Clark the Shark by Bruce Hale is a great back to school story or book to use with an ocean theme. This resource targets describing vocabulary, sorting animals into categories, sequencing, story retelling, syntax/grammar skills (homophones & exclamations), pragmatic skills (school, home, & community rules), phonological awareness (rhyming), and comprehension questions. Step-by-step lesson directions are provided. This book companion can be differentiated for a variety of elementary gra