We spent much of this week learning how readers use "visualizations" to help them better understand what they read. We talked about how visualizing means making a movie, or a series of pictures, inside your head.
During writing workshop, the kids will begin writing poetry next week. To get their brains working like poets, we did a couple activities each day to re-awaken their creativity and get their poetic juices flowing! The following activity is a great example of this.
I read the poem "I Drew a Yellow Unicorn" by Jack Prelutsky. After listening carefully and with their eyes closed, I encouraged the kids to draw whatever they saw in their minds. Their visualizations are shown in the pictures below.
What creative, artistic, and imaginative children you have! I am SO proud of each of them!
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