More Pirate's Quest

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  A kindergarten class at Round Hills Elementary dressed like pirates for their "Readers Theater" based on A Pirate's Quest. Their hooks are red, upside-down cups, with aluminum foil hooks poked through holes in the base of the cups. They also made pirate head bands.

  

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  A Pirate's Quest bulletin board in the library, made from the coloring pages and treasure map activity on the For Educators page of our web site.

  

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  This school made pirate ships from milk cartons.

  

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  An ocean mural inspired by The Riddle in a Bottle, made by elementary students in art class. Students made their own imaginary underwater creatures.

  

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  This ocean mural hung on the wall across from the school office.

  

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  A cinquain poem written by a 5th grade class, based on A Pirate's Quest and the pirate in The Riddle in a Bottle.

  

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  Another cinquain poem written by a 5th grade class, inspired by A Pirate's Quest.

  

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  A teacher holds a quilt inspired by A Pirate's Quest. The quilt was handmade by her mother and given to her as a Christmas present.

  

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  A close look at the label on the handmade Pirate's Quest quilt.

  

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  These are chocolate chip pirate ship cookies (that look like the cookies in A Pirate's Quest) made by a PTO member and served at a school luncheon during an author visit.

  

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  Robert Sams eats a pirate ship cookie during an author visit to Round Hills Elementary. The cookies were made by a parent to look like the cookies in the book.

  

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  A second grader holds his pirate mask in front of his face.

  

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  This second grade classroom made their own pirate masks in preparation for the author visit from A Pirate's Quest authors.

  

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  A first grade classroom made this pirate "riddle" jar. They decorated it with scenes from A Pirate's Quest and The Riddle in a Bottle. Then they wrote a riddle and placed in the jar to be solved by The Riddle Solvers.

  

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  Kindergarteners made their own ocean in a bottle, inspired by The Riddle in a Bottle. Each bottle holds sand, then some shells, then some blue water.

  

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  This second grade classroom made their own black pirate hats and red pirate bandanas from construction paper.

  

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  Every classroom in this school wrote their own riddle and placed it in an antique-looking glass bottle in preparation for a visit from Laura and Robert Sams, directors of The Riddle in a Bottle.

  

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  A class made these fish and crabs from their own handprints to decorate tables for a school luncheon.

  

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  A green fish made by a student's handprint.

  

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  A close look at a blue crab, made from a student's handprint.

  

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  This review of A Pirate's Quest was written as a class activity. For fun, they placed their review on a pirate treasure map.

  

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  In this classroom, students wrote their own Pirate's Quest stories, using images from the coloring pages from our web site.

  

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  Students read A Pirate's Quest and then talked about story structure, from beginning to middle to end. Each student drew a visual depiction of the pirate's journey during the story.

  

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  This is the cover of a play performed by a kindergarten class.

  

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  A kindergarten class is dressed like pirates for their Readers Theater. They are wearing white shirts, red sashes, pirate hooks and pirate has.