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Teacher Playlist: Use Semantic Mapping and Visualizing to
Support Struggling Readers
Many students, especially those who struggle and have disabilities, demonstrate strengths in
their visual skills. Two evidence-based reading comprehension strategies draw on these
strengths: semantic mapping and visualizing. In semantic mapping, students use tools to create
visual maps representing connections between word meanings, concepts, and/or content. In
visualizing, they create image with words, drawings, graphics, and/or drama to enhance and
reveal their understanding text.
Overview
Quick View from PowerUp
 Embedded Supports to Differentiate Instruction for Struggling Students
http://powerupwhatworks.org/resource/quick-view-embeddedsupports-differentiate-instruction-struggling-students
Instructional
Strategies and
Tools
Teach with Tech from ELA Instructional Strategy Guides
 Visualizing http://powerupwhatworks.org/strategy-guide/visualizing
 Semantic Mapping http://powerupwhatworks.org/strategyguide/semantic-mapping
Classroom
Examples
Lessons in Action from ELA Instructional Strategy Guides
 Visualizing: Seeing Charlotte’s Web
http://powerupwhatworks.org/sites/default/files/Lesson%20in%20Acti
on%20-%20Visualizing%20-%20Seeing%20Charlott%27s%20Web.pdf
 Semantic Mapping: Connect Word Meanings
http://powerupwhatworks.org/sites/default/files/Lesson%20in%20Acti
on%20-%20Semantic%20Mapping.pdf
More Tech Ideas
to Explore
Resources on PowerUp
 Tech Research Brief: Using Multimedia to Support Reading Instruction
http://powerupwhatworks.org/technology/using-multimedia-supportreading-instruction
 Tech Research Brief: Using Embedded Agents to Support Learning
http://powerupwhatworks.org/technology/using-embedded-agentssupport-learning
 Tech Tip: Use Embedded Supports to Differentiate Your Instruction
https://tackk.com/etw3v5
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Tech Matters Blog: Explore our posts on Semantic Mapping and
Visualizing
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