Arrrrgh! My pirate unit is my favorite unit! I save it for the end of
the year to help motivate my class when a lot of children (and teachers!) are running out of steam. The kids get so excited about the great
activities.
They did an awesome job making pirate maps. This year, I
gave a list of requirements for them to follow. They had to have 5 islands and
at least 3 bodies of water. ty The islands and water had to be labeled. We
brainstormed names and listed them on the Smart Board. This also provided a
great opportunity to review proper nouns. The names also needed to appropriate
for pirates or the ocean, such as "Pelican Cove."
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| Here is one of our maps. Look at those wonderful names. This little girl came up with these by herself!! I was so proud of her work!
After the class had completed their maps, they wrote instructions on how to find the buried treasure. We talked about how to make this a LIST of instructions, not a story. Children needed at have a least 5 directions. Everyone did such as fantastic job. I was so impressed. Here is one of them.
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