Reading & Writing Pirate Unit Activities "Talk Like a Pirate Day" Grades 3 4 5 6

Pirate-themed bundle of reading and writing activities for a pirate unit or to help celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day (every September 19th!).

The bundle of pirate activities includes three products:

>The Three Little Pigs becomes . . . THE THREE PIRATE PIGS (6-page fractured fairy tale readers' theater script for 5-8 readers plus extension activities)

>PIRATES DON'T WEAR LIFE JACKETS (3 1/2-page readers' theater script for 6-9 readers plus extension activities)

>THE TALK-LIKE-A-PIRATE TOOLKIT, which provides 35 pages of pirate-themed reading and writing activities (and a couple just-for-fun activities, too!)

In addition to the readers' theater script, "The Three Pirate Pigs" literacy toolkit includes the following:

>Sound Effects: Cue Cards

>Vocabulary: Word Work activity

>Fractured Fairy Tales Compare & Contrast graphic organizer activity

>The Three Little Pigs Leveled Reading List of both traditional and fractured fairy tale retellings

>Readers' Theater Weekly Practice Checklist

>An overview of readers' theater & the four elements of fluent reading

In addition to the readers' theater script, "Pirates Don't Wear Life Jackets" literacy toolkit includes the following:

>Sound Effects: Cue Cards

>Vocabulary: Word Work activity

>Comprehension Check: Inference graphic organizer activity

>Pirate-y bonus ideas for using the "Talk-Like-a-Pirate Toolkit" to complement and expand students' work with the script

>Readers' Theater Weekly Practice Checklist

>2 pages of tips & tricks for successful readers' theater implementation

The "Talk-Like-a-Pirate Toolkit" includes:

>"Ye Pirate Name Generator": A quick, fun activity that uses students' birthdays to generate their unique pirate names.

>"Ye Pirate Dictionary": A dictionary of pirate-y talk and terminology, which also includes a variety of extension activities (adding illustrations, translating pirate-y speech, and more).

>"Our Teacher Was a Pirate": A silly bit of pirate poetry formatted both as a regular poem and as a readers' theater script makes a perfect, quick pirate reading activity. (The 2-page pirate readers' theater script is provided in both a 3-reader version and a 4-reader version.)

>"Would Ye Rather...?": Three different pirate writing prompts are provided, along with graphic organizers.

>Word Search: A just-for-fun word search as a bonus pirate activity.

This bundle of pirate activities is perfect for third-grade, fourth-grade, fifth-grade, and sixth-grade students. It can also be used for second-grade gifted-and-talented students in need of a challenge.

All products are in PDF format.