A brother and sister play happily on the beach, collecting shells and making a sandcastle, until the tide comes in and Dad has to step in to help the children out of the water.

Genre: Simple realistic story with patterned language

Learning Objectives: Word Recognition

Strand 5: Link sounds to letters.

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Know that print carries meaning and, in English, is read from left to right and top to bottom.