TPSD Distance Education - aired April 17

April 17, 2020

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>> parents and students welcome back to another episodes of distance learning 101 and today i'm honored to be joined by lee carol mealy.

Welcome.

>> thank you for having me >> a type of teaching you probably never imagined you have to do.

>> thank you for asking me to be here today.

Keeps me on my toes but i'm glad to be here.

>> we're looking forward to your lesson.

Kind of tell us what you'll be teaching and then we'll be watching a video.

>> we'll do a lesson on visualization, which means you're just seeing mental images in your mind, greg, have you ever been to the movies before >> awhile, but yes.

>> when you're in the movie theater, what you're doing is sitting there in the audience and looking at the movie screen and watching the pictures on the screen come to you.

So that's what you're going to do today as we read a story, you'll create the mental images.

>> what's this video >> the video today is about visualization.

And it's an introductory video i would show to my students so my kids can better understand what our lesson will be about today.

>> all right.

Well, hit the play button and we shall watch the video this morning.

>> all right.

>> hi friends.

Today's lesson is about visualizing.

What's that mean?

I'll tell you a story, the other day, i went and did something so fun, i went to the movies with my friends.

It was so excited.

And the movie was just getting really, really good.

Then i drank too much.

I had to go to the bathroom.

I said, hey, i'll go to the bathroom.

Tell me everything i missed.

And out i object.

When i came back.

I said, ok.

Tell me, what did i miss?

And my friend sitting next to me alan said you just missed unicorn.

I didn't see the unicorn so i thought what unicorn probably looked like.

Beautiful.

Then alan said, no, no, the unicorn was white with rainbow hair.

Ok.

Let me change that picture in my head.

Ok, there it is.

He's cute.

It was white with rainbow hair but kind of jumping.

Well, that one doesn't look like he's jumping.

New picture.

That one is even more is beautiful and it is jumping.

Then he said well, it's more like a baby unicorn, like a grayish face.

Ok.

That's kind of exactly what the unicorn looked like.

Well thanks, alan.

Thanks for giving me such a good description so i can make the picture in my head match what you are saying.

Hey, that's visualizing.

I can visualize while i read.

Visualize means to make pictures in your head.

Now, how do you do that?

You're making pictures in your brain, it's just like having a movie playing in your brain, when you read the words.

What you want to do is read the text and then try to picture that in your brain.

The masses what you just read.

Let's practice.

The kitchen sat by the apple tree.

What do i need to visualize or what picture am i putting in my head?

Yes.

The kitten.

So i'm going to need a sitting kitten.

The kitten sat by the apple tree.

So i put an apple tree in my brain.

That one is exciting sat by the apple tree.

Next sentence.

And airplane flew overhead.

An airplane, what do i need to add to my picture in my brain?

That picture of the airplane.

And did the airplane just like hang out in the sky?

No.

It flew overhead.

This is where it becomes a movie in my brain.

Because the kitten is sitting by the apple tree.

It's not moving a lot but the airplane should be flying.

Of yeah.

Do you see i just used a little picture in my brain and it matched exactly what i read.

The can it and sat by the apple tree, an airplane flew overhead.

Yes, perfect.

Visualizing is just making pictures in your brain visualize while i read.

We can make connections and better understand what the author is telling us.

Even if there are pictures in the book, sometimes i like to make my own pictures in my brain.

So when you read, make sure you're visualizing.

>> that was a cute video to watch.

So i'm at the movie.

I see the movie and then i comprehend the movie.

>> exactly.

What visualization does, it just helps you visualize what you are reading from the text, so you can see pictures in your mind and it will help you better comprehend.

>> at what age do kids start comprehending.

>> well, we would like for that to happen at an early age, so often, it doesn't.

So we run into children that do have trouble comprehending their stories.

But if you can make a connection to your text and put yourself in the place of the text, and visualize what you're reading, then that's going to help you better comprehend your story.

Making those connections.

>> got you.

So after -- while parents are watching this video, you will have exercises kind of for them to do to be able to help their children >> yes.

>> great.

>> let's divide in and let's get started.

I understand you're putting me back in the classroom.

>> you'll be my guinea pig.

If you have just plain white paper, just copy paper, this size will do, or if you have larger size white paper, this is even better, because the we'll followed this up and make sections out of it.

Then, of course, you are going to need a pencil with a little eraser and markers or colorado pencils or crayons, whichever you would prefer to use, first, greg, take your piece of paper.

>> understand when i was in school, we got penmanship grades and i was always at the low end of the penmanship grade.

Stick figures i got.

>> the things about this exercise is you don't have to be a professional.

Everyone visualizes in a different way.

What you do can't be compared to what i do because the way you see things and the way i see things will be totally different.

So don't worry about it.

Don't worry about that at all.

Take your piece of paper.

And you'll followed it one time.

>> like a book.

>> like a book.

You're exactly right.

>> as the teacher, do you want to see different ways of comprehension or is there kind of a common theme even if i get from point am to ba little bit different >> everybody has a different road to reading.

But if you're only recalling words then you are not comprehending.

You have to be able to make connections.

You have to read and understand what you're reading, that is comprehensiving.

If you're only recalling words, that is not comprehension.

We want everybody to be able to read recall words and comprehend.

You'll take your piece of paper and followed it one more time.

Sonny snowflakes today.

Even though it is a little chilly.

And then you'll open up your piece of paper.

And then you'll have four sections.

It is magic.

Take your pencil and we're going to number each section, so in your first box, put a 1.

In your second box, put a 2.

A 3 and a 4.

So when you have your sections numbered, it should look like this.

>> did i do good.

>> you did great.

You have wonderful penmanship.

I'll give you some colorado pencils.

Now, some kids like to use markers and others like to use crayons, i love a colored pencil so you can use your colored pencil, you'll start out with your pencil, as we read, you are going to be able to use colored pencil.

We'll read a story called the busy tail of pruitt cock by bill pete.

Bill pete does a wonderful job of bringing his illustrations to life his illustrations are wonderful and makes words jump off the page to the kids.

So we'll use this story today.

And in this book, it's about a peacock named pruitt.

He's a little self conscience, but in the end, it's the one body part that saves the day.

Talking about self confidence and loving who you are.

So i believe it's a good story to read.

Have you ever seen a peacock before.

>> i have.

>> can you tell me.

>> they're very loud.

>> they are.

They are.

>> they're beautiful, colors, and when they do their call, you know, their feathers come out and their feathers are absolutely gorgeous.

A little cocky too.

>> they are, so this is one thing about the feathers that we'll really talk about because that's kind of the whole premise, i don't want to see my cover, but i'll show it to it kids at home, this is the tale of pruitt peacock.

I read you will listen and you will draw what you hear me say, our other focus is on pruitt.

Pruitt the peacock is the only thing you'll draw.

No background, just draw pruitt the peacock.

Go ahead and in your mind i want you to get a mental image of what a peacock looks like.

>> what we'll do first is take a quick break and when we come back, we'll bring pruitt to life.

>> we'll bring him to life.

Can't wait.

>>> welcome back to distance learning 101.

I'm greg ellis and today i'm joined by lee carol mealy and ms. mealy it's time to do the exercises.

>> ok.

>> pruitt the peacock.

>> normally you would want to show the front cover just so they have an idea of who you're going to talk about or why.

But i'm not showing you any other pictures, you'll have to hang on to every word i read.

And you're i'm going to listen to the descriptive words.

So to have the mental pictured in your mind so you can comprehensive the text and whatever i read, you are going to listen to those words and you're going to draw whatever you hear me say.

>> am i being graded.

>> no grades and you don't have to be a kid, we are for the professionals.

You are simply going to draw what you hear me read.

And remember, everyone is different.

So you don't have to worry about it.

Are you ready, greg >> i'm ready.

I'm in third grade but you can do this for any level at all.

Ok.

Pruitt was awhile peacock who live far in the jungle where most wild peacocks lived.

However, pruitt was not as proud as the peacock.

A peacock's great pride is in his glorious tale with the beautiful blue green spots.

Pruitt's t, a le: pruitt was indeed a sad peacock.

Greg, what were some of the descriptive words you heard me read on that page >> sad was a lot.

And it was because basically, because of his tale with the beautiful shiny i spots.

>> he only had two i spots and had a sc ragly sad tale.

I'll continue reading and you continue with your colors and your pencils.

Entitle >> feel you don't say was the proudest but had fanciful tail with many more beautiful i spots than the other.

Wherever they went he always strutted proudly at the head with his tale out in full glory.

Last, came pruitt with scrally tale.

When it came to facing a tiger.

The other peacocks were not one bit better than pruitt.

They were all equally scotland yard.

Fortunately, the peacocks had but one tiger to worry about and that was travis, a scrawny toothless old villain.

Other tigers are better things to do than chase peacock.

But travis could to longer afford to be choosey.

To him, a peacock would be a fancy feast if he ever catch one.

For such an old cat, he was pretty spry and ever so sly.

So the peacocks always kept an eye cocked on travis.

The second he made his leap, they took off like a shot to go flutter ongoing a tree top.

It was a close call.

Once the peacocks recovered from the fright, the first thing they did was check their tales for fear they might have lost a feather.

Losing a tale feather was always heartbreaking.

Greg let's go backing what can you tell me about picture one and pruitt?

>> well, pruitt, i'm going to say he probably lost few >> would you like to show your drawing to the kids at home >> if anybody makes fun of me, we'll have pay backs.

>> i think you did a wonderful job.

>> he looks so sad.

Of.

>> he is sad.

And he just has a few, few feathers.

Now you'll go from box one to two.

I'm going to continue reading.

As we go from the first to the second box to the third to the fourth box, you will add more description to your drawing, there is poor pruitt in box one looking sad with his scraggly old tale.

Pruitt with nothing of a tale was something he would never need to worry about at least so-and-so he thought but then pruitt was in for a surprise.

Let's see what that surprise was.

His tale had more growing to do.

So what your tale look like?

It would go from a few feathers to.

>> probably double.

>> much more.

One day, he noticed that at the i spots had doubled in size.

So look at your i spots from box number one.

I have two >> it says his i spots had doubled in size.

So they will go from small to large.

One day he noticed that his i spots doubled in size.

And fears black eyebrows sprouted just above them.

Where are your eyebrows, greg.

>> above my eyes.

>> exactly.

I want you to remember what i said about his feathers, they grew in size.

His eye spots doubled in size and then he grew fears black eyebrows above his eyes.

I want you to draw that for me.

The hole purpose of doing visualization, this helps your students remember and comprehend the tag it's about making connection, not just recalling words but remembering what you read.

>> i love this exercise.

But you put me on the spot.

>> a lot of times people will go -- i can't draw.

It's not about being a professional artist.

It's being able to draw what someone read to you, then you'll comprehend the text.

>> like building a sentence's >> exactly.

So we've gone from the first box to pruitt and his sad looking what have you done differently.

>> pruitt gotten new feathers.

His signature eye shaped doubled in size and he's got bushy eyebrows.

>> would you like to turn your picture around to show the kids at home?

>> show and tell time.

>> very good.

>> for time purposes we only did >> we're only doing -- if we were in the classroom we would do the hole body, for today, we're just doing the tail feathers.

Now, box three.

Pruitt's feathers will change a little bit more, i want you to listen now to what it says.

>> and yet, that was not the end of the tail.

It continued to feather out.

So you'd be able to draw more feathers.

>> and wider.

>> before long, a jagged mouth appeared just below the enormous eyes.

And then finally, out sprang a pair of feathery arms with wildly clutching claws.

So this talks about how pruitt's tail had gone from just a few feathers to many more feathers and his i spots doubled.

He had grown eyebrows above his eyes.

And then out sprang a pair of feathery arms with wildly clutching claws.

So i'll continue to read, greg.

My tail has gone wild, explains pruitt.

It turned into a green united monster.

What a terrible tail, but then after all, he sighed, i suppose i'll just have to get used to it.

I only hope the other peacock can too.

The other peacocks paid so little attention that a week passed before they discovered his tail had gone wild.

When they did, it hit them at once.

They let go with such terrified shreaks: it took ten minutes for finius.

What's come overyou pruitt?

What on earth have you done to your tail?

Nothing said pruitt.

It just grew this way.

The thing is downright spooky.

It gives me the creeps.

Well, it gives me the creeps too, said pruitt, but what can i do?

Well, keep to yourself said fine yus.

Hold it down.

Living out here in the jungle is scary enough without the tail of yours popping up.

>> what have you added.

>> they branched out.

I got the eyebrows thing and a mouth.

I >> >> i will continue to read.

Keeping his tail down was no problem for pruitt.

So he was not the least bit proud letting his tail dag to the ground had been a long time habit.

But this was entirely different.

One afternoon, to pruitt's supervise up it sprang and there was finius and finius was furious.

Now, remember, finius was the later of the peacocks.

Pruitt, he said what did i to tell you?

But, stampered pruitt, it's nothing but a bunch of feathers and feathers can't hurt anyone.

>> it scares thewitz out of us, you get rid of the thing or you lead the flock.

Take the choice and let me know first thing in the morning.

What a terrible decision he'll have to make.

Let's go back and let's look at your drawing in box one you have pruitt's sad looking tail and number two you can see that he's gotten more feathers but bigger eyes in the third you see he's gotten eyebrows and a more of a -- more of a face underneath.

>> because of time.

>> right.

>> so i'm not going to be able to draw.

So if you want to just real quick tell us how this ends and how this works to prove.

>> i think in the beginning of the story, pruitt was very sub conscience about his tail because it was a sad scraggly looking tail, but because it grew and because the feathers got larger, the i spots got larger you grew a eyebrows and more eyebrow that is looked like wild's clutching claws, he was able to chase the tiger out of the forest.

So pruitt went from being the fattest peacock to being the proudest peacock in the flock.

>> a hero.

>> one way you can use this in the classroom to assess whether your children understood what you read, you have can mini conferences and what your students explain to you what happened in box one, then what happened in box two, three and then box four.

Other than that, just walk around and monitor your students as reading the story and see what they've drawn.

>> miss mealy this was great.

It will help with comprehension.

And you can use any book >> any book.

>> and have fun with it >> exactly.

>> i don't know how to draw but i have fun doing this.

>> you're no kid stafford but you did a great job, greg.

Very good job.

Well, i hope you parents at home have wonderful books that you can use for your kids at home.

Now i'd would love to hear the books you're using, if you want to e-mail me at lc mealy let me know the books you've used at home with this strategy, i would love to hear from you.

>> thanks again for joining us, for distance learning 101, i'll greg ellis have