Ocean Adapted Books Unit | In the Deep Blue Sea

Ocean Adapted Books Unit | In the Deep Blue Sea is a hands-on ocean-themed resource for preschool, Pre-K, kindergarten, special education, autism classrooms, and speech therapy. This interactive unit helps students build ocean animal vocabulary, basic comprehension, sequencing, classification, labeling, positional concepts, and early language skills through adapted reading and engaging follow-up activities.

This ocean unit includes an interactive adapted book plus a variety of extension activities such as file folder games, cookie sheet activities, a clothespin task, and vocabulary handwriting practice. It is a great choice for circle time, small groups, literacy centers, independent work stations, and therapy sessions, especially for students who benefit from visual supports, repetition, and hands-on learning.

What's Included: 1 adapted book (color teacher copy), 1 adapted book (black and white student copy), 3 file folder games, 2 cookie sheet activities, 1 clothespin task and 1 set of vocabulary handwriting sheets.

Adapted Books Included: In the Deep Blue Sea (color-teacher copy) In the Deep Blue Sea (black and white student copy)

File Folder Games Included: In the Deep Blue Sea Vocabulary Match-Up File Folder Game , Over/Under the Octopus Sort File Folder Game, Lives on Land/Lives in the Water Sort Folder Game

Cookie Sheet Activities Included: Sea Animal Sequence, Seashell Color Sort.

Clothespin Task Activity Included: Seashell Color Clips

Handwriting Sheets Included: Handwriting Practice Set 8: Sealife Vocabulary Words

Sample Text:

"Way, way down, in the deep blue sea...

a wiggly little octopus, was as wiggly as can be!

He wiggled by a seahorse.

And he wiggled by a fish.

He wiggled by a crab,

with a "wiggle-wiggle-swish!"

In addition to all of the above activities, this unit also includes an updated adapted book and 4 new vocabulary extension activities that focus on sequencing, classification, labeling, and positional concepts! Please see the preview for details.

If your students enjoy this activity , there are many more adapted books in my collection. Please see my complete adapted books collection below:

Complete Adapted Books Collection

For more hands-on ocean or spring or summer themed activities, please see the following links:

Hands-On Ocean Activities

Hands-On Spring Activities

Hands-On Summer Activities