Help students sharpen their ability to interpret, analyse, and think critically about images in texts with this engaging set of visual literacy cards.
Build Visual Literacy Skills with Fiction & Nonfiction Visual Literacy Cards
Designed for early readers, this resource includes a variety of fiction and nonfiction image-based task cards that prompt students to think deeply about how visuals contribute to meaning, mood, and understanding in different types of texts.
Students must be able to decode and make sense of images—whether they appear in a narrative picture book or an informational text. These visual literacy cards help students:
- Understand how illustrations enhance the story in fiction texts.
- Recognize how diagrams, photos, and charts support understanding in nonfiction.
- Connect visuals to the author’s purpose and message.
- Develop critical thinking skills by analysing text-image relationships.
Ways to Use These Visual Literacy Cards in the Classroom
These versatile cards are ideal for literacy centres, small group discussions, whole-class activities, or independent comprehension work. With fiction and nonfiction examples, students can compare how visual features function differently depending on the text type.
- Encourage discussion with prompt questions.
- Use as part of a visual literacy or guided reading lesson.
- Support students in identifying how images help tell a story or explain an idea.
Download and Explore these Visual Literacy Activities Today
Download your Fiction & Nonfiction Visual Literacy Cards today and give your students the tools they need to read beyond the words on the page.
Use the dropdown menu to choose between the easy to print PDF or the editable Google Slides version of this resource.
This resource was created by Lisamarie Del Valle, a Teach Starter Collaborator.
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