Book 30: The Shell (I Can See Sam Series), Guided Reading Questions and Reading Certificate

I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books.

I have extended the number of resources.

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Book 30: The Shell

New Words
Sand, sell, shell - decodable

Plot Summary
Ann the Giraffe is at the beach. She hopes to
catch and sell some fish. An octopus sees her
fishing hook and plays a trick on her. He attaches
the hook to a big shell and hides inside the shell.
When Ann pulls out the shell, she is delighted.
The octopus fears Ann will sell the shell with him in
it. But Ann is frightened by the octopus, who takes
Ann’s sheet and settles in the sea shell.

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.