Pirates!

Intent	September 19 is International Talk Like A Pirate Day.  We celebrate the seafarin’ life all week long in the library with songs, dances, stories and costumes.  Join the crew and get ready for fun.
Introduction	Bring students to carpet, get them settled. Welcome Song (To London Bridge is Falling Down)         Welcome to the library, library, library. Welcome to the library,         Please come inside and read.          We’re glad to have you here today, here today, here today.          We’re glad to have you here today, today’s a special day.
	Finger play: This is Big (source: traditional) This is big big big                 Hold arms out to side This is small small small    Cup hands together This is short short short       Hold hands w/palms facing each other This is tall tall tall                  Reach one hand above head This is fast fast fast               Circle fists quickly This is slow slow slow         Circle fists slowly This is yes yes yes               Nod This is no no no                    Shake head
	Library Expectations: “4 finger rules” of the library: quiet (finger to mouth) watch teachers (fingers to eyes) listen to stories and directions (cup ears) and always walk (walking fingers.)
	Mystery Bag:  What’s inside the mystery box today?  The object inside the box will give us a clue what our story time is going to be about.  (Object this week is tall ship model.) Welcome!  This week our object is a boat.  It’s not a new boat, though, it’s an old one, with a mast, sails, and ropes everywhere. (Point to parts of boat.)  Our story time today is about pirates, men (and some women) who sailed the seas to find treasure and adventure.  Today we’ll read two stories, sing a song and do a pirate dance.  Join me crew!
	Word of the Week: say it, syllabicate it TEACHER draws it in the air, invites students to “air write” with her.  English:  Pirate Spanish:  Pirata (Pee-RAH-Tah) (notice similarity?) ASL sign: Here is the sign for PIRATE.  Take your right hand and cover your eye like an eyepatch.  Pirates wear patches over their eyes: you did it!  That’s it!
Resource	How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003.) (Caldecott Honor!) Before: Who here would like to be a pirate?  This is a book about a boy who gets to go off with the pirates and what happens to him. During: Check for understanding.  At what point did he decide he did not want to be a pirate? Why is the treasure so easy to find? After:  Note he’s on the “pirate” soccer team.
Activity	Action Rhyme & SONG:  If You’re A Pirate And You Know It If you’re a pirate and you know it, swab the deck. If you’re a pirate and you know it, swab the deck. If you’re a pirate and you know it and you really want to show it, If you’re a pirate and you know it, swab the deck. If you’re a pirate and you know it, draw your sword. If you’re a pirate and you know it, draw your sword. If you’re a pirate and you know it and you really want to show it, If you’re a pirate and you know it, draw your sword. If you’re a pirate and you know it, say ARRRRRRR! If you’re a pirate and you know it, say ARRRRRRR! If you’re a pirate and you know it and you really want to show it, If you’re a pirate and you know it, say ARRRRRRR! If you’re a pirate and you know it, do all three. (swab the deck, draw your sword, say AAARR!) If you’re a pirate and you know it, do all three. If you’re a pirate and you know it and you really want to show it, If you’re a pirate and you know it, do all three.
Resource	Poem:  Buried Treasure by Douglas Florian in Shiver Me Timbers: Pirate Poems and Paintings (2012.)   The illustrations really help with the mood of the poem.  It also goes along with the story we just read.
Resource	Pirate Boy by Eve Bunting (Holiday House, 2012.) Pre-Reading: Like the boy in the previous book, Pirate Boy wants to go off with the pirates.  Let’s see what happens. During Reading:  predict what happens next… After Reading:  Note similarity of conclusions of both books… they both want to be back with their families at the end! *This one is a kid-tested winner!  I’m so happy I used it- turns out it’s the best-received pirate book I’ve ever read.
Activity:	Action Rhyme:  One-Eyed Jake I’m One-Eyed Jake, the pirate chief (cover one eye with hand as if covering eye with a patch) A terrible, fearsome ocean thief I have a peg upon my leg (Stand on one leg) I have a hook and a dirty look (One arm in the air, curving hand into a hook shape—make exaggerated mean face) I’m One-Eyed Jake, the pirate chief A terrible, fearsome ocean thief. This is a fun one to use cumulatively. Add action after action, until the child is standing balanced on one leg, an eye covered, arm in a hook. They'll giggle as they try to stay upright. It isn't easy for me to do (especially in heels).
Activity	Talk Like A Pirate Day has eyepatches to print online.  Students make eyepatches with scissors and yarn and a little adult help.  http://www.talklikeapirate.com/partykit/eyepatch.pdf (alternately, there are lots of coloring sheets with pirate figures.)
Check Out	Today we check out books!  Go over basic book selection ideas. (Good fit, how to care for a book…) Then kids check out.
Wrap-up	Review: word of week and intent.  Goodbye Song: Open, shut them. Open, shut them. Raise your hands up high. Open, shut them. Open, shut them. Wave and say goodbye.

Annual TEKS:  https://drive.google.com/?usp=chrome_app#folders/0B3dpaiUKs9aAMHVaT2otdC1Kb1U

This Week’s TEKS:  1 (A) words represented by print

                                    1 (C) 1:1 correspondence word/print

                                    1 (F) Conventions of Print

                                    1 (G) Parts of A Book

                                    2 (B) Identify Syllables in spoken words

                                    3 (A) Identify common sounds letters represent

                                    4 (A) Identify what happens next based on cover, illustration

                                    4 (B) Ask & respond to questions about text

                                    6 (A) Identify elements of a story: setting character, key events

                                    6 (C) Recognize sensory details

                                    7      Poetry has regular beat, similar word sounds (rhyme, alliteration)

                                    8 (B) describe characters in a story and reasons for their actions

                                    10 (D) use titles/illustrations to make predictions about text

                                    10 (B) retell important facts in an expository text

18 (A)  use phonological knowledge to match sounds to letters

19 (A) ask questions of classwide interest (with adult assistance)

20 (A) gather evidence from provided text sources (with adult assistance)

                                    21 (A) listen attentively by facing speakers and asking questions

                                    21 (B) Follow oral directions that involve a short, related sequence of events

                                    RC(fig 19) (D)  make inferences based on cover, title, illustrations and plot

                                    RC(fig 19) (A) discuss purpose for reading & listening to various texts

RC(fig 19) (A) discuss purpose for reading or listening to various texts

                                    RC(fig 19) (B)  ask and respond to questions about texts

OUT-TAKES: These are ideas and books from past years that are taking the year off.  You might like to use them for variety.

Action Rhyme:        Fierce Pirate

I’m a fierce pirate,
(Brandish sword or dagger)

Captain of my ship.
(Stand at attention)

I stride the deck
(Walk in place)

With hand on hip.
(Put hands on hips)

Our big black flag Shows a skull and cross bones.
(Hands over eyes, or look through telescope)

Everybody moans.
(Throw up hands and moan)

Out of the hold Dark and dank,
(Climb ladder with hands)

We bring the captive
(Hands together behind back)

Who walks the plank.
(Walk fingers of one hand off index finger of the other hand)

Without our gold and silver,

Away we go With many a SHOUT
(Cup hands around mouth)

And a YO-HO-HO!
(Say loudly)

Some Pirate Jokes

What is a pirate’s favorite school subject?  Arrrrrt What are pirates afraid of?  The Daaaarghk! Where do Pirates put their trash?  In the GAAAARRRRRRghbage can  What grades did the pirate get in school? (High C's!) What do you get when you throw a million books into the ocean? (A title wave!)

Everyone knows pirates ride the ocean in boats, but what’s a pirate’s second favorite mode of transportation?  A Caaaaarrrgh! Where does the pirate put his car when he’s done driving? A PAAARRRGHking lot! Pirate Story Time What do you call a pirate that skips class? Captain Hooky!) Why does it take pirates so long to learn the alphabet? (Because they spend years at C!)

·         Pirate Pete’s Talk Like A Pirate Kim Kennedy ( Abrams, 2007) (had some harder words, might be better for 1-3^rd grade)

·         Shiver Me Letters, a Pirate ABC (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006)

·         The sequel to How I Became a Pirate is 2007’s Pirates Don’t Change Diapers. Both Long books are on Tumblebooks, if you subscribe.

·         How I Became A Pirate was also made into a musical.  If you can catch it, do so.  My son loved it.  You can watch clips, including some songs, on You Tube.

·         International Talk Like A Pirate Day websiteL  http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html

Here's a great booklet you can make with pirate sight words:  http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/learning-letters/ib-book-pirate.htm