Sensory words anchor chart

Explicitly teaching and practicing reading strategies is so important to give students tools to better comprehend what they are reading. Some of these powerful strategies include using background knowledge, making predictions, asking questions, making inferences,

Some words have the power to invoke sensory responses. They are called sensory words.

A mini anchor chart for teaching sensory words, imagery, and visualization!

Sensory Details Anchor Chart

Imagery Anchor Chart More

As my writing course is coming to end I would like to share an activity that we worked on last week using sensory details. Good writers know that their reader will need to visualize when reading their story. It is important to have your students adding details that help the reader to see, hear, touch, feel, smell, and even taste. This adds so much to the student's writing and is a quick way to spice up a bland writing piece. I have posted some of my professors favorite picture books to use…

Syllables anchor chart

With any strategy or skill I teach during a reading unit, I LOVE to use mentor texts. This is a perfect way to introduce author's craft and help students draft their own writing. These sensory words mentor texts are perfect to read with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students when you're teaching poetry or fiction. Check out my list and grab some ideas to teach sensory language while you're at it!