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Introduction to

Multisensory Learning

What is an Immersion Reading Unit?

An Immersion Reading Unit, in my jump up and hear the sound of white
interpretation, is comparable to walking cap waves and seagulls flying overhead.
into an ocean for the first time and being Your sense of hearing has been triggered.

surrounded by nothing but water and Your day at the beach has given you a
pounding waves. You are forced to look multisensory, total immersion into the

at your surroundings, learn how to brace oceanic world that you will never forget
your legs against the waves crashing your because all five senses were involved.
body. All your senses are learning. Your

sense of sight quickly begins to watch It is much the same with a total
for the next wave. You run your hands immersion reading unit. Most people

through the water sometimes feeling a just call them a reading unit. Maybe
clump of seaweed, thus, your sense of a better title would be a Multisensory
touch. Your sense of smell distinguishes Immersion Reading Unit. I like to add

the strong, acrid smell of salt in the air. the word immersion because that is my
You decide to plunge head-first in the goal with my units, to have students

water and immediately swallow a mouth totally involved and taking over the
full of salt water. You have learned the teaching of themselves. My meaning
taste of the ocean. You immediately when I say students taking control

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