Visualizing

                Good readers have certain habits when they read.  Good readers make pictures in their minds as they read the words on the page.  The pictures they see help them connect to what is happening in the story.  Everyone's pictures are different, because we have different life experiences and background knowledge.  No matter what the picture is like, all visualizations help the reader relate and understand. 

Here are some examples of visualization activities
that we've been involved in during the first few months at school :