The V/V® Imagine That! Stories each have over 50 nonfiction stories to develop imagery for oral and written language comprehension. These challenging, high-imagery stories introduce true, fun, and unusual topics for students to visualize and interpret. Each single or multi-paragraph story is followed by Higher Order Thinking questions. Imagine That! Stories are available as separate books or in graded sets of three: Original (a mixture of story subjects), Fascinating People, and Wonders of the Natural World. At this time, only one title is available for the K-1 level. These books engage students with stories about:
Natural disasters
Legends
Unique animals
Mysteries
Fascinating phenomena
Interesting customs
Admirable accomplishments
Every volume of the Imagine That! series has about 25 Sentence by Sentence stories, 10 Multisentence stories, 10 Whole Paragraph stories, and 9 Paragraph by Paragraph stories (numbers of stories at each level may vary), following the steps of the V/V program. Each story is presented in language appropriate to the grade level, and the content is sure to fascinate students and instructors alike. Imagine That! Stories are leveled for Grades K through 6.
The Visualizing and Verbalizing® (V/V®) program develops concept imagery - the ability to create an imagined gestalt from language - as a basis for comprehension and higher order thinking. The development of concept imagery improves reading and listening comprehension, memory, oral vocabulary, critical thinking, and writing.
