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“Shiver me timbers” and “Yo, ho, ho!”—jump on board this issue to sail on a treasure hunt for a lost city! Watch out for sharks are you navigate the warm Caribbean waters. Do you see the sunken city with glittering gold coins? Can you spot canon and anchors from Spanish smuggling ships that have been buried for 600 years? Then you’ve discovered the lost city of Port Royal, Jamaica—and you’re about to behold an underwater world of wonder that has taken centuries to locate. Keep swimming and you’ll discover why Port Royal sunk into the sea, how treasure hunters finally discovered this mysterious city’s secrets, and describe the greatest treasure in your world. “Raise the sails … and up the anchor! We’re off on a treasure hunt!”
In this issue students will:
- read informational text about the discovery of a lost city
- use observation skills to identify differences between sharks
- follow written directions
- locate an alphabet of hidden treasures
- match identical pirate flags
- use the newspaper for your own treasure hunt
- write about your greatest treasure
- use words in the news to create a strange headline that inspires a wild story
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