Junie B. Jones
Is
Captain Field Day
Chapters 1 and 2
CHALLENGING WORDS
Beatrice
curious
grouchy
hollered
important
kindergarten
memorized
nervous
occasion
vibrations
SUMMARY
Afternoon kindergarten is having a field
day, and Junie B. Jones is team captain!
Only, here’s the problem. Room Eight
keeps on winning too many events. So
how will Room Nine ever become
kindergarten champions? As Captain
Field Day, will Junie B. find a way to lead
her team to victory? Or will it be up to
someone else to save the day?
--- Conversation Questions--(1)
Retell what happened in Chapters 1 and 2 in your own
words.
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
How do you think field day is going to turn out?
(2)
Imagine you were Junie B., how do you think she felt before
she actually looked at the slip of paper she drew?
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
Why do you think she felt this way?
(3)
Guess how her classmates feel about Junie B. being named
Captain Field Day.
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
What about her teacher?
(4)
Suppose you were chosen as Captain Field Day for your
class this year, what would you do?
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
Name someone you would choose who could assist you.
(5) Explain what “tooting your own horn” means.
(Answer)
Bragging about yourself or your accomplishments.
(Follow Up)
Who did Junie B. say was doing this?
(6) Name the grade Junie B. is in.
(Answer)
Kindergarten.
(Follow Up)
What grade are you in?
(7)
List the family members of Junie B. who were coming to
Field Day.
(Answer)
Mother, father, Grampa and Grandma Miller.
(Follow Up)
Have you ever had a family member come to see you
during the Field Day events?
(8) Find what room number Junie B. was in.
(Answer)
Room Nine.
(Follow Up)
And what room were they going to challenge on Field
Day?
(9)
Search for how many students were in Junie B.’s room.
(Answer)
Sixteen.
(Follow Up)
Tell me how many are in your room?
(10)
Tell me what the other students did after Junie B. danced
and clapped because she got the paper that said “Captain”.
(Answer)
They didn’t do anything. (“Nobody else clapped with me”.)
(Follow Up)
Share with me why you think this happened.
Activities
1.
Write a summary paragraph about what you read today.
2.
Predict how things will go with Junie B. being Captain Field
Day. Write down your prediction in your journal. When we
are finished with the story, we will compare your prediction
to what actually happened and see how close you were to
being right.
3.
List all the events you can think of that take place on Field
Day at your school. Circle your favorite.
4.
The picture on the cover looks like Junie B. is a superhero.
If you could be a superhero, who would you be and why?
Introductions
1.
Have a list of field day events. Read over these with
students and ask them on what occasion these may take
place? Discuss field day with the students. Show book.
Today we will begin the chapter book Junie B. Jones Is
Captain Field Day. Let’s begin reading and see how Junie B.
becomes the captain.
2.
Have the word captain displayed for students. Ask them
what the word is and what it means. What could a person
be captain of? Discuss. What about field day? Ever heard of
a Field Day Captain? Show book- Today we will begin the
chapter book Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day. Let’s
begin reading and see how Junie B. becomes the captain.
3.
Copy a picture of Junie B. in her Captain Field Day costume.
Don’t include the title of book. Show picture to students
and ask who they think that is? A superhero? What kind?
Show cover of book and ask if they have ever heard of
Captain Field Day? Let’s begin reading and find out what
this book is all about.
Book Title: Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day Chapters 1 & 2
Author: Barbara Park
Illustrator: Denise Brunkus
ISBN: 0-439-32652-4
# of Text Pages: 15
AR: 2.8 LEX: 310L
Building Oral Vocabulary
3
creamed
7
okey-doke
14
teensy
Prediction Questions
4
What could be wrong with Grace?
9
Why is Junie B. telling her teacher they need to keep skipping?
13 Do you suppose Junie B. has chosen the piece of paper that says “Captain”?
This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the
Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.