I’m working on comprehension! My strategy is Make a Picture
Secret to Success
Making a picture or mental image helps children better understand what they read by creating images in their minds.
Readers put themselves in the story or text by making a mind movie. They also use what they already know and details from the story to help them make pictures in their minds.
What you can say or model
Model how pictures help readers remember what they are reading:
Model how to make pictures in our mind before, during, and after reading and ask your child to do the same.
Some language to use:
Adapted from The Café Book by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (2009)
Secret to Success
Making a picture or mental image helps children better understand what they read by creating images in their minds.
Readers put themselves in the story or text by making a mind movie. They also use what they already know and details from the story to help them make pictures in their minds.
What you can say or model
Model how pictures help readers remember what they are reading:
- by thinking about what they know about the text before they read;
- by using sensory details to create mental pictures;
- by looking back at the pictures in their brains after the story to remember what has happened.
Model how to make pictures in our mind before, during, and after reading and ask your child to do the same.
Some language to use:
- "What do you see in your mind as I read this selection?”
- "Take the information I am reading and make it into a movie. Pretend you are at the theater and watching the story.”
- “Can you see yourself in this selection?”
Adapted from The Café Book by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (2009)