Talk Like a Pirate Day Books & Activities for Elementary Classrooms

Talk Like a Pirate Day Books & Activities for Elementary Classrooms

Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19th, and is a fun day to engage students will a little educational pirate fun! Celebrate this fun holiday with pirate books, pirate crafts, and pirate activities that your students will love!

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Pirate Themed Books

How I Became a Pirate is a pirate classic, and always a fun read! Anything that includes David Shannon illustrations is always a hit with students.

Kids love pirates. They also find anything involving underwear to be highly hilarious. This silly tale combines both and is a great addition to any classroom!

A silly tale about what pirates do when they go to school, Pirates Go to School is a perfect read for Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Pirates Don’t Change Diapers is the hilarious sequel to  How I Became a Pirate and is always a student favorite!

Do Pirates Take Baths? is a fun guide on all of the things pirates do! It’s the perfect read aloud for a crew of wannabe pirates!

The Pirates Next Door is a fun tale with a great lesson on judging a book by it’s cover and friendship!

Price and Pirate is another silly and fun tale that will cause giggles and laughs with a heartwarming ending about making friends.

Pirates might steal your treasure, but they at least say thank you! This funny book encourages politeness from an unexpected source: pirates!

Pirate Videos

When You Subtract Like a Pirate is always one of my students’ favorite subtraction videos for simple subtraction, but it’s especially fun on Talk Like a Pirate Day!

This cute video from Jake and the Never Land Pirates will give your students some child friendly ways to talk like a pirate!

This fun We are the Pirates song is perfect for a Talk Like a Pirate Day brain break!

If your students like Jack Hartmann songs, this silly pirate song is a great pick as well!

Talk Like a Pirate Crafts and Activities

Pirate one page crafts are perfect for Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th!

These one page craftivities for talk like a pirate day are super simple and fun crafts! Your students will love how fun they are, and you’ll love how little paper they use. The Pirate Phrases chart will also come in handy!

Pirate reading passages are perfect for Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th!

Pirate reading passages are fun. Pirate reading passages staring your students? They’re a BLAST! These 5, personalized comprehension passages are the perfect Talk Like a Pirate activity to work on reading comprehension. You can make class sets in a snap. Simply type in your class list in the table of contents, and you’ve got a whole class set of each passage ready to print and go! An editable cover is also included if you’d like to let your students make a book with the passages.

Map skills are important, and this pirate map pack makes it fun! This set is perfect for Talk like a Pirate Day on September 19th!

What better time to work on map skills than on Talk Like a Pirate Day! This fun pirate themed pack teaches basic map skills with a fun power point, practice sheets, and a pirate craft that allows students to create their own map.

You can grab all three resources above individually, or in a discounted bundle here.

free pirate directed drawing activity that's perfect for talk like a pirate day

Want to give directed drawings a try? Grab a free pirate directed drawing in this post from by friend Jen from Teaching in the Tongass!

Pirate STEM and escape room activities are a perfect way to celebrate talk like a pirate day in the classroom!

Finally, the ultimate way to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th? A Pirate themed Escape Room Adventure with a bonus STEM activity! Your students will LOVE these engaging activities, and you’ll love that they’re editable for easy differentiation! (Click here to read more about Escape Rooms in the classroom.)

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Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19th, and is a fun day to engage students will a little educational pirate fun! Celebrate this fun holiday with pirate books, pirate crafts, and pirate activities that your students will love!


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