I thought this week ourHomeschool Resources: Pirates Week because Charlie loves watching movies about Pirates and seeing the things they do. Join us this week as I share resources which will allow you to study Pirates in your classroom.
If you have resources featuring Pirates you would like to share with us, leave me a comment below, and I will get it added as soon as possible.
Life became a little crazy last week, and Charlie and I weren’t able to get through the lesson on Pirate which I had planned on so we will be studying Pirates for two weeks. Inside this post you will see I have included last week’s lessons for you.
This way if you weren’t able to do the Lesson on Pirates you will be able to begin this week and do both lessons. I included items Charlie and I will be doing to make sure we have enough Pirate work for this week. Don’t be afraid to come and join us for Pirate week 1 and 2.
Supplies
Pencils
Crayons
Notebook Paper
Lunch Snacks
Pens
WORDS for the WEEK
- beat
- seat
- three
- small
- mean
- clean
- peak
- dream
- beach
- team
BONUS PIRATE WORDS:
- SHIP
- TREASURE
- DIG
- FLAG
- PLANK
MEMORY VERSE:
2 Thessalonians 3:13
And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right.
COPYWORK
DAY 1
How do we know
Which way to go?
Look at the magnet
and it will show.
DAY 2
North, south, east or west,
For finding directions, it is the best.
DAY 3
How does it work?
It’s as simple as can be.
The planet’s biggest magnet is itself, you see.
DAY 4
The biggest, and most permanent magnet of all.
Compared to it, all others are quite small.
DAY 5
The wiped out all that they could find
Of beauty and strength and worth,
But they could not wipe out the Viking’s Wind,
That brings the ships from the North.
Start the week off at the library checking out books on Pirates.
Monday read and discuss one of the following books with your students or find books that interest your children. Or ask the librarian for suggestions on books for Pirates.
Pre K: Goodnight Pirate
Getting ready for bedtime has never been so much fun! This colorful eBook is a perfect way to help tiny ones wind down on their way to dreamland. From parrots to spy glasses to crow’s nests, it’s time for little ones to rest. Fun rhyming words and joyful illustrations make this eBook perfect for toddlers and their parents to read together. “A bedtime favorite.”–Sunday Express
Pirates have green teeth—when they have any teeth at all. I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the beach building a sand castle and minding my own business, a pirate ship sailed into view.
So proclaims Jeremy Jacob, a boy who joins Captain Braid Beard and his crew in this witty look at the finer points of
pirate life by the Caldecott Honor–winning illustrator David Shannon and the storyteller Melinda Long.
Jeremy learns how to say “scurvy dog,” sing sea chanteys, and throw food . . . but he also learns that there are no books or good night kisses on board: “Pirates don’t tuck.” A swashbuckling adventure with fantastically silly, richly textured illustrations that suit the story to a T.
4th through 8th Grade
Every kid knows that
pirates talk funny, swing a big sword, and seek buried treasure—don’t they? What do we really know about Blackbeard, Madame Cheng, Sir Francis Drake, and other men and women of pirate history? What drove them to sail the high seas? What were their bad habits, favorite foods, and silly quirks? And did they actually talk like that?
A lively style, lots of surprises, and solid research have made the Lives of . . . series of collective biographies popular with both kids and adults. Now the series returns, spanning the globe with profiles of the nineteen most notorious pirates in history.
On Friday watch Pirate Movies
The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow’s idyllic
pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal, kidnapping the governor’s beautiful daughter Elizabeth.
In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth’s childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack.What Will doesn’t know is that a cursed treasure has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live forever as the un-dead.
Pre-K
Product Description
A boatload of beloved VeggieTales pals embarks on a fun and fresh pirate adventure with their trademark humor and silly songs in The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything – A VeggieTales Movie! Larry the Cucumber, Mr. Lunt and Pa Grape find themselves on the ride of their lives when they are mysteriously whisked back to the time when pirates ruled the high seas.
As they help a brave princess rescue her brother from a dastardly pirate villain, they battle evil Cheese Curls, giant rock monsters and their own fears and become the most unlikely heroes you’ve ever seen. It’s a swashbuckling good time for the whole family!
6th- High School
A high-flying adventure from the magic of Steven Spielberg,
HOOK stars Robin Williams as a grown-up Peter Pan and Dustin Hoffman as the infamous Captain Hook. Joining the fun is Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell, Bob Hopkins as the pirate Smee, and Maggie Smith as Granny Wendy Darling, who must convince middle-aged lawyer Peter Banning that he was once the legendary Peter Pan.
So the adventure begins anew, with Peter off to Never Land to save his two children from Captain Hook. Along the way, he rediscovers the power of imagination, friendship, and of magic. A classic tale updated for children of all ages,
HOOK was nominated for five Academy Awards(r) including Best Visual Effects in 1991.
During the week you could allow your students to dress like a Pirate. Simple items like an Eye Patch a Gold Hoop Earring and a
Sword and
poof there a Pirate.
On Wednesday have your students learn how to tie different
knots Pirates would have used.
ACTIVITY–#1– Creative Writing:
If you were a Pirate, what would your name be and why?
What would your pirate name be?
Wouldn’t a pirate be a pirate if he didn’t have this?
If you were a pirate would you be a good guy or a bad guy?
Where would you call home?
Activity #2–
MAKE Your Pirate Flag, and a Treasure Map don’t forget X marks the spot. You need to bury your treasure.
Be Prepared this week to walk the Plank as the students walk into the classroom have a plank laid out for them to walk on. You can even have cut fish and sharks out of paper and put the blue paper on the ground to make it more realistic.
Then you can have the students make a map and X marks the spot where the Treasure buried. Give them shovels and pails and let them find Gold Coins. Ask there dads to come and hunt for the treasure.
MORE Activities
For an outside game during PE you can play
Capture the Flag. If you don’t have a flag, let the kids make one or use a rag and decorate it. They can put there Pirate Name on the Flag or there Boat Name or just Skulls and Crossbones. The sky’s the limit.
For even more fun and an Art Project let them build a ship out of Cardboard and decorate it. Once done they could act out one of the books or movies they watched.
If you would like to have more resources for Pirates, Please check out the
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
![How I Became a Pirate by [Long, Melinda]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61YpH4rcsPL._SX260_.jpg)
![Lives of the Pirates: Swashbucklers, Scoundrels (Neighbors Beware!) (Lives of . . .) by [Krull, Kathleen]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51ppTx9Z3cL.jpg)
