We also discussed how our picture in our head changes as we read. The author slowly gives us information about characters and plot that changes what we were picturing, so we need to be constantly taking the time to visualize so that we can keep up with the story.
We did a great activity today that shows the kids just how important it is to use what the author gives us to visualize and how that visualization can change based on the information we are getting from the author.
First I just read the title of the piece and had the kids visualize what this piece is going to be about.