After reading pirate stories this week we wrapped it up with completing some work on the Pros and Cons of being a pirate. We worked FEVERISHLY on our pirate story today. The kids completed the illustrations. Throughout this process I continually heard kids saying how much they loved writing. Or, "This is fun!" This made my day especially since I find writing to be the most difficult subject for kids to enjoy. All the writing and tiring hands! This is so hard for me to believe because I have ALWAYS LOVED writing. Here they are at work. We'll be sharing our book, The Deadly Pirates, with other first grade classes. Of course I wanted to do an illustration!! We also completed pirate glyphs this afternoon. I made a pirate ship and they added their pirates. Enjoy the pics. Some weren't done and still have to add finishing touches!