State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will sell shells and bells and will read and write words that are spelled with the double letters -ll, such as shell, bell, well, tell, sell, and smell.

Literacy Activities
Sell shells and bells

• Set up shops where the children can sell bells, shells, or things that smell.
• Show the children the Bell Shop, Shell Shop, and Things that Smell Shop signs, and point out the -ll double letter combination.
• Explain that the children will be the shoppers and sellers of bells, shells, and things that smell.
• Let the sellers hold up their signs and yell, “I sell shells,” or “I sell bells,” or “I sell things that smell.”
• Have the buyers ask questions and make comments:  
  • You sell bells?  
  • What swell bells!  
  • Do you sell shells or things that smell?   
  • What shells or bells do you sell?
  • I will yell, you sell bells.
  • Who sells shells and things that smell?
  • Do you sell nut shells or seashells?

Write words with double -ll

• With the children, make a list of words with the double -ll: 
  • well, swell, bell, tell, yell, fill, well, smell
• Have the children read the list of words

Read target words/patterns introduced in the activity 

• Display The Bell and Shell Shop target text and read it with the children.
• Read the text again, fading support. 
• Have the children underline the double letter -ll combinations.

Write about the activity using target words/patterns

• Display a word wall with -ll words:  
  • well, yell, tell, sell, bell, smell, swell, will, shell
• Invite the children to refer to the word wall as they write about buying or selling bells and shells (e.g., I sell shells. I buy the best bells.)