♪ ♪ HELLO, FRIENDS, AND WELCOME TO CLASSROOM CONNECTION.

I'’M MR. R., AND I AM SO GLAD YOU'’RE HERE WITH US.

THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE WHERE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS GET TO TALK ABOUT FUN SUBJECTS LIKE MATH AND READING.

AND WE ALSO GET TO LEARN ALL SORTS OF COOL STUFF ABOUT ARTS, SCIENCE, AND NATURE.

DO YOU LIKE NATURE?

I DO.

WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN TO GET TO, SO LET'’S JUMP RIGHT IN.

♪ ♪ HI, LEARNERS, MY NAME IS MR. CARRINGTON, AND I'’M SO GLAD YOU'’RE HERE, BECAUSE I'’M IN DESPERATE NEED OF A TEXT DETECTIVE.

ARE YOU UP FOR THE CHALLENGE?

AWESOME.

I HAVE MY DETECTIVE GEAR HERE.

LET'’S GET STARTED.

I'’VE BEEN READING THIS INTERESTING HISTORICAL FICTION TEXT TITLED "DEAR MR. ROSENWALD: THE SCHOOL THAT HOPE BUILT," WRITTEN BY CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD.

IT'’S A COLLECTION OF SHORT POEMS THAT COME TOGETHER TO TELL US A STORY.

THE TITLE OF EACH POEM IS AT THE TOP OF EACH PAGE.

AS I READ THROUGH THE FIRST FEW PAGES, I COULDN'’T HELP BUT NOTICE THE UNIQUE ILLUSTRATIONS.

THAT'’S WHEN MY BOSS CAME IN AND FLOPPED HIS FOLDER DOWN IN FRONT OF ME.

I TOOK A QUICK LOOK THROUGH THIS FOLDER AT THE DIFFERENT FILES AND CLUES.

HERE'’S WHAT I FOUND.

THE FIRST FILE HAD THE NAME OF THE CASE AND THIS EQUATION.

HELP ME OUT, TEXT DETECTIVES.

WHAT DOES "COMPREHENSION" MEAN?

THAT'’S RIGHT.

I REMEMBERED WHAT I HAD NOTICED EARLIER ABOUT THE UNIQUE ILLUSTRATIONS IN OUR STORY AND THOUGHT, "YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE."

WE ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE USE THE INFORMATION FROM THE WORDS PLUS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE GAINED FROM READING THE ILLUSTRATION.

THE SECOND FILE HAD A NOTE AND THE SPECIFIC TASK NEEDED TO CRACK THE CASE.

THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN.

LET'’S READ OVER THAT TOGETHER.

GIVE ME A THUMBS-UP WHEN YOU ARE READY TO START READING.

EXCELLENT.

I SEE A LOT OF THUMBS UP, SO LET'’S BEGIN READING SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

WOW!

THAT WAS A LOT.

SO, BASICALLY, WE MUST COMPLETE 3 TASKS.

DON'’T WORRY, I'’VE ALREADY DONE THIS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'’RE READY.

NOW, LET'’S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT OUR CLUES.

CLUE 1: THIS IS OUR ANCHOR CHART.

IT PROVIDES US WITH OUR EQUATION, WHICH REMINDS US THAT WE NEED INFORMATION FROM BOTH THE WORDS AND THE ILLUSTRATIONS TO GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXT.

IT ALSO PROVIDES US WITH A FEW DEFINITIONS WE MIGHT NEED TO REFERENCE, AND EMPHASIZES THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE WORDS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, SUCH AS THE CHARACTERS, SETTING, PLOT, AND/OR THE MOOD, TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE READING.

WHAT WORD DID YOU NOTICE WAS CIRCLED?

THAT'’S RIGHT.

"SETTING."

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS WORD HAS BEEN CIRCLED?

OH, YEAH, YOU'’RE RIGHT.

THAT'’S WHAT THE LIEUTENANT TOLD US WE WOULD BE FOCUSING ON TODAY.

GREAT MEMORY, TEXT DETECTIVES.

WHAT I FOUND SUPER HELPFUL WERE THE QUESTIONS LISTED AT THE BOTTOM.

THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE CAN ASK OURSELVES TODAY AS WE WORK TOWARDS SOLVING THIS CASE, BUT ALSO ANYTIME WE READ ANY STORY.

THE QUESTIONS WE WILL FOCUS ON TODAY ARE NUMBERS 1 AND 3, WHILE FOCUSING ON ONLY THE SETTING.

WE'’LL COME BACK TO THESE QUESTIONS IN A FEW MINUTES.

HERE IS CLUE 2: THE WORDS.

THESE ARE THE WORDS I WILL READ TO YOU AND THEN SHARE THE KEY DETAILS I PULLED FROM THE INFORMATION SHARED AS DIRECTED BY TASK 1.

THAT LEADS US TO CLUE 3: THIS IS THE ILLUSTRATION WE WILL BE READING TOGETHER.

AND, FINALLY, CLUE 4: OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.

THIS WILL HELP US KEEP TRACK OF WHAT WE'’RE NOTICING.

NOW, LET'’S LABEL THE 2 COLUMNS LIKE THIS.

WE WILL LABEL THE LEFT SIDE "WORDS" AND THE RIGHT SIDE "ILLUSTRATION."

LET'’S REVIEW MY NOTES FOR TASK 1.

THIS IS WHERE I ASK MYSELF QUESTION 1 FROM OUR ANCHOR CHART.

AS I READ THE WORDS, I IDENTIFY 2 KEY DETAILS THAT I FELT PROVIDED US INSIGHT AS TO WHERE AND WHEN THIS STORY TOOK PLACE.

REMEMBER, THERE MAY BE MORE, BUT FOR TODAY'’S PURPOSE, I'’LL ONLY CHOOSE 2.

THE FIRST KEY DETAIL WAS ACTUALLY THE TITLE OF THIS SHORT POEM.

JUST LIKE WITH ANY STORY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ALL THE WORDS THAT MAY APPEAR ON A PAGE, NOT JUST THE BODY OF THE TEXT.

I CHOSE IT BECAUSE IT IDENTIFIED WHERE AND WHEN THE STORY TOOK PLACE.

IT IS IN A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL IN 1921.

WOW, THAT'’S A LONG TIME AGO.

SHOULD I ADD THIS TO MY CASE NOTES, TEXT DETECTIVES?

GREAT.

YOU'’RE RIGHT.

IT TELLS US ABOUT THE SETTING.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WE DO AFTER WE IDENTIFY A KEY DETAIL FROM THE WORDS?

THAT'’S CORRECT.

WE THEN READ THE ILLUSTRATION TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS THAT WILL TELL US MORE ABOUT THE SETTING.

I'’LL MODEL DOING THIS ONE FOR YOU, BUT PAY CLOSE ATTENTION AND LISTEN TO MY THINKING, SO THAT YOU CAN DO THE NEXT ONE ON YOUR OWN.

SHOW ME YOUR LISTENING FACE.

WOW!

YOU SURE LOOK READY.

AS I READ THE ILLUSTRATION, I NOTICED THAT THIS WAS JUST A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL, JUST LIKE THE WORD STATED.

I TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE ILLUSTRATION AND NOTICED SOMETHING ELSE.

IF THIS WAS THE WHOLE SCHOOL, LIKE IT SAID IN THE WORDS, THEN NOT VERY MANY STUDENTS MUST HAVE ATTENDED SCHOOL BACK IN 1921.

THERE WERE ONLY 10 STUDENTS IN THAT TINY ROOM.

I HAVE IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL KEY DETAIL, SO I QUICKLY JOT IT DOWN IN MY CASE NOTES.

WHICH SIDE OF THE T-CHART WILL THIS INFORMATION NEED TO BE ADDED?

EXCELLENT.

TO THE RIGHT SIDE, UNDER THE HEADING "ILLUSTRATION."

NOW, IT'’S YOUR TURN.

WHAT WILL YOU DO FIRST?

YOU WERE DEFINITELY PAYING ATTENTION, BECAUSE YOU'’RE RIGHT, WE MUST LOOK AT OUR NEXT KEY DETAIL UNDER THE "WORDS" COLUMN IN OUR CASE NOTES.

READ ALONG WITH ME AS I READ IT OUT LOUD.

WHAT DO WE DO NEXT?

THAT'’S CORRECT.

WE READ THE ILLUSTRATION LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL KEY DETAILS THAT ADD TO WHAT WE ALREADY LEARNED FROM THE WORDS.

WHAT DO YOU NOTICE IN THE ILLUSTRATION THAT MAY PROVIDE ME WITH MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT THE NARRATOR MEANT WHEN SHE SAID, "MY SCHOOL IS NOT MUCH TO SPEAK OF"?

SO, WHAT ADDITIONAL KEY DETAILS WERE YOU ABLE TO IDENTIFY?

EXCELLENT.

I NOTICED A FEW OF THOSE, TOO.

I DON'’T SEE ANY DESKS, JUST BENCHES.

THE WALLS ARE BARE, AND THERE ARE NO BOOKS OR WRITING SUPPLIES, LIKE PAPER, PENCILS, AND MARKERS.

SO, I WILL JOT THAT DOWN IN OUR CASE NOTES.

THAT IS DEFINITELY A KEY DETAIL.

GREAT WORK, DETECTIVES.

WE JUST HAVE ONE MORE TASK TO COMPLETE.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT IS?

WOW!

WHAT A MEMORY YOU HAVE.

WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN HOW THE ILLUSTRATIONS CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT WAS CONVEYED BY THE WORDS BACK IN OUR FIRST TASK.

LET'’S THINK ABOUT ALL THE CLUES WE HAVE COLLECTED ABOUT THE SETTING.

SHOUT IT OUT TO ME.

OKAY, I'’LL WRITE THE SENTENCE DOWN, SO I CAN SHARE IT WITH THE LIEUTENANT LATER.

I KNOW THAT WHEN I SAW ONLY 10 STUDENTS SITTING IN A TINY ROOM, THAT ADDED TO MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE SETTING.

IT APPEARS THAT A LOT LESS STUDENTS ATTENDED THAT SCHOOL BACK IN 1921.

THAT WAS NOT INTENDED IN THE WORDS THAT I READ, SO I'’M GOING TO WRITE THAT DOWN.

THE ILLUSTRATION ADDED TO MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE SETTING, BECAUSE IT SHOWED THAT A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL WAS SO SMALL, IT ONLY HELD 10 STUDENTS.

NOW, IT'’S YOUR TURN.

THINK OF A SENTENCE THAT DESCRIBES HOW THE ILLUSTRATION ADDED TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SETTING.

SHOUT IT OUT TO ME.

GREAT WORK, TEXT DETECTIVES.

HERE'’S WHAT I WROTE.

GIVE ME A THUMBS UP IF THAT'’S WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF.

EXCELLENT WORK, DETECTIVES.

WE HAVE NOW CRACKED THE CASE OF THE MISSING INFORMATION.

HIGH-FIVE!

WHEW!

THAT SURE WAS A TOUGH CASE.

REMEMBER... FOR AN ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE, CHOOSE A STORY OF YOUR CHOICE AND FOLLOW THE SAME STEPS AS WE WALKED THROUGH TODAY.

ONLY CHOOSE A DIFFERENT FOCUS-- EITHER THE CHARACTERS, THE PLOT, OR THE MOOD.

BE SURE TO COME BACK AND JOIN ME NEXT TIME FOR ANOTHER LITERACY INVESTIGATION.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME, TEXT DETECTIVES.

♪ ♪ [kids] LALO'’S LUNCHBOX!

♪ ♪ HELLO, MY NAME IS LALO.

MY ASSISTANT DAISY... HELLO!

...IS HELPING ME PACK BANANAS.

SOMEBODY HAS TO CLEAN THEM UP.

ALL WEEK LONG, LUNCHBOX HAS BEEN SPROUTING UP BANANAS.

AND, CAN I TELL YOU A SECRET?

MY LUNCHBOX ACTS KIND OF STRANGE.

THAT'’S NO SECRET!

MORE STRANGE THAN YOUR AVERAGE MAGIC LUNCHBOX.

IT'’S BEEN, UM... [lunchbox whirring] THE FLOOR IS SWEPT, THE COUNTER IS WASHED.

WHEW!

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT FLYING BANANAS COULD MAKE SUCH A BIG MESS?

[pop!]

[birds singing] [Lalo screams] [screams] [lunchbox rattling] [screams] [slide whistle plays] [pop!]

BANANAS COMING OUT OF MY EARS.

I DO ENJOY EATING BANANAS.

HA.

THE OTHER DAY, I MET THIS LADY, AND SHE REALLY LOVES BANANAS, [slide whistle, pop] LET ME TELL YOU.

[screams] LUNCHBOX!

[slide whistle playing] [pop!]

FROZEN?

WELL, NOW, THAT'’S APPEALING.

GET IT?

AP-PEAL-ING?

[laughs] BUT, DAISY, DID YOU SEE?

SEE?

SEE!

SEE?

SEE!

YOU'’RE WEIRD.

[lunchbox rattling] ANYWAYS... FRESH BANANA SLICES ARE DELICIOUS ON CEREAL.

BUT I'’VE NEVER TRIED FROZEN BANANA SLICES.

[slide whistle, pop] LUNCHBOX... DID YOU JUST TELEPORT ME?

THIS IS AWESOME!

[laughs] BUT WHERE ARE WE?

[lunchbox rattling] WELL, YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'’RE IN A JUNGLE, BUT... JUNGLES DON'’T USUALLY HAVE PAVED PATHS AND GLASS CEILINGS.

WELL, WHEREVER WE ARE, THIS PLACE IS COOL!

I MEAN, WARM.

[lunchbox rattling] [birds singing] WOW.

[loud rattling] NO, I DON'’T THINK THERE'’S ANY ANIMALS HERE THAT EAT LUNCHBOXES.

[birds singing] HELLO, LALO.

OH, HELLO.

HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?

YOU HAVE A NAME TAG ON.

OH, THAT'’S RIGHT.

[laughs] WELL, I THOUGHT I WAS WORKING ALONE TODAY.

HOW DID YOU GET HERE?

OH, I JUST, UM, WAS JUST POPPING BY.

UM... WHERE ARE WE?

YOU'’RE AT THE MARJORIE MCNEELY CONSERVATORY AT COMO PARK, AND I'’M MARGARET, ONE OF THE GARDENERS.

NICE TO MEET YOU, MARGARET.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

I'’M WORKING WITH THESE BANANA PLANTS RIGHT NOW, AND I'’VE GOT SO MANY LEAVES HERE, AND I'’M WONDERING, CAN YOU HELP ME?

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

YES.

UM... STAY.

[laughs] HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

WELL, I'’M GOING TO HAND YOU SOME OF THESE LEAVES RIGHT NOW.

OH, SURE.

WOW.

THESE ARE HUGE LEAVES!

WOW!

HOW LONG DO THEY GROW?

WELL, THESE CAN GROW 20 TO 30 FEET LONG.

REALLY?

BANANAS ARE FANTASTIC.

THEY HAVE SO MANY USES.

IN THIS CASE, THESE PLANTS AND THESE LEAVES CAN BE USED FOR HOUSING.

THEY CAN BE USED FOR A PLATE.

IMAGINE IF YOU HAD SOMETHING THAT YOU BOUGHT AT THE MARKET AND YOU WANTED TO WRAP IT UP IN LEAVES, YOU COULD USE A BANANA LEAF FOR THAT.

[laughs] WOW, THEY MAKE EXCELLENT FANS, TOO.

YES, THEY DO!

YES, THEY DO!

WOW, AND SO THESE ARE BANANA TREES?

THESE ARE ACTUALLY BANANA PLANTS.

SO, THE TREES WOULD HAVE WOOD ON THEM.

THESE DON'’T HAVE ANY WOOD ON THEM.

SO, THEY'’RE CONSIDERED AN HERB.

HERB, THEY'’RE A PLANT!

WOW, AND I DON'’T SEE ANY BANANAS GROWING ON THEM.

THERE AREN'’T ANY GROWING ON THESE SMALL PLANTS, BUT AROUND THE CORNER HERE, WE'’VE GOT SOME THAT ARE STARTING TO GROW AND LOOK VERY LARGE AND FULL.

OH, WOW.

DO YOU WANT TO SEE THEM?

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'’LL TAKE OUR LEAVES WITH US.

HERE WE GO.

[birds twittering, singing] OH!

COME ON, LITTLE FELLA.

[lunchbox clanging] WOWSERS!

THIS IS A BANANA PLANT?

THIS IS.

WOW, THIS IS HUGE!

OH, LOOK, I CAN SEE LITTLE BABY BANANAS GROWING UP THERE.

[laughs] HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THEM TO GROW?

IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR FOR THESE TO GROW.

FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE GROUND, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP.

OH, WOW!

AND SO, THEN, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH ALL THE BANANAS?

WELL, WE'’RE REALLY FORTUNATE.

A LOT OF OUR BANANAS IN THIS ROOM WE JUST LEAVE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE.

BUT MANY OF OUR BANANAS IN THE OTHER ROOMS WE ACTUALLY FEED TO THE ANIMALS HERE AT THE ZOO.

OH, THAT'’S GREAT.

YEAH, THE PRIMATES, THE ORANGUTANS AND THE GORILLAS, GET TO GET THESE.

WOW, AND THEN DO THEY ONLY EAT THE BANANA FRUIT?

NO, THEY GET THE WHOLE PLANT.

SO, THEY CAN GET THE STEM TO PLAY WITH FOR ENRICHMENT, THEY CAN GET THE LEAVES, AND THEN THE FRUIT IS JUST SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL FOR '’EM.

OH, THAT'’S WONDERFUL.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'’S PROBABLY ABOUT TIME FOR MY LUNCHBOX AND I TO BE GOING.

IT WAS SO GREAT TO MEET YOU, MARGARET.

WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP TODAY, AND ANYTIME YOU AND LUNCHBOX WANT TO COME AND VISIT, PLEASE COME.

OH, WE WILL.

THANK YOU.

I'’M GLAD I COULD HELP, BECAUSE HELPING IS MAKING IT EASIER FOR SOMEONE BY GIVING YOUR TIME AND SERVICE.

WELL, SO LONG.

BYE-BYE!

UM... LUNCHBOX.

[lunchbox rattles] HOW DO WE, UM... WE NEED TO GET BACK NOW, LUNCHBOX.

HOW DO WE...

UH... [slide whistle, pop] ♪ ♪ "THAT IS SO TRUE," I TOLD HER.

"BANANAS ARE DELICIOUS IN PEANUT BUTTER."

OH, SPEAKING OF PEANUT BUTTER, WE'’D BETTER GET THOSE GALLONS OUT OF STORAGE.

BOSS?

[lunchbox rattling] BOSS?

DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING I JUST SAID?

WHAT?

I TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT OUR BRAINS ARE.

BUT CHECK THIS OUT.

ONLY HALF OF A DOLPHIN'’S BRAIN GOES TO SLEEP WHEN THEY'’RE SLEEPING, AND THE OTHER HALF STAYS AWAKE.

MAYBE THAT'’S SO THEY CAN SWIM AWAY REAL QUICKLY IF THEY GET INTO TROUBLE.

I BET YOUR BRAIN IS ALWAYS ACTIVE, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS LITERACY LESSON WE'’RE ABOUT TO GET INTO.

HERE IT IS.

♪ ♪ HELLO, READERS.

MY NAME IS MS. CLIETTE.

I AM SO EXCITED TO BE LEARNING WITH YOU TODAY.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON OUR LESSON, LET'’S SAY HELLO WITH OUR WELCOME SONG.

[ sings to tune of "Frère Jacques" ] VERY GOOD.

I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU CAME TO LEARN WITH ME TODAY.

READERS, WHEN YOU HEAR A STORY, DO YOU CREATE PICTURES IN YOUR MIND TO HELP YOU VISUALIZE THE STORY?

I DO TOO.

SEEING THE PICTURE IN MY MIND OR IN THE BOOK HELPS ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM READING EVEN MORE.

TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT HOW PHOTOGRAPHS IN A TEXT HELP US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WE ARE READING.

WE ARE GOING TO USE AN INFORMATIONAL TEXT TO HELP US WITH OUR LEARNING TODAY.

AN INFORMATIONAL TEXT IS A NONFICTION TEXT THAT INFORMS US OR HELPS US TO LEARN NEW INFORMATION OR FACTS.

THE TITLE OF THIS BOOK, OR INFORMATIONAL TEXT, IS CALLED "CRITTERS IN CAMOUFLAGE."

DO YOU KNOW WHAT A "CRITTER" IS?

THAT'’S RIGHT.

A "CRITTER" IS AN ANIMAL OR A LIVING CREATURE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD "CAMOUFLAGE" MEANS?

OH, WOW, I HEARD SOME REALLY GREAT ANSWERS.

I HEARD SOMEONE SAY "HIDE."

I HEARD THE WORDS "BLEND IN."

I EVEN HEARD THE WORD "INVISIBLE."

AND ALL OF THOSE ARE SUCH GREAT RESPONSES.

"CAMOUFLAGE" IS WHEN AN ANIMAL BLENDS IN WITH HIS ENVIRONMENT SO THAT IT IS NOT SEEN BY OTHER LIVING THINGS.

ANIMALS CAMOUFLAGE THEMSELVES FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS.

ALL OF THESE REASONS CAN BE SUMMED UP AS FOR SURVIVAL, OR TO CONTINUE TO LIVE.

TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE READING EXCERPTS, OR PARTS, FROM THE BOOK "CRITTERS IN CAMOUFLAGE," BY KAREN ALEXANDER.

REMEMBER, THE PURPOSE OF USING THE TEXT IS TO USE THE PHOTOGRAPHS TO HELP US TO VISUALIZE AND FURTHER UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WE ARE READING.

I'’M GOING TO READ A PAGE FROM THE BOOK.

AT FIRST, I WON'’T SHOW YOU THE PHOTOGRAPH.

I'’LL ASK YOU WHAT PICTURE YOU HAVE CREATED IN YOUR MIND BASED ON THE TEXT.

THIS IS CALLED "VISUALIZING."

THEN, I'’LL SHOW YOU THE PHOTOGRAPH, AND WE'’LL DISCUSS THE PARTS OF THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE VISUALIZED AND HOW THE PHOTOGRAPH HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TEXT EVEN MORE.

DON'’T WORRY, I'’LL BE RIGHT HERE WITH YOU TO HELP GUIDE YOU THROUGH.

ARE YOU READY?

LET'’S GET STARTED.

WE'’LL START OFF WITH AN ANIMAL THAT YOU MAY BE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT ARE YOU VISUALIZING?

UH-HUH.

DEFINITELY A LION.

DO YOU THINK IT'’S A MALE LION OR A FEMALE LION?

OKAY, I HEAR BOTH ANSWERS.

WHERE DO YOU THINK THE LION IS?

OKAY, THE ZOO.

MAYBE THE JUNGLE.

GOOD WORD, A SAFARI.

THOSE ARE ALL GREAT THOUGHTS.

HERE'’S WHAT I VISUALIZE.

MAYBE A MALE LION WITH A LARGE MANE SITTING BEHIND A TREE SO NO ONE CAN SEE HIM.

LET'’S SEE IF WE ARE CORRECT.

DID MY VISUALIZATION MATCH THE PICTURE?

HMM, NOT QUITE.

IT WAS CORRECT THAT IT WAS A MALE LION, AND HE DOES HAVE A LARGE MANE.

BUT HE IS IN A SAFARI AND NOT HIDING BEHIND A TREE.

I WAS CLOSE, BUT THE PICTURE HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND THE TEXT EVEN MORE.

IN THIS PICTURE, WE SEE A MALE LION CAMOUFLAGING IN WHAT LOOKS TO BE A SAFARI.

THE TALL, YELLOW GRASS AROUND THE LION MATCHES ITS FUR AND HELPS HIM TO CAMOUFLAGE.

LET'’S READ THE TEXT ONE MORE TIME NOW THAT WE CAN SEE THE ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH.

IF THE PICTURE HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TEXT EVEN MORE, GIVE ME A THUMBS-UP.

VERY NICE.

I SEE LOTS OF THUMBS UP.

YOU'’RE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION.

ALL RIGHT, LET'’S LEARN ABOUT THE NEXT CAMOUFLAGE CRITTER.

ARE YOU READY?

ALL RIGHT, GET READY TO VISUALIZE.

HERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT ARE YOU VISUALIZING?

YOU'’RE VISUALIZING A BUG CRAWLING AROUND?

YOU'’RE VISUALIZING A BUG SITTING STILL OR LAYING ON THE GROUND?

OKAY.

WHAT COLOR IS THE BUG?

OOH.

I HEARD GREEN.

UH-HUH.

I HEARD BROWN.

I HEARD LOTS OF OTHER COLORS, TOO.

GOOD JOB.

YOU ARE ALL USING THE DETAILS FROM THE STORY TO HELP YOU VISUALIZE THE BUG.

AWESOME.

LET'’S SEE IF YOU'’RE CORRECT.

READY?

IN THIS PICTURE, THIS BUG REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE A STICK.

HE'’S GREEN AND VERY THIN.

DO YOU THINK HE'’S CRAWLING AROUND?

NO, HE'’S NOT CRAWLING AROUND.

HE'’S STAYING VERY STILL, JUST LIKE A STICK WOULD.

LET'’S READ THE TEXT AGAIN NOW THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE PHOTOGRAPH.

VISUALIZING HELPS US TO CREATE A PICTURE OF THE STICK BUG IN OUR HEADS, BUT SEEING THE PICTURE REALLY HELPS US TO SEE ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THE STICK BUG TO CLARIFY, OR MAKE CLEAR, WHAT THE TEXT IS SAYING.

WOW, YOU DID SO WELL VISUALIZING AND DISCUSSING THE WAYS THAT THE PHOTOGRAPH HELPED YOU TO CLARIFY THE TEXT.

WE USED 2 DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHS TO HELP US TO GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXT.

AND YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB.

NOW IT'’S YOUR TURN TO PRACTICE USING A PHOTOGRAPH TO DEEPEN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXT.

TO DO THIS, WE'’RE GOING TO CREATE A T-CHART GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.

YOU WILL NEED ONE PIECE OF PAPER AND SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH.

WHILE YOU GO GRAB YOUR ITEMS, I'’LL GO GRAB MINE.

I'’LL BE RIGHT BACK.

♪ ♪ I'’M BACK WITH MY PIECE OF PAPER AND SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH.

I GRABBED A MARKER, BUT A PEN, CRAYON, OR PENCIL IS JUST FINE, TOO.

LET'’S GO AHEAD AND FOLD OUR PAPER IN HALF, HOT-DOG STYLE, THE LONG WAY.

NOW, LET'’S LABEL THE TOP OF OUR T-CHART GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.

ON ONE SIDE, LET'’S LABEL IT "I," AND DRAW THE PICTURE OF A THINKING BUBBLE TO REPRESENT THE WORD "VISUALIZE."

ON THE OTHER SIDE, LET'’S LABEL IT "BOOK SHOWS."

I'’M GOING TO READ A PART FROM THE TEXT.

AS I'’M READING, YOU'’RE GOING TO WRITE DOWN 1 TO 2 THINGS THAT YOU VISUALIZE BASED ON THE TEXT ALONE.

YOU CAN WRITE DOWN A SENTENCE, YOU CAN WRITE A WORD, OR YOU CAN EVEN DRAW A REALLY QUICK PICTURE.

THEN, I'’LL SHOW YOU THE ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH, AND YOU'’LL WRITE DOWN 1 TO 2 THINGS THAT THE PHOTOGRAPH HELPS TO MAKE CLEAR FOR YOU, THAT YOU DIDN'’T VISUALIZE BASED ON THE TEXT ALONE.

JUST LIKE WE DID IN THE LESSON.

ARE YOU READY?

OKAY.

I WON'’T SHOW YOU THE PICTURE UNTIL I GET DONE READING.

ARE YOU READY?

HERE WE GO.

OKAY, UNDER THE WORD "I VISUALIZE," WRITE DOWN 1 TO 2 THINGS THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR MIND BASED ON WHAT THE TEXT SAYS.

I'’LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO DO THAT.

WHAT'’S ONE THING THAT YOU VISUALIZED?

AWESOME THINKING!

OKAY, NOW I'’M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH.

UNDER "BOOK SHOWS," WHAT ARE 1 TO 2 DETAILS THAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE THAT YOU DIDN'’T VISUALIZE?

WRITE THAT DOWN UNDER "BOOK SHOWS."

WHAT DID YOU WRITE DOWN FOR "BOOK SHOWS"?

UH-HUH.

THAT WAS A GREAT OBSERVATION.

DID THE PHOTOGRAPH HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TEXT EVEN MORE?

IT DID?

THAT IS SPECTACULAR.

TODAY, WE LEARNED ABOUT HOW TO USE PHOTOGRAPHS IN A TEXT TO HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WE READ.

WHEN YOU ARE READING TEXT ON YOUR OWN, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'’T QUITE UNDERSTAND OR WOULD LIKE A CLEARER PICTURE OF, TAKE A MOMENT TO STUDY THE PHOTOGRAPH.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY USEFUL WHEN BOOKS ARE INFORMATIONAL TEXT.

VISUALIZATION IS A GREAT COMPREHENSION STRATEGY, BUT IT'’S VERY DIFFICULT TO VISUALIZE SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU USE RESOURCES SUCH AS PHOTOGRAPHS TO HELP YOU TO BETTER UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK TODAY.

I REALLY ENJOYED LEARNING WITH YOU.

I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

BYE-BYE, READERS.

OUR TIME HAS COME TO AN END FOR TODAY.

ANOTHER GREAT DAY OF LEARNING UNDER OUR BELTS.

BE COOL, BE COURAGEOUS, AND BE KIND.

AND DON'’T FORGET... PEACE, LOVE, AND LEARNING.

BYE.

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