Visual Aids should be present in every classroom. Many teachers ignore their importance and forget about them. Some don't know how valuable and helpful they could be. Others don't have enough time to prepare them. In all cases, they are missing out on something that can save them a lot of effort for the long run.
Visuals enhance understanding and help students memorize and focus on important information. They also add life to the classroom. Students love them! Teachers can refer back to them for revision instead of writing the information all over again on the board. Therefore, they save teachers time that they can use for something else. Also, they are extremely helpful for visual students who learn by seeing and reading things.
In my class, I make sure to include variety of visuals. I have a big A0 genre chart that has all genres we covered during the year with the features for each and the titles of the selections that belong to each genre. In addition, I use comprehension charts for each selection, others for vocabulary strategies and other vocab cards. Some of them are hand-written. Others are designed and printed.
Take a look at some samples of my work.
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| A chart to record the genres, features, and titles of selections |
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| A summary of skills and vocab words included in a selection - Designed on Photoshop |
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| Expository Text Features |
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| Historical Fiction Features |
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