Visual Strategies That Work
Sample Testimonials with Photos
Reviewing Homework: "For years, I've been asking my students to open their textbooks to a certain
page and put their homework on their desks. And I would always get the
same questions, like "What are
we doing?" and "What page are we on?" But since I started showing a picture on
my overhead projector with homework out and an open textbook with the page
number (not pictured) written in, I get fewer questions and a quicker response.
And even when I do get a question I just point to the picture. Honestly, I can't
believe it works so well.
-T Robinson, 10th grade history teacher,
Dallas, Texas
Tardiness: "My students have to be seated when the second bell rings, otherwise they are tardy. Every time I mark a student tardy who is in the room but not seated, he argues and becomes disruptive. I tried using photos to show what is tardy and what is not, like I saw in the workshop, and it actually worked! Now if a student argues I just point to the photo on the door and the argument ends right away."
-S Santos, 7th grade math teacher, New York, NY
Tardy  | Not Tardy  |
Lining Up Rubric: "Before I
used the lining up pictures and numbers, I dreaded asking my kids to line up at
the door. Now it goes smoothly every time. I just hold up the
number of fingers that their line looks like, and the kids adjust and do all the
work!" -A Miller, 3rd grade teacher, Sacramento, California
1- poor
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2- getting there
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3- perfect
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