MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
MATERIALS
- pirate costumes including hat, eye patch, etc.
- pirate props including parrot, etc.
- Pirate name chart
- decoding worksheets and instructions/supplies for decoding wheels
RESOURCES
- CSLP manual: Children, page 35 - Storytime Songs
- Sarah's Message in a Bottle Handout
- All for the Boys: Printable Decoder
- Teachers Pay Teachers: Talk like a Pirate Day
- Mama Teaches: Pirate Name List
Sarah and Deb incorporate storytime with music, props and costumes!
INSTRUCTIONS
- Welcome: Pirate names
- Grades K-3
- Story 1: How I Became a Pirate (Melinda Long)
- Story 2: Pirates In Pajamas (Caroline Crowe)
- Story 3: Pirates in Class 3 (Alison Donald)
- Grades 4-6
- Story 1: You Wouldn't Want To Be a Pirate selections (John Malam)
- Story 2: Who Wants To Be a Pirate (Bridget Heos)
- Story 3: Goldenlocks and the Three Pirates (April Jones Prince)
- Activities: Message in a Bottle
- Early Elementary (Grades 1 & 2): Decoding worksheet
- Have moon sand or kinetic sand on hand to fill time as needed
- Middle Elementary (Grades 3 & 4): have kids make a decoding wheel then have them solve premade message
- Upper Elementary (Grades 5 & 6): have kids make decoding wheel, create their own message, and then have them solve a partner's message
- Early Elementary (Grades 1 & 2): Decoding worksheet
