There Was A Weird Diver Adapted Book and Vocabulary Activities

Ocean Adapted Book and Vocabulary Activities

This Ocean Adapted Book and Vocabulary Activities, "There Was a Weird Diver," is a fun and silly ocean themed story that focuses on ocean themed vocabulary words, basic sequencing skills, and "Wh" questions.

This download includes 1 adapted book, 1 sequencing stick activity, 1 sorting/classification activity, 1 positional concepts activity, and 1 set of vocabulary labeling cards.

How to Use It:

In a small group, a teacher or therapist reads the story as students follow along and match a word and picture to each page. After the book is complete, the teacher or therapist can extend the activity to other areas of focus such as sequencing skills, visual discrimination/identification skills, positional concepts skills, and sorting and classification skills by using the included supplemental activities. Students working at an independent level may work through the activities in a work station or literacy center.

Sample Text:

"There was a Weird Diver who swallowed a shell.

  But I don't know why he swallowed a shell.

  It couldn't end well.

 There was a Weird Diver who swallowed a dolphin.

 That boy "went to coughin' " when he swallowed the dolphin.

 He swallowed the dolphin to shove the shell.

 But I don't know why he swallowed the shell.

 It couldn't end well."