I have received a zillion requests to repost this, so here it is.
I thought this was a good idea well worth sharing. It will probably be too late for
you to do this year, but it's an idea to tuck away for next year.
Next week our school is having a literature based field day. It will combine book
titles with field day activities. We are using this event for our summer reading
kick-off. At the end of the day students will receive the summer reading list, a
free book (courtesy of our very generous PTO) and a bookmark, plus popsicles, of
course. A complete list of the books and activities is included below.
I am sharing this with the permission of the creators of this concept, Donna Carey
and Laurie Foster of Kenton Elementary School in Kenton, CO. We are not doing all
of the activities listed, but will be doing 6 in the morning and 6 in the
afternoon. There will be two days, one for K-2 and another for 3-5.
Literacy based Field day- K-2 events
Thompson, K. (2004). Eloise takes a bawth. New York: Simon
Schuster.
Form two teams. Each team has a PVC pipe (cup-stacking cups) that has holes drilled
intoit. Two students from each team race together by trying to block the
holes with their hands and fingers. The adults pour water into the PVC
pipe until it is full and then the students race down to the bucket and
fill the bucket with whatever remaining water is in the pipe. (We are using the
cup-stacking cups)
Mochizuki, K. (1995). Baseball saved us. New York: Low Books.
OR Parks, B. (2001). Junie B. Jones is captain field day. New York:
Random House.
The students will be able to rest and cool down while they string
sports beads on to stretchy elastic to make a bracelet.(necklace)
Geisel, T. (1976). Green eggs and ham. New York: Random House.
Two teams and everyone on each team has a partner. The partners each
put a green wooden egg between their knees and then hold a piece of ham
(foam frisbee)
Slobodkina, E. (1987). Caps for sale. New York: HarperCollins
Two teams that will race to the cone and back with a stack of domes on
their heads.
ey, M. (1989). Curious George goes to the ice cream shoppe. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin.
Small cones (the kind that yarn comes on) OR mini-orange cones used in PE
activities and a variety of different
sized balls (one for each player on each of the four teams).(
Sendack, M. (1984). Where the wild things are. New York: Harper
Collins.
Wild Thing Relay
Form two teams. Have the kids find a partner on their team. With
their partner have them put on a t-shirt with both of their heads
through the neck and each of them will have an arm through one sleeve.
Geisel, T. (1976). Horton hatches the egg. New York: Random House.
Form two teams. Using the hippity hops have the students bounce down
and around the cone and back for the next person. You can do this relay
style
Teague, M. (2004). Pigsty. New York: Scholastic.
The play area will have a volleyball net with all sorts of "trash"
(rubber pigs, rubber chickens, balls, etc.) on each side of the net.
Lester, H. (1990). Tacky the penguin. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Tacky Bowling
Nine of the bowling pins have black bowties around the neck and the
head pin has on a Hawaiian print shirt like Tacky wears. We handed out
Hawaiian print shirt stickers.
Cole, J. (1989). Anna banana: 101 jump rope rhymes. New York:
William Morrow and Company.
There are short ropes and long ropes for this station. Jump rope rhymes are posted
Walking through the Jungle OR Jungle Drums, by Graeme Base /
This is an obstacle course with a story to go with it.
a. Ocean/ ring toss/dolphins
b. Climb over vault
c. Swimming on Scooter
d. Crocodile’s mouth
e. Throw snakes
f. Iceberg
g. Cookie
dePaula, Tomie. (1996). Bubble factory. New York: Putnam Publishing.
Just what it sounds like. There will be several stations with bubbles
and different bubble blowers.
Book (picture book): Three Cheers for Hippo
Parachute activity. Large silken fabric parachutes are used. Kids toss them up and
they slowly float down.
The 3 Javelinas
Water bottles filled with pink liquid
Bottles decorated to look like pigs
Biggest Snowball ever
Cage ball activity. This is a huge cloth covered ball that is kicked around while
students are sitting in a circle facing the center.
Literacy based field day, grades 3-5 (some are also used for K-2)
Sachar, L. (2000). Holes. New York: Doubleday.
The students toss ping-pong balls and try to get them into the cups.
Christopher, M. (2001). On the track with Jeff Gordon. New York:
Little, Brown & Company.
They roll a car tire around the track
Kipling, R. (1999). Elephant's child. Swindon, UK: Child's Play
International.
Elephants vs. Crocodiles Traditional tug-a-war where the teams are
trying to get the flag on the rope past the line. Variations: girls
against boys, adults against kids, smaller groups...
Sherrew, V. (2002). Titanic. New York: Scholastic. OR any Titanic book
Race with four teams. Each team has two carpet squares (ice floats).
They must use these to reach the life boat (hula hoop).
Cole, J. (1989). Anna banana: 101 jump rope rhymes. New York:
William Morrow and Company.
Jump rope activity
There are short ropes and long ropes for this station.
Rowling, J.K. (1998). Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone. New
York: Scholastic.
Quidditch Fun. This will be a relay race with two teams. Each team has a broom and
ball.
Pilkey, D. (2000). Captain Underpants
This is a relay race with 4 teams. First team to dress and
undress C.U. is the winner. Uses capes, boxer shorts, sunglasses, slippers, etc.
dePaola, T. (1996). Bubble factory. New York: Putnam Publishing.
Just what it sounds like. There will be several stations with bubbles
and different bubble blowers.
Charlotte’s Web
Gray board with string. Lift bottle up
Million dollar shot by Dan Gutman
Basketball station
Book (picture book): Three Cheers for Hippo
Parachute activity
Biggest Snowball ever
Cage ball activity
Sendack, M. (1984). Where the wild things are. New York: Harper
Collins.Wild Thing Relay
Form two teams. Have the kids find a partner on their team. With
their partner have them put on a t-shirt with both of their heads
through the neck and each of them will have an arm through one sleeve.
Slobodkina, E. (1987). Caps for sale. New York: HarperCollins
Two teams that will race to the cone and back with a stack of domes on
their heads.
Lester, H. (1990). Tacky the penguin. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Tacky Bowling
Mochizuki, K. (1995). Baseball saved us. New York: Low Books.
OR Parks, B. (2001). Junie B. Jones captain field day. New York:
Random House. The students will be able to rest and cool down while they string
sports beads on to stretchy elastic to make a bracelet
Brown, M. (1986). Stone Soup. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Four teams with four large bowls and spoons.
Marjorie Pettersen
Library Media Specialist
East School
215 Hogan Drive
Torrington, CT 06790
860-489-2303, ext. 235
controller53@excite.com
Marjorie Pettersen
Library Media Specialist
East School
215 Hogan Drive
Torrington, CT 06790
860-489-2303, ext. 235
controller53@excite.com
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