State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will run a bell and shell store as they recognize and produce words that rhyme with bell, such as shell, well, smell, yell, and tell.
Literacy Activities
Can you tell?

• Show the children shells, bells, and things that smell (found below).
• Point out that sell, shell, bell, and smell rhyme.
• Highlight words that rhyme as children sort shells, bells, and things that smell (e.g., "Well, a shell!" "A bell," "A shell," "A swell bell," "I can tell, this is a shell," "Well, it is a swell shell!" "A bell is not a shell").

Yell and sell bells and shells

• Let the children decide if they want to sell bells, shells, or things that smell.
• Allow the children to yell and tell what they sell.
• As a customer, ask questions and make comments that highlight -ell words:
  • "Tell me what you sell."  
  • "You sell swell shells."  
  • "Do you sell bells or shells?"  
  • "Well, you sell bells."  
  • "What swell bells!"
  • "You sell things that smell!"

Yell out words that rhyme with swell

• Comment on pairs of words that rhyme (e.g. “Bell rhymes with shell”).
• Have the children yell out a word that rhymes with swell, such as sell, tell, and well.
• Ask the children if two words rhyme (e.g., “Do bell and tell rhyme?”).
• If two words rhyme, have the children yell, “___ - ___ rhyme!" (e.g., “Well - shell rhyme!”).