Visualizing
What is visualising?
When you create an image or movie in your mind about what you are reading.
What is summarizing?
When you tell important parts of the story in your own words
What does the B, M, and E stand for?
B - Beginning
M - Middle
E - End
What is the TABLE OF CONTENTS?
In the front of the book, informs the reader about the topics or chapters in a book.
What do bullets do in a book?
They create a list
During reading, you can create images by doing what?
connect to the story with your own life experiences.
thinking about what you could hear, feel, smell, or taste.
thinking about what the characters or the setting would look like.
During reading, what do you need to summarize?
This part is about what?
Here is what is happening
What do we mention in the beginning section of the retelling story map?
Who are the CHARACTERS?
What is the SETTING?
What do maps do?
They show the reader information by pointing out an object in a picture
What is a timeline?
They help the reader SEE events in chronological order.
After reading, you can create images by doing what?
recalling details
remembering the story after it was read
add images of new information
After reading, what do you need to summarize?
What was the most important idea in this text
What was the story about
What did the author want me to learn
What do we mention in the Middle section of the story map?
What is the PROBLEM?
What HAPPENS to the characters?
What do labels and diagrams do?
They give information by POINTING out an object in a picture
What is the GLOSSARY?
In the back of the book, tells us the definitions about a word in the book.
What are some sentence stems?
"I can imagine"
"I'm picturing"
"My mental image is of"
SUM It Up! Stands for what?
S - Shorter than the text
U - Using your own words
M - Main ideas only
What do we talk about in the End section of the story map?
How are the CHARACTERS DIFFERENT than they were in the beginning?
What was the SOLUTION?
What is the job of a caption?
They are used to explain a picture.
What do CHARTS, GRAPHS, and TABLES do?
they help the reader visualize and compare information
What do you do when you first pick out a book to read?
The FIVE FINGER RULE
True or False: Save the Children helps students who need a little extra help in Reading and Science
FALSE! Save the children helps students with READING and MATH
What is a SETTING?
When or where a story takes place
What is the INDEX?
In the back of the book, tells the page number of where a topic is in the book
What is the difference between a photo and an illustration? Why are they important?
An illustration is a drawing and a photo is a real thing.
They help the reader visualize parts of the story