Officer Buckle and Gloria makes talking about being safe at school more fun. Free safety tip printable for your students to use included.

During our study of Community Helpers, I always love to read the book Officer Buckle and Gloria. It is one of my favorite stories and great to use when discussing police officers. I made these craft and writing activities that are a fun follow up to use after reading the story. These activities can also be implemented at the beginning of the school year as you set up your rules and expectations with your class. This activity pack includes an Officer Buckle craft topper and a Gloria topper. Students just color and then cut. There are badges included for name practice or writing and additional writing paper is also included. These activities can easily be used to decorate the hallway, bulletin boards or classroom doors. There are letters included that read The Most Important Safety Tip. To see everything that is included, click here.

Officer Buckle and Gloria Activities will help students with activities to understand plot with comprehension questions, games, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, phonics, comprehension strategies, sequencing, writing, and a comprehension test with answer key! Officer Buckle and Gloria Activities is great for guided reading or whole group! Officer Buckle and Gloria was written by Peggy Rathman and must be purchased separately. Here are 9+ activities you can use with Officer Buckle and Gloria! :) 1. Roll the dice, find vocabulary or comprehension and discuss or write it on the response sheet. 2. Students read the book and answer the vocabulary questions. Illustrate too! 3. Cut these bookmarks out, and place in the book during your shared read-aloud. Or give to students after they have read it at the guided reading table. Students can respond on the reading response sheet. OR :) Pass out the question cards and have students answer the questions on the response sheet! 4. There are several comprehension strategies covered in this book. Model to students with these graphic organizers in whole group, guided reading center, or other reading center. 5. More, more, more comprehension strategies! 6. Do you need to reinforce these grammar skills? Easy to add to a center! 7. Here is a fun game to print and pop into a center. There is a black and white copy. Cut the vocabulary cards. Students draw a card on their turn, find it in the book and discuss the meaning. 8. Running records and end of unit assessment! 9. Have students pick their favorite safety tip from the book and write about why it is their favorite. OR, have students create their own safety tip. They can color the star and girl/boy. Hang in the hallway for a cute display!

I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching to share 5 new cut and paste crafts that I have added to my store. Joseph and his colorful coat: Rainbow Fish: Drum: Gloria (to go with Officer Buckle and Gloria): Lightning Bug: Here are some random pictures of Everett torturing his best buddy! :) Hope you all have a great weekend!

Start the year with a class that knows the importance of safety! Officer Buckle and Gloria is a perfect back-to-school read aloud to teach students about school safety and teamwork. Use the story sequencing picture and event cards to scaffold whole group instruction. Then, let students independently complete the sequencing cut and paste activity. Also included are writing activities for school safety tips and a safety badge that can be earned at the completion of the activities! Included in Officer Buckle and Gloria Activities: 8 picture event cards: Images are clear and relevant; color or black and white option! Sequencing Cut and Paste Worksheet Safety Badges (4 per page) School Safety Writing Activities Ways to Stay Safe at School: Students will write 3 ways that they can stay safe at school. They can draw a picture on the clipboard beside their sentences. "School Safety Tip #" Star: Give each student a star and assign them a number. They will have to write their own safety tip for school. Print the star on gold/ yellow paper or have them decorate their own star. Have students cut out the star and display on a school safety/ rules bulletin board or around your classroom! Letter to Officer Buckle: Students will write a letter to Officer Buckle. Assign students a task such as suggesting a new safety tip and why it’s important or thanking him for sharing a tip they learned from him. See the Preview!! Looking for more Back to School Read Aloud Activities? The Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship Giraffes Can't Dance: Growth Mindset

Hey guys! It's been a while since I've been on here but I just wanted to pop in to pass along a freebie that was inspired by our read aloud today. Each Monday morning, after calendar I read a story to my class that will correlate with one of their reading stations: Book Response. Normally this station has a simple response sheet where they rate the book, tell what it was about, draw their favorite part and circle words to describe the book. We decided this week to switch it up after we read Officer Buckle and Gloria. Inside the story a student writes Officer Buckle a letter using star shaped paper. My students thought that was so cool. So, this week, their reading response is on star paper. It isn't anything fancy and I've left it pretty open. These are their choices that I'll provide: (I'm also always open to their ideas too) 1. Draw a picture of a character and write events that happened to that character. 2. Retell the story elements. 3. Write your own safety tips (this goes with the story) 4. Write about your favorite parts 5. Retell the story I printed one blank star and one star that has the words, "My Safety Tips." I am going to leave this pretty open ended and let the students choose what they want to do. Here is an example of two stars so you can get an idea. I made these two stars as examples for my own students. To grab this for free, just click here or the picture below!

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All Officer Buckle wants to do is keep everyone safe, but nobody ever listens to him, that is, until Gloria joins the police department. With Gloria in tow, the students around the city are sitting up and paying attention to Officer Buckley and his safety tips, or are they? Unbeknownst to Officer Buckle, Gloria is entertaining the kids behind his back! He copies Officer Buckle and acts out some of the safety tips. Officer Buckle finally sees what Gloria is doing and gets upset. He is so upset that he stops giving his safety speeches. Will Officer Buckle ever give another safety speech? Will Officer Buckle ever forgive Gloria? Your students will love discovering the answers to these questions! This book not only has a ton of teaching opportunities with regard to skills and strategies but it is a great jumping off point for talking about rules and how rules can keep you safe. Listed below are some ideas, skill, and strategies that you can use to create or add to existing lessons. Because this is such a great teaching book I created a packet full of skills, strategies and writing activities to use when teaching with this book. Reading level: 2.5 Theme/subject: school, teamwork, friendship, safety Genre: humorous Suggested Vocabulary/phrases: thumbtacked, swivel chair, business as usual, sitting at attention, plenty of expression, applauded, shocked, Reading skills and strategies: Asking questions - {possible questions before} I wonder what the story is going to be about. I wonder what kind of show they are doing. {possible questions during} I wonder why the kids’ teachers didn’t make them listen to Officer Buckle when he came for the safety assembly. I wonder what Officer Buckle saw when he watched the evening news. {possible questions after} I wonder what other safety tips Officer Buckle will come up with. **Remember to have your students answer/reflect their questions. Author's point of view – Third. Be sure to find 3 pieces of evidence to support this (she, he, Officer Buckle, Gloria). Author's purpose – entertain {evidence} Gloria did amazing tricks for a dog. Gloria was signing autographs and dogs can’t do that. The illustrations were very silly. All these things make a very entertaining story. Beginning, middle, end - {most important event from beginning} All the kids slept while Officer Buckle gave his safety assembly. {most important event from middle} Officer Buckle started taking Gloria to his safety assemblies. {most important event from end} Officer Buckle got a letter from Claire telling him that they missed him at the safety assembly. Cause and effect – Why did the kids start listening to Officer Buckle during the safety assembly? Because they were watching Gloria copy Officer Buckle. Why did Officer Buckle think that his safety tips were so funny? Because the kids clapped and cheered and laughed. Why did Officer Buckle think the kids’ drawings showed a lot of imagination? Because there were pictures of Gloria doing tricks. Why did Officer Buckle not want to do his safety speech for Napville School? Because he saw the news with Gloria doing tricks while he gave his speech. Why did Claire’s note make Officer Buckle smile? Because it said that he was missed. Character analysis - describe Officer Buckle. Describe Gloria {looks like, feelings, thoughts, character} Character changes – In the beginning Officer Buckle seemed a bit sad because no one listened to his safety tips. At the end Officer Buckle was happy because he had Gloria and everyone listened to his safety tips. Classify & categorize – Things that are safe and unsafe. Compare & contrast – compare and contrast Officer Buckle and Gloria. Connections - {possible text-to-self connections} Having a school safety assembly. Seeing a police dog. Having a police officer come to school for an assembly. Drawing conclusions & inferencing – 1. Why do you think Claire’s letter was Officer Buckle’s favorite? {text clues}The letter was written on a star shaped paper. The letter showed Officer and Buckle together and said that they make a good team. The letter also showed that Claire practiced one of the safety tips – wearing a crash helmet. {what I know} The letter from Claire looks like she was listening and paying attention to what Officer Buckle said. {my conclusion} I think Claire’s letter was Officer Buckle’s favorite because it seemed like she paid attention and learned something from his safety speech. 2. How come Gloria does not do tricks at her safety speech? {text clues} Officer Buckle was mad or sad or upset because of what he saw on the news. Gloria only ever copied what Officer Buckle did or acted out the safety tip. {what I know} Dogs don’t talk so Gloria cannot give a safety speech. When someone is mad/sad/upset because of something you did it is hard to be happy and act like yourself. {my conclusion} I don’t think Gloria did tricks because she was upset and Officer Buckle wasn’t there for Gloria to copy. Fact & opinion – {fact} some kids slept while Officer Buckle gave his safety speech. Mrs. Toppel was standing on a swivel chair. The Napville police department bought a police dog named Gloria. Officer Buckle and Gloria were videotaped. Officer Buckle and Gloria were buddies. {opinion} Gloria was a silly dog. Officer Buckle’s safety speeches were boring. All the kids loved Officer Buckle. Gloria was the best dog. Officer Buckle and Gloria is the best book ever. Main idea & details - {main idea} The story is mainly about Gloria entertaining the kids while Officer Buckle gives his safety speech. {details} Gloria would do flips in the air. Gloria would copy what Officer Buckle was doing. Gloria made the kids laugh and cheer. Plot - the turning point or climax in the story was when Officer Buckle saw the news and saw what Gloria was doing behind his back while he gave his safety speech. Predict – What do you think the story is about? Do you think Mrs. Toppel will fall off the swivel chair? Do you think Gloria will make a good partner? Do you think Officer Buckle will ever see what Gloria is doing behind his back? How do you think Officer Buckle will react to seeing what Gloria does behind his back? How do you think Gloria will be at a safety speech without Officer Buckle? What do you think will happen after Gloria’s safety speech? Do you think Officer Buckle will keep doing his safety speeches? Will he do them with Gloria? Problem & solution - {problem} No one listened to Officer Buckle and all his safety tips. {solution} Gloria helped the kids pay attention to the safety tips. Sequencing – Officer Buckle gave a safety speech and everyone slept. The police department bought a dog. Gloria started to copy Officer Buckle and the kids started to pay attention. The students clapped and cheered for the safety speech. Officer Buckle got lots of letters with pictures of Gloria. Officer Buckle got lots of calls from schools to come do his safety speech. Gloria and Officer Buckle were videotaped for the news. Officer Buckle watched the news. Officer Buckle wouldn’t give his safety speech anymore. Gloria tried to do the safety speech but she fell asleep and so did the audience. Napville School had a terrible accident. Officer Buckle got a letter from Claire about being missed. Officer Buckle and Gloria are buddies that stick together. Story elements - list title, author, characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, or problem & solution. Strong thought – Officer Buckle looks really mad when he was on the phone with the principal from Napville School. What can you say to him to convince him that Gloria was really helping his speech, not making fun of it. Summarize - {someone} Officer Buckle {wanted} wanted everyone to be safe {but} nobody ever listened {so} so when Gloria joined him they started listening. {then} Then he saw the news and stopped doing his speech. {finally} Finally, Officer Buckle and Gloria became best buddies. Theme – Friends make everything better. Visualize – Gloria was acting out many of Officer Buckle’s safety tips. Pick a tip and visualize what Gloria would do to act it out. Draw a picture of what Gloria would do. Writing ideas o Pick a safety tip from the book and write about why it is important. o Write your own safety lesson. o Create a book of safety tips. o Write a letter to Officer Buckle about a safety tip and why you think it is important. Happy Planning!

Officer Buckle and Gloria makes talking about being safe at school more fun. Free safety tip printable for your students to use included.

During our study of Community Helpers, I always love to read the book Officer Buckle and Gloria. It is one of my favorite stories and great to use when discussing police officers. I made these craft and writing activities that are a fun follow up to use after reading the story. These activities can also be implemented at the beginning of the school year as you set up your rules and expectations with your class. This activity pack includes an Officer Buckle craft topper and a Gloria topper. Students just color and then cut. There are badges included for name practice or writing and additional writing paper is also included. These activities can easily be used to decorate the hallway, bulletin boards or classroom doors. There are letters included that read The Most Important Safety Tip. To see everything that is included, click here.

The Most Important Safety Tip Writing and Craft for Officer Buckle and GloriaUse this writing activity and craft to inspire your students to write expository essays! After reading, “Officer Buckle and Gloria” by Peggy Rathmann, have students choose one safety tip that they feel is the most important to follow! Building Better Writers!Help build your students to become better writers with this writing activity! This writing activity (like all my writing activities and crafts) helps you easily guide your students through the writing process in an authentic and fun way! Total Pages: 15File Size: 2 MB***************************************************************************Save Time and Major $$$!Grab this writing and ALL my other writing activities and crafts with the Bundle! Writing All YEAR: The BUNDLEOther Awesome Writing Activities and CraftsAll About My Selfie (Expository Writing for Back to SchoolMy Best Friend and I {Expository Writing for Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour the Tea}***********************************************************************************Includes:-brainstorm sheet-rough draft sheet (primary and intermediate lines)-writing paper (primary and intermediate lines)-safety tip star-rubric for student writing (CCSS aligned, one generic)Want to see it in action? Check out this post: Reviewing Procedures with Officer Buckle and Gloria

Get your students moving with a fun activity called Scoot! Scoot is a whole class game where students rotate between stations and do a task at each station. These cards also make great centers and task cards! Packet includes: *Directions *16 Task cards (ABBREVIATIONS) *Scoot Recording Sheet *Answer Key More Task Cards: Lesson 11: "Compound Sentences" Task Cards Lesson 12: "Expanding and Rearranging Compound Sentences" Task Cards Lesson 13: "Quotation Marks" Task Cards Lesson 14: "Using Proper Nouns" Task Cards Grade 2: Unit 1 Bundle Grade 2: Unit 2 Bundle Grade 2: Unit 3 Bundle Grade 2: Unit 4 Bundle Grade 2: Unit 5 Bundle Grade 2: Unit 6 Bundle Grade 2: Units 1 - 6 Bundle See my store for more Grammar scoots: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jen-Goasdone

This week I used one of my favorite books, Officer Buckle and Gloria, to teach about drawing conclusions. We’ve talked a lot about inferring and how authors often give hints and clues that tell readers more than what they are directly saying. Most of my kiddos are really starting to”read between the lines” (Lions, as […]

Officer Buckle and Gloria Activities will help students with activities to understand plot with comprehension questions, games, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, phonics, comprehension strategies, sequencing, writing, and a comprehension test with answer key! Officer Buckle and Gloria Activities is great for guided reading or whole group! Officer Buckle and Gloria was written by Peggy Rathman and must be purchased separately. Officer Buckle and Gloria Activities includes: *Cover *Terms of use *Standards *Roll the die for Vocabulary 2 pages *Roll the die for Comprehension Strategies *Dice Roll Response Sheet *Comprehension Questions *Illustration *Question Cards WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHY, WHERE *Guided/Shared Reading Discussion Questions *Guided/Shared Reading Response Sheet *Venn Diagram and Answer Key *Background Knowledge (Schema) *Connections, Text to Text, Text to Self, Text to World *Connections, Text to Text, Text to Self, Text to World Suggested Answers *Connections, Text to Text *Connections, Text to Self *Connections, Text to World *Questioning Strategy Before, During, After Reading *Questioning *Visualization *Inferences *Synthesize (What surprised you?) *Nouns *Verbs *Adjectives *Directions for 4 games to use with vocabulary cards included *Vocabulary cards (5 pages, 30 Cards) *Game Board Color *Game Board B/W *Running Records for first 100 words *Running Records to use with any book *Comprehension Test (10 questions) *Comprehension Test answer key *Writing Star Boy *Writing Star Girl *Writing to Attach *Credits Leave feedback for credit toward future purchases.

All Officer Buckle wants to do is keep everyone safe, but nobody ever listens to him, that is, until Gloria joins the police department. With Gloria in tow, the students around the city are sitting up and paying attention to Officer Buckley and his safety tips, or are they? Unbeknownst to Officer Buckle, Gloria is entertaining the kids behind his back! He copies Officer Buckle and acts out some of the safety tips. Officer Buckle finally sees what Gloria is doing and gets upset. He is so upset that he stops giving his safety speeches. Will Officer Buckle ever give another safety speech? Will Officer Buckle ever forgive Gloria? Your students will love discovering the answers to these questions! This book not only has a ton of teaching opportunities with regard to skills and strategies but it is a great jumping off point for talking about rules and how rules can keep you safe. Listed below are some ideas, skill, and strategies that you can use to create or add to existing lessons. Because this is such a great teaching book I created a packet full of skills, strategies and writing activities to use when teaching with this book. Reading level: 2.5 Theme/subject: school, teamwork, friendship, safety Genre: humorous Suggested Vocabulary/phrases: thumbtacked, swivel chair, business as usual, sitting at attention, plenty of expression, applauded, shocked, Reading skills and strategies: Asking questions - {possible questions before} I wonder what the story is going to be about. I wonder what kind of show they are doing. {possible questions during} I wonder why the kids’ teachers didn’t make them listen to Officer Buckle when he came for the safety assembly. I wonder what Officer Buckle saw when he watched the evening news. {possible questions after} I wonder what other safety tips Officer Buckle will come up with. **Remember to have your students answer/reflect their questions. Author's point of view – Third. Be sure to find 3 pieces of evidence to support this (she, he, Officer Buckle, Gloria). Author's purpose – entertain {evidence} Gloria did amazing tricks for a dog. Gloria was signing autographs and dogs can’t do that. The illustrations were very silly. All these things make a very entertaining story. Beginning, middle, end - {most important event from beginning} All the kids slept while Officer Buckle gave his safety assembly. {most important event from middle} Officer Buckle started taking Gloria to his safety assemblies. {most important event from end} Officer Buckle got a letter from Claire telling him that they missed him at the safety assembly. Cause and effect – Why did the kids start listening to Officer Buckle during the safety assembly? Because they were watching Gloria copy Officer Buckle. Why did Officer Buckle think that his safety tips were so funny? Because the kids clapped and cheered and laughed. Why did Officer Buckle think the kids’ drawings showed a lot of imagination? Because there were pictures of Gloria doing tricks. Why did Officer Buckle not want to do his safety speech for Napville School? Because he saw the news with Gloria doing tricks while he gave his speech. Why did Claire’s note make Officer Buckle smile? Because it said that he was missed. Character analysis - describe Officer Buckle. Describe Gloria {looks like, feelings, thoughts, character} Character changes – In the beginning Officer Buckle seemed a bit sad because no one listened to his safety tips. At the end Officer Buckle was happy because he had Gloria and everyone listened to his safety tips. Classify & categorize – Things that are safe and unsafe. Compare & contrast – compare and contrast Officer Buckle and Gloria. Connections - {possible text-to-self connections} Having a school safety assembly. Seeing a police dog. Having a police officer come to school for an assembly. Drawing conclusions & inferencing – 1. Why do you think Claire’s letter was Officer Buckle’s favorite? {text clues}The letter was written on a star shaped paper. The letter showed Officer and Buckle together and said that they make a good team. The letter also showed that Claire practiced one of the safety tips – wearing a crash helmet. {what I know} The letter from Claire looks like she was listening and paying attention to what Officer Buckle said. {my conclusion} I think Claire’s letter was Officer Buckle’s favorite because it seemed like she paid attention and learned something from his safety speech. 2. How come Gloria does not do tricks at her safety speech? {text clues} Officer Buckle was mad or sad or upset because of what he saw on the news. Gloria only ever copied what Officer Buckle did or acted out the safety tip. {what I know} Dogs don’t talk so Gloria cannot give a safety speech. When someone is mad/sad/upset because of something you did it is hard to be happy and act like yourself. {my conclusion} I don’t think Gloria did tricks because she was upset and Officer Buckle wasn’t there for Gloria to copy. Fact & opinion – {fact} some kids slept while Officer Buckle gave his safety speech. Mrs. Toppel was standing on a swivel chair. The Napville police department bought a police dog named Gloria. Officer Buckle and Gloria were videotaped. Officer Buckle and Gloria were buddies. {opinion} Gloria was a silly dog. Officer Buckle’s safety speeches were boring. All the kids loved Officer Buckle. Gloria was the best dog. Officer Buckle and Gloria is the best book ever. Main idea & details - {main idea} The story is mainly about Gloria entertaining the kids while Officer Buckle gives his safety speech. {details} Gloria would do flips in the air. Gloria would copy what Officer Buckle was doing. Gloria made the kids laugh and cheer. Plot - the turning point or climax in the story was when Officer Buckle saw the news and saw what Gloria was doing behind his back while he gave his safety speech. Predict – What do you think the story is about? Do you think Mrs. Toppel will fall off the swivel chair? Do you think Gloria will make a good partner? Do you think Officer Buckle will ever see what Gloria is doing behind his back? How do you think Officer Buckle will react to seeing what Gloria does behind his back? How do you think Gloria will be at a safety speech without Officer Buckle? What do you think will happen after Gloria’s safety speech? Do you think Officer Buckle will keep doing his safety speeches? Will he do them with Gloria? Problem & solution - {problem} No one listened to Officer Buckle and all his safety tips. {solution} Gloria helped the kids pay attention to the safety tips. Sequencing – Officer Buckle gave a safety speech and everyone slept. The police department bought a dog. Gloria started to copy Officer Buckle and the kids started to pay attention. The students clapped and cheered for the safety speech. Officer Buckle got lots of letters with pictures of Gloria. Officer Buckle got lots of calls from schools to come do his safety speech. Gloria and Officer Buckle were videotaped for the news. Officer Buckle watched the news. Officer Buckle wouldn’t give his safety speech anymore. Gloria tried to do the safety speech but she fell asleep and so did the audience. Napville School had a terrible accident. Officer Buckle got a letter from Claire about being missed. Officer Buckle and Gloria are buddies that stick together. Story elements - list title, author, characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, or problem & solution. Strong thought – Officer Buckle looks really mad when he was on the phone with the principal from Napville School. What can you say to him to convince him that Gloria was really helping his speech, not making fun of it. Summarize - {someone} Officer Buckle {wanted} wanted everyone to be safe {but} nobody ever listened {so} so when Gloria joined him they started listening. {then} Then he saw the news and stopped doing his speech. {finally} Finally, Officer Buckle and Gloria became best buddies. Theme – Friends make everything better. Visualize – Gloria was acting out many of Officer Buckle’s safety tips. Pick a tip and visualize what Gloria would do to act it out. Draw a picture of what Gloria would do. Writing ideas o Pick a safety tip from the book and write about why it is important. o Write your own safety lesson. o Create a book of safety tips. o Write a letter to Officer Buckle about a safety tip and why you think it is important. Happy Planning!

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During our study of Community Helpers, I always love to read the book Officer Buckle and Gloria. It is one of my favorite stories and great to use when discussing police officers. I made these craft and writing activities that are a fun follow up to use after reading the story. These activities can also be implemented at the beginning of the school year as you set up your rules and expectations with your class. This activity pack includes an Officer Buckle craft topper and a Gloria topper. Students just color and then cut. There are badges included for name practice or writing and additional writing paper is also included. These activities can easily be used to decorate the hallway, bulletin boards or classroom doors. There are letters included that read The Most Important Safety Tip. To see everything that is included, click here.

An activity to get students thinking why we have rules and what rules we should have in the classroom. Follow up activity after reading Officer Buckle and Gloria. *Still working on the formatting. When downloaded it should come up with a lovely font and be aligned. Sorry for the inconvenience. I'm new to this :)

All Officer Buckle wants to do is keep everyone safe, but nobody ever listens to him, that is, until Gloria joins the police department. With Gloria in tow, the students around the city are sitting up and paying attention to Officer Buckley and his safety tips, or are they? Unbeknownst to Officer Buckle, Gloria is entertaining the kids behind his back! He copies Officer Buckle and acts out some of the safety tips. Officer Buckle finally sees what Gloria is doing and gets upset. He is so upset that he stops giving his safety speeches. Will Officer Buckle ever give another safety speech? Will Officer Buckle ever forgive Gloria? Your students will love discovering the answers to these questions! This book not only has a ton of teaching opportunities with regard to skills and strategies but it is a great jumping off point for talking about rules and how rules can keep you safe. Listed below are some ideas, skill, and strategies that you can use to create or add to existing lessons. Because this is such a great teaching book I created a packet full of skills, strategies and writing activities to use when teaching with this book. Reading level: 2.5 Theme/subject: school, teamwork, friendship, safety Genre: humorous Suggested Vocabulary/phrases: thumbtacked, swivel chair, business as usual, sitting at attention, plenty of expression, applauded, shocked, Reading skills and strategies: Asking questions - {possible questions before} I wonder what the story is going to be about. I wonder what kind of show they are doing. {possible questions during} I wonder why the kids’ teachers didn’t make them listen to Officer Buckle when he came for the safety assembly. I wonder what Officer Buckle saw when he watched the evening news. {possible questions after} I wonder what other safety tips Officer Buckle will come up with. **Remember to have your students answer/reflect their questions. Author's point of view – Third. Be sure to find 3 pieces of evidence to support this (she, he, Officer Buckle, Gloria). Author's purpose – entertain {evidence} Gloria did amazing tricks for a dog. Gloria was signing autographs and dogs can’t do that. The illustrations were very silly. All these things make a very entertaining story. Beginning, middle, end - {most important event from beginning} All the kids slept while Officer Buckle gave his safety assembly. {most important event from middle} Officer Buckle started taking Gloria to his safety assemblies. {most important event from end} Officer Buckle got a letter from Claire telling him that they missed him at the safety assembly. Cause and effect – Why did the kids start listening to Officer Buckle during the safety assembly? Because they were watching Gloria copy Officer Buckle. Why did Officer Buckle think that his safety tips were so funny? Because the kids clapped and cheered and laughed. Why did Officer Buckle think the kids’ drawings showed a lot of imagination? Because there were pictures of Gloria doing tricks. Why did Officer Buckle not want to do his safety speech for Napville School? Because he saw the news with Gloria doing tricks while he gave his speech. Why did Claire’s note make Officer Buckle smile? Because it said that he was missed. Character analysis - describe Officer Buckle. Describe Gloria {looks like, feelings, thoughts, character} Character changes – In the beginning Officer Buckle seemed a bit sad because no one listened to his safety tips. At the end Officer Buckle was happy because he had Gloria and everyone listened to his safety tips. Classify & categorize – Things that are safe and unsafe. Compare & contrast – compare and contrast Officer Buckle and Gloria. Connections - {possible text-to-self connections} Having a school safety assembly. Seeing a police dog. Having a police officer come to school for an assembly. Drawing conclusions & inferencing – 1. Why do you think Claire’s letter was Officer Buckle’s favorite? {text clues}The letter was written on a star shaped paper. The letter showed Officer and Buckle together and said that they make a good team. The letter also showed that Claire practiced one of the safety tips – wearing a crash helmet. {what I know} The letter from Claire looks like she was listening and paying attention to what Officer Buckle said. {my conclusion} I think Claire’s letter was Officer Buckle’s favorite because it seemed like she paid attention and learned something from his safety speech. 2. How come Gloria does not do tricks at her safety speech? {text clues} Officer Buckle was mad or sad or upset because of what he saw on the news. Gloria only ever copied what Officer Buckle did or acted out the safety tip. {what I know} Dogs don’t talk so Gloria cannot give a safety speech. When someone is mad/sad/upset because of something you did it is hard to be happy and act like yourself. {my conclusion} I don’t think Gloria did tricks because she was upset and Officer Buckle wasn’t there for Gloria to copy. Fact & opinion – {fact} some kids slept while Officer Buckle gave his safety speech. Mrs. Toppel was standing on a swivel chair. The Napville police department bought a police dog named Gloria. Officer Buckle and Gloria were videotaped. Officer Buckle and Gloria were buddies. {opinion} Gloria was a silly dog. Officer Buckle’s safety speeches were boring. All the kids loved Officer Buckle. Gloria was the best dog. Officer Buckle and Gloria is the best book ever. Main idea & details - {main idea} The story is mainly about Gloria entertaining the kids while Officer Buckle gives his safety speech. {details} Gloria would do flips in the air. Gloria would copy what Officer Buckle was doing. Gloria made the kids laugh and cheer. Plot - the turning point or climax in the story was when Officer Buckle saw the news and saw what Gloria was doing behind his back while he gave his safety speech. Predict – What do you think the story is about? Do you think Mrs. Toppel will fall off the swivel chair? Do you think Gloria will make a good partner? Do you think Officer Buckle will ever see what Gloria is doing behind his back? How do you think Officer Buckle will react to seeing what Gloria does behind his back? How do you think Gloria will be at a safety speech without Officer Buckle? What do you think will happen after Gloria’s safety speech? Do you think Officer Buckle will keep doing his safety speeches? Will he do them with Gloria? Problem & solution - {problem} No one listened to Officer Buckle and all his safety tips. {solution} Gloria helped the kids pay attention to the safety tips. Sequencing – Officer Buckle gave a safety speech and everyone slept. The police department bought a dog. Gloria started to copy Officer Buckle and the kids started to pay attention. The students clapped and cheered for the safety speech. Officer Buckle got lots of letters with pictures of Gloria. Officer Buckle got lots of calls from schools to come do his safety speech. Gloria and Officer Buckle were videotaped for the news. Officer Buckle watched the news. Officer Buckle wouldn’t give his safety speech anymore. Gloria tried to do the safety speech but she fell asleep and so did the audience. Napville School had a terrible accident. Officer Buckle got a letter from Claire about being missed. Officer Buckle and Gloria are buddies that stick together. Story elements - list title, author, characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, or problem & solution. Strong thought – Officer Buckle looks really mad when he was on the phone with the principal from Napville School. What can you say to him to convince him that Gloria was really helping his speech, not making fun of it. Summarize - {someone} Officer Buckle {wanted} wanted everyone to be safe {but} nobody ever listened {so} so when Gloria joined him they started listening. {then} Then he saw the news and stopped doing his speech. {finally} Finally, Officer Buckle and Gloria became best buddies. Theme – Friends make everything better. Visualize – Gloria was acting out many of Officer Buckle’s safety tips. Pick a tip and visualize what Gloria would do to act it out. Draw a picture of what Gloria would do. Writing ideas o Pick a safety tip from the book and write about why it is important. o Write your own safety lesson. o Create a book of safety tips. o Write a letter to Officer Buckle about a safety tip and why you think it is important. Happy Planning!

Picture Book Parade is a curated collection of seasonal books with accompanying mini lessons in language arts and fun crafts. Each guide includes 4 different, well loved picture books. Mini lessons are in written to be easily taught and reinforced. Additional activity pages reinforce mini lessons but are not required. Additionally there are four craft ideas to make the picture book come alive through creativity and artsy fun! The crafts don’t require extensive materials nor skills. They’re intended to be a fun way to make memories together around a favorite story!  This picture book parade explores four books- The Library by Sarah Stewart, Snail Mail by Samantha Berger, Last Stop on Market Streetby Matt De La Pena, Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann What You’ll Find in This File: Picture Book Guides- Each picture book has it’s own guide with a summary of the story, Language Arts skill focus, and a craft. Vocabulary Guide- Each book includes words that your reader may not be familiar with or words that are not easily decodable. Those words are listed in hearts below the picture book image for introduction before reading the story. Activity Pages- There are several activity pages for your reader. These pages are written to meet readers at various skill levels. Pages include comprehension, cause/effect, story sequence, and characterization. 27 page PDF / Instant download / All downloads are non refundable / If you do not see the file in the email you provided be sure to check your junk mail folder. Occasionally they slip into there./ Single classroom or family use only /

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Description: This download will link you to 16 digital task cards on the Boom Learning website. This set of boom cards will provide students practice of the grammar skill "Abbreviations", as taught in Second Grade Journeys Lesson 15: "Officer Buckle and Gloria". Each task card includes a sentence with a word that needs to be abbreviated. Students need to find the word and abbreviate it in the blank. **More Grammar Boom Cards: Second Grade Units 1-6 Bundle Second Grade Unit 1 Bundle Second Grade Unit 2 Bundle Second Grade Unit 3 Bundle Second Grade Unit 4 Bundle Second Grade Unit 5 Bundle Second Grade Unit 6 Bundle ****MORE ABOUT BOOM CARDS: Boom Cards are self-grading, DIGITAL resources. To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks. For additional assignment options you'll need a premium account. If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial. ***Did you know??? You can use Boom Cards in Google Classroom™! Just CLICK HERE to find out how!

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This resource is an awesome writing activity to include after reading Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann. It'd also be great for back to school or with any kind of health / safety lesson. My class even used it to kick off our persuasive writing unit : We read the book and then wrote and drew our own safety tips and hung them in the hall to persuade our classmates to keep making smart, safe choices. They turned out so cute! Real-life examples are included in the preview and the resource itself.... perfect for inspiring your class and showing them what you're looking for. Have fun ...and stay safe! ;)

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Otis and the Scarecrow Book Companion | This book companion is the perfect cross-curricular addition to your classroom for teaching your students standing up and doing something when you feel something isn't right. What is included? • Otis and the Scarecrow Craft • Otis and the Scarecrow writing activity [2 options] (to go along with the craft - great for bulletin board displays!) • Differentiated cut/paste worksheets (errorless included) • How to Build a Scarecrow Adapted Books (printable + digital) • Scarecrow Emotions Task Box When do you use book companions? Book companions are a great addition to any reading or language arts block. They also serve as great print-and-go lessons for any substitute binder or emergency sub plans. PLEASE NOTE * 1. You will need to purchase the book Otis and the Scarecrow by Loren Long to go along with the book companion and craftivity. 2. Part of this book companion is included in the November Lesson Plan Pack. Connect with me: • Newsletter • Blog • Facebook • Instagram • Pinterest • Don't forget about the green ★ to follow my store to get notifications of new resources and freebies! Thanks for Looking and Happy Teaching!

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This bundle is of the 15 units (lessons) I use from HMH Journeys. Rather than trying to teach all 30 stories, I have selected half of them and ensured that all Common Core standards are taught throughout the 15 units. Each unit (lesson) takes about 7 days (seven 90-minute blocks) to complete, including review and test. Reading tests are HMH-created tests and the Language Arts tests are teacher-created. This bundle includes: Unit 1, Lesson 1 (Henry & Mudge) Unit 1, Lesson 3 (Dogs) Unit 1, Lesson 5 (Teacher's Pet) Unit 2, Lesson 6 (Animals Building Homes) Unit 2, Lesson 7 (The Ugly Vegetables) Unit 2, Lesson 8 (Super Storms) Unit 3, Lesson 11 (Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type) Unit 3, Lesson 13 (Schools Around the World) Unit 3, Lesson 15 (Officer Buckle and Gloria) Unit 4, Lesson 19 (The Signmaker's Assistant) Unit 4, Lesson 20 (Dex, The Heart of a Hero) Unit 5, Lesson 22 (Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend) Unit 5, Lesson 23 (The Goat in the Rug) Unit 6, Lesson 27 (The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs) Unit 6, Lesson 29 (Two of Everything) This product is designed to be used WITH the 2nd Grade Journeys book by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Common Core Edition. Everything included is editable for your needs. Items Included in Each Lesson: 7 PowerPoint Presentations (Great for Distance Learning!) Vocabulary Pictures Handout Superhero Words Booklet (designed for this lesson) Reading Test Pictures (great for EAL students) (Vocabulary & Comprehension) Teacher Created Language Arts Test (Phonics & Grammar) Daily Proofreading Booklet PowerPoint Presentations: Each PowerPoint is editable for your needs. Each PowerPoint is for approximately a 90-minute block. (Or 2 45-minute blocks) The PowerPoints were created to follow the Teacher's Book. The 5th Day PowerPoint is designed to be used with the Leveled Readers and Weekly Booklet pages included in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys program. (These are not included here.) The 6th Day PowerPoint is used as a review day before the test. Daily Proofreading Booklet This is a teacher-created booklet for students to keep their Daily Proofreading Practices in one place. Superhero Words Booklet This is from another author and edited to fit the needs of this unit. 8 Blank pages to use with the 8 Vocabulary Words. Vocabulary Pictures Handout This is a double-sided page that can be printed to help students better understand new vocabulary. Pictures were found through Google Images. Test Pictures as a PowerPoint This is great for EAL students. Questions and answers have pictures to help students understand the meaning of the words. (I project them during the test for my EAL students and read the test aloud.) Language Arts Test This teacher-created test uses similar information from the HMH Journeys test (Phonics and Grammar) but includes fill-in-the-blank and location-type questions. A Word Doc (editable) and PDF version are included.

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We Don't Eat Our Classmates Book Companion | This book companion is the perfect cross-curricular addition to your classroom for teaching your students about friendship and being kind. What is included? • We Don't Eat Our Classmates Craft • We Don't Eat Our Classmates writing activity [2 options] (to go along with the craft - great for bulletin board displays!) • 11 differentiated cut/paste worksheets (errorless included) • Visual recipe to make dinosaur eggs with activity guide • We Don't Eat Our Classmates Adapted Piece Book Set When do you use book companions? Book companions are a great addition to any reading or language arts block. They also serve as great print-and-go lessons for any substitute binder or emergency sub plans. PLEASE NOTE * 1. You will need to purchase the book We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan Higgins to go along with the book companion and craftivity. 2. Part of this book companion is included in the September Lesson Plan Pack. Connect with me: • Newsletter • Blog • Facebook • Instagram • Pinterest • Don't forget about the green ★ to follow my store to get notifications of new resources and freebies! Thanks for Looking and Happy Teaching!