Literature Focus Unit Lindsey Maszk Literature Selection

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Sea Shells

• Literature Focus Unit
• Lindsey Maszk

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Literature Selection

• What lives in a shell? By Kathleen Weidner
  Zoehfeld
• Seashells by the Seashore By Marianne Berkes
• Seashells, Crabs Sea Stars By Christiane Kunp
  Tibbitts
• Starfish By Edith Thacher Hurd
• Hello Ocean By Pam Munoz Ryan
• The Seashore Book By Charlotte Zolotow
• A House For Hermit Crabs
• Ribbons of Sand By Larry Points
• Look What I Did With Shell! (an art idea book)
• Sharing A Shell By Lydia Monks

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Theme Study

• Students will take part in a thematic unit on
  seashells and the seashore. This unit will
  integrate reading and writing with social
  studies, science, mathematics, art, music, and
  physical education.
• Students will develop an understanding of
  seashells and what creatures live in them.
• Students will determine the weight, and discover
  the different shapes of seashells.

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Language Arts Speaking

• The children will share their stories about their
  seashells during story time.
• Students will perform a small play about
  seashells and acting out the song The Five
  Little Seashells.

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Language Arts Reading Activities

• Students will read or listen to fiction and
  non-fiction stories about ocean life focusing on
  seashells.
• Students will do a worksheet on the well-known
  tongue twister Sally Sells Seashells on the
  Seashore and recognize lower and uppercase
  letters while being exposed to nursery rhymes and
  poetry.
• Listen to books about seashells on tape.

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Language Arts Writing

• Students will keep a writing journal for a place
  to write questions and comments. Students can
  write thoughts about seashells , what they dont
  know, what they want to learn, etc.
• The teacher will help the students write a short
  story about a day in the life of a seashell.
• Students will create a small comic strip about a
  seashell that they create. (Teacher may have to
  help with the writing of some words)

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Language Arts Listening

• The teacher will find larger shells that the
  students would be able to listen to the sound of
  the ocean in.
• Students will listen while learning the 5 Little
  Seashells song.

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Language Arts Viewing

• If close to the ocean, students are to take a
  field trip to the beach and discuss the shells
  they find.
• Plan a field trip to a museum where there are
  shells on display.
• The class will view the other students art work
  and projects.
• Teacher will make flashcards out of photographs
  students took of their seashells and quiz
  students on their knowledge of which shell is
  which?

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Language Arts Visually Representing

• Children will create their own concrete poems
  about a seashell. Each child will pick their own
  seashell and draw it with their poem.
• Teacher will photograph the children working on
  art projects and outdoor activities and also
  record the students in their play.
• Teacher will also help students photograph their
  own work and seashells.
• Students and teacher will create a word wall with
  all the words that do with seashells.

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Science

• Using a sand station have students use their
  fingers to make designs in the sand. Look at the
  sand through a magnifying glass (what do you
  see?) Run sand through a funnel (what does it
  sound like?) Use water to change texture.
• Discuss with students how sand is made and what
  it is made out of.
• Discuss the living environments of a seashell and
  the animals that live inside them.
• Using Google Earth as a class we will explore the
  many shorelines in the world and discuss the
  varieties, similarities, and differences in the
  environments.

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Mathematics

• Children will practice counting the letter S in
  the Sally Sells Seashells poem
• Count and trace ocean themed worksheets
• http//www.kidzone.ws/math/kindergarten.htm
• Children will visually estimate the number of
  shells on the worksheet and then will count and
  see how close they were.
• Give pairs of Children a jar full of assorted
  shells and have one student create a pattern and
  allow the other child to copy.
• Using a balance weigh all different types of
  shells, have children guess which will weigh more
  of less.
• At the beach the children can practice counting
  their shells and trade with peers and see the
  difference.

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Social Studies

• Children will visit lifeguards or other people
  that work at the beach and visit with them.
• Children could also clean up the beach.
• If there is a museum close by that deals with
  seashells and marine life children could
  volunteer and also talk to employees.
• Schedule a lifeguard to
• visit the classroom and
• students must interview
• them.

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Physical Education

• Scavenger hunt for seashells
• Matching game
• - using poster board large seashells will
  be drawn and placed face down on the gym floor
  and 2 students will race at a time to find the
  most matches.
• Octopus Tag
• Play seashell, seashell, ocean! just like duck,
  duck, goose.
• Act out 5 Little Seashells

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Music and Art

• Children will create a textured picture using
  paint and seashells.
• Children will create a wind chime using seashells
  of all shapes and sizes to create different
  sounds.
• Have children think of a favorite animal using
  seashells and googly eyes help children create a
  seashell critter.
• Teach children the Five Little Seashells song.
• Sand painting with different paints, liquids and
  solutions to change appearance and textures.
• Make songs using conch shells.
• Students will keep an art portfolio of all their
  work.

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FIVE LITTLE SEASHELLSFive little seashells
lying on the shore (hold up five
fingers) Swish! went the waves, and then there
were four (bend down one finger)Four little
seashells, cozy as could be Swish! went the
waves, and then there were three. (bend down one
finger)Three little seashells, all pearly new
Swish! went the waves, and then there were two
(bend down one finger)Two little seashells
sleeping in the sun Swish! went the waves, and
then there was one (bend down one finger)One
little seashell left all alone Whispered
"SHHHHHH" as I took it home. (bend down last
finger)
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Technology

• http//www.seashellcity.com/
• http//www2.scholastic.com
• Google Earth
• Sounds of the Ocean tapes and CDs
• Photographs taken at the beach or just of
  seashells in the classroom
• Discovery Kids Seashells video
• Create a slideshow of the photographs taken of
  the beach and seashells

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Language Arts Strategies

• Background knowledge teacher will have students
  think of anything they already know about
  seashells and sand and the beach itself.
• Brainstorming as a class the teacher and
  students will discuss what they want to learn
  about seashells and the beach environment.
• Connecting students will relate what they want
  to learn to their experiences at the beach and on
  the knowledge of seashells.
• Playing with language students will use language
  creatively through journals, songs, and writing.
• Visualizing students will create pictures in
  their minds.

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Language Arts Skills

• Print students will recognize the words about
  seashells on the word wall.
• Comprehension students will recognize
  non-fiction, fiction and poetry.
• Language students will apply various skills in
  their writing activities songs, journals,
  writing.
• References students will watch the videos.

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Grouping Patterns

• Large Group field trips, 5 Little Seashells,
  Google Earth, group reading, making music,
  weighing shells, read alouds.
• Small Group estimation, patterns.
• Individual writing projects and poems (with
  teacher), journal entries, artwork, books on
  tape, art portfolios.

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Lesson PlanGrade Level KindergartenSubje
ct Area MathematicsMaterials Needed By The
Shore worksheet, pencil, crayons,
seashellsStandards K.1.1. Count to 20
K.3.1. Sort objects according to a given
attribute e.g., use, size, color, shape
K.5.1. Identify, sort, and
classify objects by one attribute
Objectives TLW practice estimation.
TLW trade and sort the same types
of shells. TLW count shells
on worksheet and real shells.Learning
Activities 1. the teacher will pass out By The
Shore worksheet and explain what estimation is.
2. Teacher will help students with
estimation, then have the class actually count
the shells and then color the
page. 3. After class is done with
the worksheet, teacher will pass out a handful of
seashells to each student
not counting how many they get. 4.
Students will exchange seashells and sort them by
type, size, and colorAssessment Students will
get a basic understanding of estimation and will
learn to sort shells.
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Assessments

• Journal entries
• Short stories- 61 writing traits
• Poem- poetry score sheet
• Participation in PE and music
• Display of artwork- art critiques
• Test memory with seashell flashcards
• Graphs on similarities and differences dealing
  with the shorelines around the world
• Portfolio of artwork and school work- portfolio
  checklist