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VISUALIZATION &
SUMMARIZATION
Strategies to Improve Reading Comprehension
Jessica Kidd – 3rd grade Galax [email protected]
Susan Hoch – 3rd grade Galax Elementary [email protected]
WHY IS VISUALIZATION IMPORTANT?
Improves Comprehension
EnhancesEngagement
PromotesReflection
WHY IS SUMMARIZATION IMPORTANT?
Ultimate Goal: Comprehension of What is Read
Remember what they
read
Eliminate unnecessary information
Identify main idea
STORY IMPRESSIONS
YOUR TURN
Henry Shortbull Greedy Everything Sun’s warmth Gulp! Sun’s batteries die Froze I have nothing! Family Burp! More than enough!
Henry Shortbull Swallows the SunBy: Jill Kalz
DOODLE-A-STORY
OTHER TWISTS ON DOODLING
Doodle-A-Story
-Pictures are not shown during
reading
Television In My Mind
(Big TV)-Pictures are
shown throughout reading
-Used to discover the big picture-Represents a
summary
TV In My Mind
-Pictures can be shown to scaffold the
student
Direct Explanation Model Guided
PracticeApplication
TV IN MY MIND
TELEVISION IN MY MIND
POWER NOTES
YOUR POWER NOTESNewport Explores Virginia
P1 – The English in North America The English wanted to start a new colony in North America.
P2 – Early Expeditions P3 – Queen Elizabeth sent two groups to explore.
P1 – Founding Jamestown King James sent C. Newport to start a new colony.
P2 - First English Settlement P3 – Newport sailed with 100 men/3 ships and landed in what is now called
Virginia. P3 – He sailed up the James River. P3 – He claimed a site near the James River and called it Jamestown, which
became the first permanent English settlement.
P1 – Jamestown Settlement The Fall Line of the James River kept Newport from sailing farther west.
P2 – A Hard Life P3 – The settlers faced many hardships, such as learning to farm, fighting
disease, starvation and Indian attacks. P2 – A Successful Settlement
P3 – Newport made four more voyages and made Jamestown a successful settlement, bringing supplies, and more settlers.
P3 – He was the first European to reach the Fall Line of the James River.
BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END DOODLED
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Framed Sentence SummaryJohn Henry was born with a hammer in his hand.It was a stormy day when he was born.He was an easy baby to take care of.As a baby he could hammer rocks.John Henry picked cotton.He could hear the train whistle blow.Little Bill stopped by to say he was going to work for the railroad.John Henry almost dropped his hammer.Little Bill and John Henry left for WV.They were hired as steel driving men.John Henry married Polly Ann.Polly Ann had coal black eyes.John Henry and the machine had a race.All day long they raced each other.Sparks flew off of the hammer.John Henry won the race.He died with a hammer in his hand.
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