Talk Like a Pirate Day

I was just going through old blog posts and saw this one...Unintentional Pirate Day.

It reminded me that I had looked up Talk Like a Pirate Day after that day and was disappointed I had missed it.  I couldn't remember the exact date but knew it was sometime in the middle of September.  Guess what.  It's Baby H.'s first due date. 

Dear Baby H.,
If you come on September 19th, I'm going to make all the nurses talk like a pirate and then you're going home in an eye patch.  And then, every year on your birthday, we're having a pirate party...no matter what.
Love, Your Awesome Mom

Market Day

All year, the 6th graders have been earning Academic Money.  They are paid for coming to school, doing their homework, getting good grades on tests, etc.  Four times a year, we have a Market Day so the kids can spend their money. 


Today was the first Market Day.  The kids had a lot of fun. . .and so did the teachers.

The kids did such a great job coming up with fun and creative things to sell.  The big seller?  Hair spray paint.  Even the teachers wanted in.  Sometimes, it's nice to work with 6th graders because it occasionally gives me a completely valid excuse to act like a kid again.

Man!  I am rocking that origami pirate hat.  Too bad I didn't have it on Pirate Day!

Yo Ho Ho!

I wore this today:

I started out wearing hoops and boots and I thought, "That's way too pirate-ish.  I should change that."

When I got to school, I asked my students if I looked like a pirate.  They yelled an enthusiastic "Yes!  You look so cool!"  Because of that, I had them take a picture of me.

During library, our librarian read a book about pirates.

The math of the day was this problem:

Juan’s class made a gigantic square pizza for a class party to be held the day after their final math test.  They made it a week before the party so they would have time to study.  To keep the pizza fresh, they stored it in the cafeteria freezer.

Unfortunately, the notorious Pizza Pirate was lurking in the area.  That night, the Pizza Pirate disguised himself as a janitor, tiptoed into the cafeteria, and gobbled down half of the pizza! On the second night, he ate half of what was left of the pizza.  Each night after that, he crept in and ate half of the pizza that remained.

After the final test, Juan’s class went to get their pizza to start their celebration—and were stunned by what they found!

What fraction of the pizza was left for the party?

Another teacher handed out a word search all about pirates.

None of this happened on purpose.  Obviously, today is Pirate Day.  It's official because I said so.  Are you wearing your eye patch?