What about collecting photographs (google images?) of portraits of people with different emotional facial expressions and the beginning a sort of word wall collage of words that might be associated with that emotion. You could even include actions that a character is such an emotional state might undertake.
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:51 , CARL ZIEMINSKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >Hi, > I am new to the listserve and wonder if anyone has suggestions for teaching > comprehension strategies to children with NLD (Nonverbal Learning Disability)? I have a student with NLD who has a very hard time visualizing and will often stop me and ask me to show him what a character's face looked like in a story (chapter book). Any suggestions as to how to get this child to be able to read and visualize facial expressions on his own? > Thanks, > 'Bec > >Joy [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Olga, >I really like this part of what you did with your students! > >Olga Reynolds wrote: >I read the next part, then they went back to their seats to draw their >visualizations, at this point several of the kids were puzzled and said they >didn't understand sufficiently to draw a picture--I took the opportunity to explain >that sometimes when we read a story and don't understand something we go back >and read it again---which I did and they were then able to draw >their visualization. > >Joy/NC/4 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go >hand in hand. http:// www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. >Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. >_______________________________________________ >Mosaic mailing list >Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > >_______________________________________________ >Mosaic mailing list >Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
