Our Pirate Bundle contains our Pets Theme Printables and Templates, Book Study for Pirate’s Perfect Pet, Parts of Speech/Pirate Theme and Talk Like a Pirate Day Pack.

Pets Theme Printables and Templates

This pack is all about how we look after our Pets. There are recording options for your information as well as a Word Wall to place words you may need to complete the writing tasks.

Pet Packs - click here

This pack includes -

• Word Wall Posters – print in color and display to record words with your students you may use throughout the unit
• KWHL – complete the grid by adding what you know, want to know and new learning. Keep adding to this as you move through the learning
• Templates for making two small books about how to take care of your pets
• PET TALES, includes a book cover, and instructions to go home or you could use it as a class book. (Two spelling options for color/colour). If you do not have a pet, write about your dream pet.
• References to the Australian Curriculum and CCSS (USA)

Print and go templates -

• Boggle for stethoscope and veterinarian
• What would you do for your pet was in the sun – thunder or snow?
• Pros and cons for having a pet – birds, cats, dogs, fish, guinea pigs, hamsters, horses, mice, rabbits, snakes and tortoises and a template for other pets
• What does a vet do?
• Research x-rays: human and animal
• Compare two animals – dog/cat, mouse/hamster, snake/tortoise or use the open template for other pets
• Describe your pet
• Steps to put together a fish tank
• Facts and opinions about birds, cats, dogs, fish, guinea pigs, hamsters, horses, mice, rabbits, snakes and tortoises
• Birds, cats, dogs, fish, guinea pigs, hamsters, horses, mice, rabbits, snakes and tortoises – can, have, need, are
• If I were a vet for a day
• Collect data on who owns pets and what sort they have – graph them
• What animal would you have if you could have any pet?
• Interview your grade to gather fact and opinions about pets
• Pets can-have-are-need
• Collect tally marks and make a graph of your own design
• Write about your dream pet

Pirate's Perfect Pet

Writing a persuasive or opinion piece takes skill and repetition. The book “Pirate’s Perfect Pet” is an excellent introduction to writing this type of text.

Use these printables to argue what would be the perfect pet for a pirate.

• Use the Alphabet Key to list the animals that could be a great pet for a pirate.
• Work with a partner to record the pros and cons for each pet mentioned in the text. Use these to help write a plan.
• The planning templates are differentiated to support students to record their point of view, reasons and supportive arguments.
• The Pirate Booklet is used to record the sections from the planner. Print the pages you need for each group.
• The Persuasive Text Rubric is used to show how successful each writer has been. Share the rubric before you start.

Link to Pirate Packs - click here 

Talk Like a Pirate Day

This is a fun day to mimic what a pirate might sound like for the whole day. Explore words, phrases and live like a pirate for the day. These writing tasks will expand your vocabulary and help to make this a day to remember.

• Word Wall – one that is complete and a blank version to add your own grade’s ideas. Great to get your grade talking like a pirate, with lots of terms and phrases to use.
• Make a Pirate Dictionary template – what words or phrases would you add
• Interactive Notebook for what a pirate is-has-can
• Word splash to describe a pirate
• Character Traits of a pirate – list them and take on the nice ones for a day
• A Day in the life of a Pirate – write a story
• Making Pirate lists – what does a pirate need to do in a day
• Conversations with a pirate – what would you say if you met one
• My Pirate Diary – make a booklet to describe a week at sea, a week in port, finding treasure
• A Day in the Life of a Pirate with side graphics – write a narrative
• A ‘I talked like a Pirate today’ Certificate
• Stick Puppets – use them to write a script
• Pirate Script Planner – two versions

Themes - pirates, special days, words, phrases, script writing, word splash

Our Parts of speech - Pirate themed pack

This supports working out if a word is a noun, verb or adjective is all part of helping to make a great sentence and writing a grammatically correct text. Enjoy this pirate theme pack while sorting out nouns, verbs and adjectives.

Posters

• These posters when displayed will guide your students through the difference between nouns, verbs and adjectives.
• There is a second version of the Adjectives poster with USA and non USA spelling.

Sorting Task

• Use the picture prompts sort into three groups – nouns – verbs – adjectives.
• Record the groups of words on the provided templates.

Print and Go

• This print and go section allows for consolidation of what the students know about nouns, verbs and adjectives.
• Brainstorm tasks, alphabet keys and recording templates that are clear and suitable for focus groups or whole class tasks.

Writing Tasks

• Use these templates for planning writing tasks that focus on using nouns, verbs and adjectives.
• These can be pirate based or texts of your choice.

Read the Room

• Print the cards and display them around the room.
• Print the recording sheet for each child.
• As they find a card they record if the card is displaying a word that is a noun, verb or adjective.
• There is an answer key.

Describe It

• These cards can be printed and laminated.
• The students can use a dry erase marker to add adjectives to describe each picture.
• You could print and use it in focus groups and complete a few of the cards together.
• Check in with a buddy and add more adjectives together.

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