Teacher’s Guide In the Sea

For book In the Sea, Level E

Script Level: Grade 1 (Early)
Word Count: 153
Script Summary:
A group of kids go to the sea with Dad. What
animals do they know that live in the sea?

Objectives and Assessment

Monitor students to determine if they can:
• consistently read their lines with appropriate rate and accuracy
• consistently read their lines with appropriate expression, including pause, inflection,
and intonation
• follow along silently and listen for spoken cues

Using the Scripts:

• Each role is assigned a reading level according to the syntactic and semantic difficulty
encountered. Feel free to divide roles further to include more readers in a group.
• Discuss vocabulary and encourage readers to practice their lines to promote fluent delivery
of the script.
• Before reading, have students identify their lines in the script by checking or coloring the boxes
beside their part. You may also have them highlight or underline their part.

Vocabulary:
Story words: barking, big, crawl, excited, giant, glides, hungry, schools, sea

Cast of Characters:
Grade 1 (Early)
Narrator Mike Brian

Dad Jan Claire

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Cast of Characters:
Parts

MM Narrator MM
Mike MM Brian

MM Dad MM
Jan MM Claire

MMNarrator:
Dad is taking everyone to the sea.
Everyone is very excited.

MMDad:
We’re on our way to the sea!
What swimming sea things can you name?

MMMike:
The big blue whale lives in the sea.
What else lives in the sea?

MMJan:
A hungry shark hunts in the sea.
What else lives in the sea?

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MMBrian:
The giant sea turtle floats in the sea.
What else lives in the sea?

MMClaire:
Schools of fish swim in the sea.
What else lives in the sea?

MMMike:
The eight-armed octopus moves in the sea.
What else lives in the sea?

MMJan:
The barking seal glides in the sea.
What else lives in the sea?

MMBrian:
Crabs and lobsters crawl in the sea.
What else lives in the sea?

MMClaire:
Lots of swimming sea things live in the sea.

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MMDad:
We have made it to the sea.
Let’s go see what lives in the sea!

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