State the Objective
Tell the children that they will pretend to sell shells and bells while they read and rhyme words like shell, bell, well, tell, sell, and yell.

Literacy Activities
Pretend to sell a bell

• Write “I sell bells” on a piece of paper; display the sign and read it out loud.
• Say to the children, “I tell you, ‘I can sell you a bell.’”
• State that bell, sell, tell, and yell rhyme.
• Tell the children, “I yell, I sell a bell!”
• Show the bell (or drawing of a bell) and make comments:
  
  • I yell, “I sell bells!”
  • Sell you a bell?
  • Tell your friend that I sell bells.
  • Yell, “Sell me a bell!”
  • Tell me, “Sell me a bell.”
  • I yell, “Bells!”
• Have the children pretend to buy and ring a bell.

Pretend to sell a shell

• Write “I sell shells” on a piece of paper; display the sign and read it out loud.
• Show the children the shell (or drawing of a shell).
• Have the children yell, “I sell a shell!” and pretend to sell a shell.
• Let the children tell a friend, “I tell you, I sell a shell.”
• Ask the children, “Do you have a shell to sell, a bell to sell, or things that smell?”
• Respond to the children by saying, “Oh, you sell shells!”

Read words that end in ell

• Show a list of -ell words (e.g., well, swell, bell, tell, yell, fell, well, smell)
• Read the words to the children.
• Reread the list with the children, supporting as necessary.

 Read about selling bells or shells 

• Read the Sell a Bell and a Shell target text (see below) with the children.
• Reread the text, fading support.

Write -ell words 

• Write the -ell word ending.
• Display the consonants w, y, t, s, b, and sh.
• Let the children make words by adding the initial consonants to the -ell ending. 
• Read the words that the children create.