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To celebrate, let yer pirate crew emb-arrrrrrr-k on an exciting mathematical treasure hunt! Don’t worry if you miss the actual holiday on September 19. Yer crew can enjoy this activity any time of year. Arrrrrrr!  \nWHY CLUB LEADERS & KIDS LOVE IT  \n• For this reboot, we created another set of pirate-themed questions, so your club can go treasure hunting, even if you have already played.  \n• Students get the chance to move around and explore their school, making this feel more like a treasure hunt!  \n• Club leaders have to do some legwork to set up the activity, but its fun to plan out the “treasure map.”  \n• Club leaders and students enjoy dressing up and talking like pirates.  \nMATERIALS NEEDED  \n• Copy of instructions for students to see  \n• 2 copies of maps of your school/organization marked with 10 Xs (see sample below)  \n• 2 ITLAPD Problem Sets (problems to be positioned around school—one at each X location on the map)  \n• Prizes for the winning team  \nBEFORE YOUR MEETING  \nThere are a couple things you, the Club Leader, will need to prepare before the students do this activity:  \n1. Cut up the Problem Set you will be using into 10 strips, with one question per strip.  \nNote: Two problem sets are included, in case you already did this activity with your club last year and want anew batch of pirate-themed questions that your students have not seen.  \n\n| 30 32 28 26\u003Cbr>stage gym\u003Cbr>BR closet BR music band\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>storage | 31 29 27\u003Cbr>24 22 | 25\u003Cbr>MATHCOUNTS Elementary School\u003Cbr>Your problem treasures can be found at the s!\u003Cbr>23 21 19 17\u003Cbr>15 14 12 11 9  7\u003Cbr>reading\u003Cbr>BR\u003Cbr>storage\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>office clinic 10 8 6  4 |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  | 33 g arden 20 \u003Cbr>18 16 BR\u003Cbr>BR 39 |  |\n| kitchen \u003Cbr>cafeteria m conf. r |  |  |\n\n2. You will need to pick 10 locations in your school/organization where you will post questions for students to answer. Make sure these are locations where it is safe and permissible for students to go. Go to each location and tape the pirate-themed question somewhere visible.  \n3. As you go from location to location, be sure to mark a master copy of your school’s map with an X, so that you do not forget where the questions are located. At left is an example of what a map could look like.  \n4. Prepare copies of the map of your school/organization with Xs on each location where the students can go find a question to answer. You will need two copies of this map for each group to use during the activity.  \n62 2014–2015 MATHCOUNTS Club Activity Book  \n5. Make sure you have the prize booty ready to give out! This can be MATHCOUNTS pencils from your Club Kit or another prize.  \n6. Obviously arriving in costume will make this meeting much more authentic, so you either can surprise your students with your costume or let them in on the theme and ask them to show up in pirate gear! If you would like to dress up like a pirate, you will need to get your costume ready. If you also would like your students to dress up, it would be a good idea to let them know at the previous meeting.  \nIf you would like to learn more about ITLAPD, pirate vocabulary or other pirate matters, this is a good site to visit: www.talkl[ikeapirate.com/piratehome.html](ikeapirate.com/piratehome.html). (Before encouraging your students to visit this site, please check it yourself to be sure you feel it is appropriate for your students.)  \nDURING YOUR MEETING  \nHappy International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Here’s how this activity works:  \n1. Before starting, everyone should have a pirate name. Each full pirate name should have a prefix and a descriptor before the first name (preferably a nickname for the student’s first name) . Students can choose from the options below:  \n\n| Prefixes: | Descriptors: | A Few Example Names: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Jolly | “One-eyed” | Amanda → Calico “One","cbCaiiaFWwl3jAoL","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiaFWwl3jAoL","pdf",1835645,"English","# WHY CLUB LEADERS & KIDS LOVE IT\n# MATERIALS NEEDED\n# BEFORE YOUR MEETING\n## Setup steps and map preparation\n# DURING YOUR MEETING\n## Pirate name creation and activity flow\n# International Talk Like a Pirate Day\n## Problem Set #1","[{\"question\":\"What is the goal of the pirate-themed math treasure hunt?\",\"answer\":\"Students complete math questions placed around the school, using the marked map locations as the treasure hunt path.\"},{\"question\":\"What should club leaders prepare before students arrive?\",\"answer\":\"Leaders must cut the problem set into strips, choose safe posting locations, mark a master map, prepare student copies of the map with Xs, and arrange prizes.\"},{\"question\":\"What do students do during the meeting?\",\"answer\":\"Students create pirate names, read the activity instructions in the provided section, and then move to the map X locations to answer the posted problem set questions.\"}]","Talk Like a Pirate Day - Fun math treasure hunt for September 19th - or any day | PDF",1790583875,13]