Sharing a Shell is a delightful rhyming book with vibrant glittery illustrations to capture the attention of little eyes and ears. This story highlights the important role that sharing plays in building lasting friendships. The characters work well in a team, each doing their own job to keep their little worlds running smoothly. This story could be a great springboard to a discussion around using our individual strengths to cooperate with one another in a team.
The bird’s eye view pictures of the rockpool allow for opportunities to target prepositions (e.g. “what’s hiding behind the seaweed? Who is under the rock? What can you see in the middle?”). This book would also be a fantastic choice for children working on the /sh/ speech sound.
Speech and Language Targets
Speech Sounds:
- /b/ – beautiful, blob, crab
- /d/ – under, hide, inside, friend
- /k/ – look, rock, housework, sparkling
- /l/ – look, lovely, lonely, shell, gull, pool, small, wonderful
- /l/ blends – blob, please, flashing, glad, split,
- /m/ – me, empty, home, worm, ice-cream, storm
- /r/ – run, rock, ride, sharing, scaring, terrible
- /r/ blends – crab, creatures, bright, brush, bristleworm, friends, grown, three
- /sh/ – shell, share, shy, fish, brush, crash, flash, smash
- voiced /th/ – the, they, their, that, other
- unvoiced /th/ – thing, three, with
Grammar:
- adjectives (wide open beak, wonderful home, bright purple blob, sparkling sea, terrible sight)
- conjunctions (and)
- modals (can)
- negatives (not, can’t)
- prepositions (in, inside, on)
- present progressive tense
- objective pronouns (me)
- subjective pronouns (you)
- action verbs (run. fly, share, help, swim, scare)
Concepts:
- descriptive (colours, small, heavy)
- location (in, inside, on)
Social-Emotional:
- cooperation
- friendship
- negotiating
- sharing
Narrative:
- character description
- setting
- weather
- sequencing
- initiating event
- problem
- feelings
- resolution
- dialogue
Rhyme & Sound Awareness:
- rhyme
