Bossy "Arrrgh"

All week we were talking about R-Controlled Vowels, better known as "Bossy R". To make this more fun, we turned Bossy R week into Pirate week as well. Reading funny Pirate stories like David Shannon's How I Became a Pirate and Pirate's Don't Change Diapers gave us plenty of time to grunt, yell, and cheer.

We also learned a new sea chanty called "This Pirate". If you would like to hear your student at his/her piratey best, here are the lyrics:

This Pirate

to the tune of "This Old Man"

This pirate

Had a hat

Where a skull and crossbones sat

With an AR AR AR and ahoy matey,

This pirate sailed on the sea

This pirate

Had a patch

sailed around without a scratch

With an AR AR AR and ahoy matey,

This pirate sailed on the sea

This pirate

Had an earring

Made with fishhooks and a string

With an AR AR AR and ahoy matey,

This pirate sailed on the sea