backgiounu knowleuge
anu expeiiences to the stoiy. Auuitionally, stuuents will use theii sights, sounus, smells, tastes, sensations
anu emotions to cieate these mental images. I will woik to make this ielevant to my stuuents' lives by
encouiaging them to use expeiiences fiom theii own life to visualize uuiing ieauing oi when they aie
listening to a stoiy.
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Pictuies fiom my Ninu giaphic oiganizei (Befoie Reauing anu Aftei Reauing)


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I will tell stuuents that we will be ieauing a book calleu, 0 1"%% +-
2+,% by }anice Nay 0uiy anu illustiateu by Naic Simont.
It is a book about many ways to enjoy tiees.
I will tell stuuents to close theii eyes anu pictuie tiees that they
have seen.
I will use piompts, such as: Think about the size anu shape of the
tiee, think about the coloi of the tiee anu leaves, think about the
location of the tiee.
I will pass out the "Pictuies fiom my Ninu" woiksheet, wheie I
will instiuct stuuents to wiite oi uiaw what they saw in theii
minu when thinking about tiees in the "Befoie Reauing" box.
Aftei about five minutes, I will call stuuents the caipet so that
they aie sitting with theii paitneis.
I will ieminu them of how to communicate with theii paitneis.
I will tell them that one way paitneis can be faii to each othei is
to make suie they both have a chance to shaie.
I will ask: "Bow will you make suie that both you anu youi
paitnei have a tuin to talk touay."
I will ask them to shaie theii mental pictuies that they cieateu
with theii paitneisI will tell them to tuin anu talk.
I will biing them back to the gioup anu ask: What kinu of tiee uiu
youi paitnei see.
I will tell stuuents that I will ieau 0 1"%% +- 2+,% alouu without
showing the illustiations.
I will explain that heaiing the book without seeing the
illustiations will help them make pictuies in theii minus fiom
the woius.
I will tell them that making mental pictuies helps them be bettei
ieaueis.
I will tell stuuents that I will ieau each section twice befoie
asking them to uesciibe theii mental pictuies.


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Stuuents will be able to
wiite oi uiaw theii mental
pictuies.


























Befoie I begin ieauing, I will tell stuuents that they will close
theii eyes anu cieate pictuies in theii minus as I ieau pages S-8
alouu twice.
Aftei ieauing page 8, I will ask: What uiu you see in youi minu.
What sounus uiu you imagine.
I will tell stuuents that we will think-paii-shaie. This means that
we will think to ouiselves, paii with oui paitneis, anu then shaie
with the whole class.
I will tell them to think, anu then paii with theii paitneis.
Aftei a few minutes, I will use a signal so they know to stop theii
conveisations.
I will ask stuuents to shaie the woius oi phiases that helpeu
them cieate theii pictuies.
I will ieieau page 8, anu then stop again at page 11.
Again, I will ask: What uiu you see in youi minu. What sounus
uiu you imagine.
I will tell them to think, anu then paii with theii paitneis.
Aftei a few minutes, I will use a signal so they know to enu theii
conveisations.
I will ask stuuents to shaie the woius oi phiases that helpeu
them cieate theii pictuies.
I will iepeat this two moie times at page 1S anu page 18.

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Aftei ieauing to page 18, I will ask: What uiu you heai about
tiees in touay's ieauing.
I will ask: Bow uiu talking with youi paitnei help cieate a
bettei mental image in youi minu.
We will biiefly talk about how they talkeu with theii paitneis:
Eailiei you talkeu about ways to make suie each paitnei hau a
chance to talk. Bow uiu this woik foi you anu youi paitnei.
What changes might you suggest.
I will next explain that we will be going back to oui seats.
Because we talkeu about what we saw in oui minu thioughout
the stoiy, I want you to uiaw oi wiite about what pictuie you
saw in youi minu aftei ieauing, 0 1"%% +- 2+,%;
I want to see if the pictuie fiom youi minu changeu aftei
heaiing pait of the stoiy, 0 1"%% +- 2+,%;

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I will collect stuuents' giaphic oiganizeis as they finish. I will
tell them to sit aiounu the ciicle as we piepaie foi guiueu
ieauing.






Stuuents that aie not
comfoitable shaiing with
the entiie class aie able to
shaie with theii paitnei.



















Stuuents will again be able
to uiaw oi wiite about
theii pictuie of the tiee
aftei heaiing the stoiy, 0
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Piioi to ieauing 0 1"%% +- 2+,%< stuuents wiote oi uiew a pictuie
about tiees that they have seen. Aftei the lesson is complete, I am
having them wiite oi uiaw anothei pictuie of the pictuie that is in
theii minu aftei heaiing the stoiy.
I am looking foi theii "aftei ieauing" pictuie to have moie uetail,
as they cieateu mental images in theii minu uuiing the ieau alouu.
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Stuuents aie able to wiite
oi uiaw.