Visual Literacy in the Classroom

Visual literacy can be used in the classroom through books, the computer, posters,ect.

One lesson you could do with your students is to cover up all the text in the book. Books that have a lot of color in them and are also engaging are the best types of books to use. Also books that have a lot of action going on in them are great to use. Then after you have covered up all of the text do a “book walk” with the students. Show your students all of the pictures in the story, and ask them to hypothesis what is going on during the story. Have them explain their responses. This is a great way for students to use their imaginations, as well as their inquiry skills in order to figure out what they think is going on in the story. Through this students are using visual pictures to explain and communicate information.

Suggested books:

A Book About Design by Mark Gonyea

Picture This by Molly Bang

Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman