Series

Story Pirates University

38 episodes

Three- and four-minute creative-writing videos from the Story Pirates comedy troupe, delivered by a Story Pirates "professor" with a lot of kid-friendly humor. The set splits three ways: writing craft (piling obstacles on a character, building suspense, setting a mystery somewhere spooky, inventing a law and following the consequences), draw-along activities (invent a creature, design a spaceship, build a castle out of shapes, draw an emotional comic), and ensemble warm-ups like the Dome of Compliments. Each one names a technique, models it, then hands it back to students. Useful as a five-minute writing starter or a theatre warm-up.

what this series covers

What Story Pirates University covers

38 episodes in the library, tagged for K–6th. Heaviest coverage: Reading & Writing (ELA), Theatre and Art. Between them they line up with 29 distinct standards across 4 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

K: 2
1st: 6
2nd: 19
3rd: 35
4th: 37
5th: 29
6th: 8

Episodes per subject

Reading & Writing (ELA): 29
Theatre: 20
Art: 9
Social-Emotional Learning: 4
Music: 3
Math: 1

Common Core — Math 1

1.G.A.2Compose two-dimensional shapes or three-dimensional shapes to create a composite shape, and compose new shapes from the composite shape.

Common Core — ELA 11

W.3.3Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using descriptive details and clear event sequences.
W.4.3Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
L.3.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
W.5.3Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
L.4.5Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
L.5.5Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

+ 5 more

RL.2.4Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
RL.3.6Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
RL.5.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
RL.5.6Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.
SL.4.4Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details.

National Core Arts 14

TH:Cr2.1.4aCollaborate to devise original ideas for a drama/theatre work by asking questions about characters and plots.
TH:Cr1.1.3bImagine and articulate ideas for costumes, props and sets for the environment and characters in a drama/theatre work.
VA:Cr1.1.2Brainstorm collaboratively multiple approaches to an art or design problem.
TH:Cr1.1.3aCreate roles, imagined worlds, and improvised stories in a drama/theatre work.
MU:Cr1.1.4aImprovise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas, and explain connection to specific purpose and context (such as social and cultural).
TH:Cr1.1.4aArticulate the visual details of imagined worlds, and improvised stories that support the given circumstances in a drama/theatre work.

+ 8 more

TH:Cr2.1.5aDevise original ideas for a drama/theatre work that reflect collective inquiry about characters and their given circumstances.
TH:Pr4.1.4aModify the dialogue and action to change the story in a drama/theatre work.
VA:Cr2.1.2Experiment with various materials and tools to explore personal interests in a work of art or design.
VA:Cr2.1.4Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches.
MU:Cr1.1.3aImprovise rhythmic and melodic ideas, and describe connection to specific purpose and context.
TH:Cr3.1.4aRevise and improve an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work through repetition and collaborative review.
TH:Pr5.1.3aParticipate in a variety of physical, vocal, and cognitive exercises that can be used in a group setting for drama/theatre work.
VA:Cr2.1.1Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design.

CASEL (Social-Emotional) 3

CASEL.SA.1Name your own feelings and notice how they change during the day.
CASEL.SA.3Recognize your own strengths, interests, and the assets you bring from your family and culture.
CASEL.SOA.4Recognize strengths in others and say what you appreciate about them.

Every episode is vetted and tagged before it goes in. Pick your state in the filters above to see your own state’s codes alongside these.

Grade

Subject

Core

Arts

Specials

Class culture

Length

Watched

Access