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Supplies:
- Magic Tree House Book Pirates Past Noon and MTH Fact Tracker: Pirates- A Nonfiction Companion to Pirates Past Noon (I try to get books from the library whenever possible, but they don’t always have everything)
- Backpack Journals for Book 4 (Click on the book and download the Backpack Study-Books 1-4. Print 1 Story Mapping with Annie page, and 1 Jack’s Facts page). You can fill in facts you want to write down on Jack’s Facts page as you come across them in the reading.
- Optional: Magic Tree House Games and Puzzles from the Treehouse book [This gets used a lot, but I will try to find alternatives online when possible. I make copies of the pages for easy gluing into the notebook]
- The spiral or composition notebook started with book 1
- Free account at Magic Tree House
- The usual: paper, printer, ink, pencils, crayons or colored pencils
- Other supplies will depend on what additional projects you choose to do- empty cardboard toilet paper roll, empty cardboard aluminum foil roll, paper cup, and clear plastic to make your own Spyglass (Day 9); Interactive Treasure Map (Day 3)
Day 1
- Read chapters 1-2 of Pirates Past Noon
- After each chapter, use the story map to summarize the main event in the chapter
- On story map, draw the setting of where they landed (picture in book Jack and Annie were looking at)
- Draw your own pirate flag (Page 16 MTH Games and Puzzles); Alternative: Do a Pirate Flag craft
Day 2
- Read chapters 3-4
- Story map after each chapter
- Pirate Word Matching (Page 101 from Gift of Curiosity’s Printable Pack)
- Things Pirates Have and Do Not Have Sorting (Pages 25-26 from Gift of Curiosity Printable Pack)
Day 3
- Read chapters 5-6
- Story map after each chapter
- Print and color or make your own Interactive Pirate Treasure Map
Day 4
- Read chapters 7-8
- Story map after each chapter
- Maze (Page 17 MTH Games and Puzzles); Alternative Pirate mazes- easy or hard
- Compass Game (Page 19 MTH Games and Puzzles); Alternative: Interactive Map-Use a Compass Rose
- Read a Map-Cardinal Directions (go until it says you hit daily practice limit)
Day 5
- Read chapters 9-10
- Story map after each chapter
- Fill in clue #4 on the Travel Journals Page.
- Take the Pirates Past Noon Passport Quiz (Don’t forget to log in!)
- Get outside and do a Pirate Treasure Nature Scavenger Hunt!
Day 6
- Read chapter 1: The First Pirates (Research Guide: Pirates)
- Watch Popular Mechanics for Kids Season 3 Episode 11: Pirates and Gold (on Amazon Prime) or YouTube**
Day 7
- Read chapter 2: New World Pirates (Research Guide: Pirates)
- Pirates sailed over different oceans. Look up where each is and label them on the Seven Seas lapbook piece from Homeschool Share
Day 8
- Read chapter 3: The Golden Age of Pirates (Research Guide: Pirates)
- Complete Blackbeard lapbook piece from Homeschool Share
Day 9
- Read chapter 4: Pirate Ships (Research Guide: Pirates)
- Make your own Spyglass (here’s another option)
- Fill in one fact learned about pirates on the Fact Treasure Hunt Fact #1 space (Will need to create a free TeachersPayTeachers (TPT) account, if you don’t already have one)
Day 10
- Read chapter 5: A Pirate’s Life (Research Guide: Pirates)
- Watch Time Warp Trio-Not So Jolly Roger**
Day 11
- Read chapter 6: Pirate Treasure (Research Guide: Pirates)
- Make an Egg Carton Treasure Box
- Fill in one more fact learned about pirates on the Fact Treasure Hunt Fact #2 space
Day 12
- Read chapter 7: Pirate Attack (Research Guide: Pirates)
- Watch Five Pirate Myths that are Actually True!** from National Geographic (Parents may want to watch ahead of time)
- Fill in one more fact learned about pirates on the Fact Treasure Hunt Fact #3 space
Day 13
- Read chapter 8: Piracy After the Golden Age (Research Guide: Pirates)
- Take the Fact Tracker: Pirates Passport Quiz (Don’t forget to log in!)
- If I Were a Pirate…Writing Prompt (from TPT)
Day 14
- Make Pirate Biscuits (optional) and/or…
- Watch a movie such as Muppet Treasure Island (G), Hook (PG), or The Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG)
Extra Notes:
- There are so many more pages in the Gift of Curiosity Pirates Printable Pack that you can use to add more activities to a day you finish quickly or even to stretch the unit out a little more
- In addition to the Magic Tree House books above, we also read The Usborne Official Pirate Handbook for fun
- Pirates coloring pages
- For more pirate movies for kids, check out Top 10 rollickingly good pirate movies for kids or Pirate Movies for Kids & Families
(Updated 11/27/18)
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