Book 31: Sell the Shell (I See Sam Reading Series), Guided Reading Questions and Reading Certificate

Book 31: Sell the Shell

Review Words
sand, sell, shell - decodable

Plot Summary
Mit and Sam find a shell at a beach. Mit tries to sell the
shell. Angry at Mit, Sam fills a bag with sand to sell, and
sets up right next Mit. Both Sam and Mit try to sell their
wares to Mat, but he refuses to buy. Instead, the rat tricks
them with some apples and while they are eating, he
takes the shell and sand for himself.

Each new word throughout the program is repeated at
least five times in the book in which it first appears and
five more times in the next ten books.

The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970’s. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.