Riddle

  Chapter one was very interesting to read.  At the beginning of the chapter Riddle caught my attention when he said that "children's ability to make meaning from text deepens and grows as they make connections between reading and writing."  We as teachers need to learn to manipulate and teach how to interprete and communicate the meaning of images to develop a vision.  As teachers read students are constantly asking to see the pictures.  They are trying to make a visual connection with the text.  Venn diagrams and KWL charts are consistently used to help students visually see what the text means.  The "Now Show Me" strategy helps students to connect images to the symbolism in the text.  Students are connecting their drawing to the meanings.  I enjoy allowing my students to illustrate text.  Illustrating and then writing the text helps students to generate an analysis of the visual information.  The slide shows and collages were also very interesting to read about.  These are strategies that I am eager to try in my classroom.