Argh, Some Pirate Fun For You

When I taught Gen Ed 1st grade I used to have an end of the year Pirate Party! Since I left FL I had not revisited my favorite Pirate Theme. I am happy to announce that this year I am going back to my roots.

My fellow teachers think I am nuts because I am putting up stuff as they are all taking theirs down. :/ However, I could not resist making a Pirate themed bulleting board.

 It reads "We ARGHHH ready for 1st and 2nd grade. Aye, Matey, we be landlubbers no more. In 1 weeks time we set sail on a voyage of a lifetime." I think I will all my students sign it. Miss. Maddie suggested I take pictures of my students walking, shrink them and place them on the ship. Great idea, but I don't think I have time to do it. Maybe next year.

Each day last week I read a new pirate story:

Monday: How I became a Pirate

Tuesday: Pirates Don't Change Diapers

(We watched the sequel on Tumble books)

Wednesday: The Gingerbread Pirates

Thursday: The Night Pirates

Friday: Pirate Pete

I did not realize how many pirate books I had.

This week we will read from 2 B&N books. I just had to have when I saw them on the shelf.

I also found some new stories I will be buying for next year.

These were the activities we did after we read our Pirate books:
1. We made a pirate hat From Kids Craft Weekly
2. We made an eye patch
3. We drew a  a treasure map

4. Wrote 3 pirate adventure story using writing paper from Lynda Morgart's Pirate Gold Unit.

AND we
5. Made a Pirate Glyph
I was inspired by Deanna Jump's Pirate glyph and decided to make my own. :)
Here is the Pirate Glyph template I made:
(I printed the first sheet on tan paper so they wouldn't have to spend too much time coloring it in.
Pirate Glyph
Pirate Glyph 2
Here is a picture of our Pirate Glyph Key

Here is what they look like:

We have also done some great activities from from Lynda Morgart's Pirate Gold Literacy & Math Activities. If you have not checked it out please do so. She practically did all the work for me.

This week we will continue to read our pirate books, watch The Muppet's Treasure Island and have a Pirate Party. We will wear all of our pirate gear at our pirate party and we will get to eat some delicious "Gold" popcorn!

We've had a BLAST!