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Pirates of the Caribbean Interactive Map

Description: This great resource allows students to click on an interactive map of the Caribbean Sea to learn all about the important places and hideouts that pirates frequented.

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Pirates of the Caribbean Scavenger Hunt

Description: This scavenger hunt is meant to be used with the Pirates of the Caribbean Interactive Map

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Barbary Pirates - Interactive Map

Description: This awesome interactive map explains everything about the Barbary Pirates. Students can click on the various locations and learn about the strongholds of the Barbary Pirates.

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Barbary Pirates Scavenger Hunt

Description: This scavenger hunt is designed to be used with the Barbary Pirates Interactive Map

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Blackbeard Biography

Description: This is a full biography on Edward Teach, AKA Blackbeard

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Anne Bonny Biography - The Most Notorious Female Pirate

Description: This biography is on the female pirate Anne Bonny.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Sir Francis Drake Biography

Description: This is a complete biography on the notorious British pirate Sir Francis Drake.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Jean Lafitte Biography

Description: This is a biography about the famous New Orleans-based pirate, Jean Lafitte.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Sir Henry Morgan Biography

Description: This is a complete biography about Sir Henry Morgan

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Calico Jack Rackham - Pirate Biography

Description: This is a full biography on Calico Jack Rackham

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Pirates Vocabulary

Description: What's the difference between a pirate and privateer? How about between a corsair and buccaneer? This article explains important vocabulary from the Golden Age of Piracy

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Pirate Vocabulary Matching

Description: This activity requires students to match the pirate-themed word with its definition.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Pirate Vocabulary Matching - Online

Description: This activity requires students to match the pirate-themed vocabulary word with its definition.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Pirate Flags

Description: This article describes and explains the symbolism of pirate flags.

Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Designing a Pirate Logo

Description: This fun activity discusses pirate-themed mascots in sports and then challenges students to design a new pirate logo on a football helmet.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Letter of Marque

Description: This activity allows students to create their own "pirate license" or letter of marque, where they can make their own pirate version of themselves, pirate flag, pirate parrot, ship, and much more!

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Blackbeard Flag Coloring Outline

Description: This is an outline of Blackbeard's flag. Perfect for coloring!

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Blackbeard Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 383 Words; LEXILE: 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Buccaneers Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and five multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4

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Sir Francis Drake Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Sir Henry Morgan Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Pirate-themed Text Structure Pargraphs

Description: This activity presents students with four paragraphs, each with a different text structure. Students must identify the following text structures: Problem-Solution, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, and Chronological

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Blackbeard Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Blackbeard Cloze Reading

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Barbary Pirates Cloze Reading

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Mr. Nussbaum's Boardwalk Challenge - Online Game

Description: This super-fun online game requires students to correctly order whole numbers and decimals on a number line. If students accomplish this task, they are rewarded with tokens that can be redeemed for chances to play any of four boardwalk games: Ski-ball, Whack-a-Pirate, Air Hockey, and Roll the Ball. Tokens are saved as long as students play on the same computer. See instructional video for more information.

Type: Math Game - Decimals Focus

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Mr. Nussbaum's Boardwalk Challenge - Demonstration Video

Description: This video will show you how to use Mr. Nussbaum's Boardwalk Challenge. Please note it is an embedded YouTube video.

Type: Instructional Video

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Buccaneers Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This online cloze reading exercise requires students to type the words from the word bank into the correct fields in the paragraph. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4

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Place Value Pirates - Online Game

Description: In Place Value Pirates, students must use their place value skills to dispatch of the wretched pirate Sir Francis Place Value and his horrible band of place value pirates! Simply read the prompt that appears at the top of the game and click or touch the pirate with the number that matches the prompt. For example, a prompt might read ""7" in the thousands place. Scan the pirates and dispatch of the one with the number that contains a "7" in the thousands place. The game consists of five rounds; each round more challenging the last. For computer versions, users can earn codes after each round so they never have to start all over again. In addition, the game can be played with or without decimals.

Type: Math Game

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Decimals of the Caribbean - Online Game

Description: You play the role of a 17th century Caribbean Buccaneer who sails from port to port looking to steal from Spanish treasure ships. Read the decimal message that appears at the top of the screen. Then, shoot the boat that matches the decimal message (that has the numerical version of the message) with your decimal cannonball by clicking on it. You move from round to round by destroying all of the ships. After each round you successfully pass, you can obtain a special code that will take you to that round each time you play. Decimals of the Caribbean hits multiple Common Core standards as it can be played with or without decimals. Yes —- there is a version of DECIMALS of the Caribbean without decimals : )

Type: Math Game - Decimals Focus

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Place Value Pirates Practice - Decimals to the tenths and hundredths - Online

Description: This activity will help students get used to playing Place Value Pirates and identifying decimals to the tenths and hundredths.

Type: Math Drill

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Place Value Pirates Practice - Decimals to the hundredths and thousandths - Online

Description: This activity will help students get used to playing Place Value Pirates and identifying decimals to the tenths hundredths, and thousandths.

Type: Math Drill

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Place Value Pirates Practice - Decimals to the thousandths and ten thousandths - Online

Description: This activity will help students get used to playing Place Value Pirates and identifying decimals to the tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and ten thousandths.

Type: Math Drill

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Place Value Pirates Practice - Place Value to the Tens and Hundreds

Description: This activity will help student practice identifying place values in the tens and hundreds.

Type: Math Drill

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Place Value Pirates Practice - Place Value to the Tens and Hundreds with Manipulatives

Description: This activity will help student practice identifying place values using manipulatives

Type: Math Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3

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Decimals of the Caribbean Practice - Numbers as Written Words (0 - 10,000) - Online

Description: This activity will help students learn to play Decimals of the Caribbean and will help them identify numbers as written words.

Type: Math Drill

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

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Decimals of the Caribbean Practice - Numbers as Written Words (0 - 10,000) - Online Version 2

Description: This activity will help students learn to play Decimals of the Caribbean and will help them identify numbers as written words.

Type: Math Drill

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

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Decimals of the Caribbean Practice - Numbers as Written Words With Decimals - Online

Description: This activity will help students learn to play Decimals of the Caribbean and will help them identify numbers with decimals as written words.

Type: Math Drill

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Treasure Cliff - Online

Description: Can you find Golden Beard’s treasure? It’s hidden behind one of 100 numbered compartments in the face of a steep cliff. Move your eager mountain climber to the number you think the treasure is hidden behind and watch him use his jackhammer to discover if you are correct. Follow the higher or lower arrows until you eventually find the treasure. You have ten tries!

Type: Math Game

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3

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Treasure Cliff Practice - Version 1 - Online

Description: This activity will help you learn to play Treasure Cliff. It reinforces the comparison and placement of numebrs and gives immediate feedback.

Type: Math Drill

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3

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Treasure Cliff Practice - Printable

Description: This printable exercise will get students used to playing Treasure Cliff. It require students to identify where specific numbers fall on a number chart.

Type: Math Drill

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3

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