Visualizations

Today we continued to talk about visualizations.  I wanted the students to understand that when a reader visualizes they not only picture what they are reading but they also try to visualize using their other senses.  They can smell, taste, feel, and hear certain parts of the book.

We read a book called In November by Cynthia Rylant and talked about all of the different things that we could hear or smell or taste.  Then when we read Charlotte's Web we looked for places where we could visualize using our five senses.

I also had the class practice writing using their five senses.  Today we wrote about a fair.  I found a picture of a fair and the class used the picture to help them write.  I was so impressed with the descriptions the students were able to create about the fair.  You can find these descriptions in their writer's notebook.

Speaking of visualizations I am going to keep it short tonight because this is what I am visualizing:

Go Reds!!