Nov, 20 the book i used this week was officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann. Officer buckle and gloria realize they need each other to get their safety message across. See more ideas about officer buckle and gloria, activities and 2nd grade reading. The purpose of this summative assessment is to provide the teacher and student with information regarding the students understanding of the story officer buckle and gloria written by peggy rathmann.
Officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann teaching. Explore classroom activities, puzzles, teacher resources and enrichment pdfs for this book. I have a book about a police officer and his dog named gloria. After every speech, officer buckle took gloria out for ice cream.
Students will delight in glorias antics as they use this story about teamwork to build comprehension skills focused on synthesizing, identifying the authors purpose, and making predictions, connections, and inferences. Safety tips with officer buckle and gloria readwritethink. This lesson plan uses the book, a memorable text lesson, and fun activities to highlight key points for. This caldecott awardwinning childrens book tells the story of safety expert officer buckle and his fourlegged sidekick, gloria. 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. Use these activities at backtoschool time to introduce students to classroom rulessafety rules. Based on a 2007 online poll, the national education association named the book one of its teachers top 100 books for children.
Officer buckle s very useful safety tips fall on deaf ears every time he shares them with the kids at school. And even though theyre friends, they had a problem to work out. Enhances peggy rathmanns 1996 caldecott medal book. However, once gloria is taken with him to safety speeches, all the students are enthralled. Fun with officer buckle and gloria the applicious teacher. Follow along with this wonderful story of friendship and safety in officer buckle and gloria, written by peggy rathmann. About officer buckle and gloria besides the beguiling story, the affable illustrations of the smiling gloria, the accidental mayhem in the background, and the myriad safety tips such as always pull the toothpick out of your sandwhich and never lick a stop sign in the winter add to the enjoyment. It also includes prompts for student responses in writing or thoughtful logs. A dog who can act and a boring policeman are the main characters in officer buckle and gloria, a funny story about friendship by childrens book author peggy rathmann officer. Everywhere he and gloria went, children sat up and listened. Peggy rathmanns officer buckle and gloria is one such book. Officer buckle and gloria discussion guide scholastic. Officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann childrens book read aloud duration. Our story this week was officer buckle and gloria, by peggy rathmann.
You can find more books by peggy rathmann at your public library, amazon and other book. Read this book to find out what happens when officer buckle gets a new police dog named gloria. Talk about what happened gloria was getting all the attention and officer buckle s feelings were hurt. Officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann this caldecott awardwinning childrens book tells the story of safety expert officer buckle and his fourlegged sidekick, gloria. Thank you for readinglistening us we use cookies on this site. Gloria has her own way of performing safety tips while officer buckle talks. Jun 25, 20 officer buckle and gloria is the best book ever. Officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann is a super cute book and a great way to intro a discussion about rules. This is a lol book about safety officer buckle, the straight man and his cut up sidekick.
Officer buckle and gloria is sure to drum up lots of giggles. Use the safety tips in the story to establish rules and procedures in your own classroom. Gloria s acting talents suddenly make officer buckle the talk of the town. Show students the book officer buckle and gloria, and tell them that it was written and illustrated by peggy rathmann 11.
Officer buckle has to read safety tips for the napville elementary school students. Kindergarten lesson officer buckle and gloria betterlesson. Officer buckle and gloria elementary printable worksheet in the classroom or at home. If you like this flip book check out my growing bundle picture book flip books. Dec 06, 2019 safety tip writing with officer buckle and gloria one of the biggest themes in officer buckle and gloria are those funny safety tips, so we used the story as a launching point for an opinion writing piece on what we thought was the most important safety tip. Officer buckle and gloria by rathmann story stretcher activities, good picture book for back to school. The childrens book officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann is a great story for teaching young learners about teamwork and the importance of following rules. Jul 08, 20 even though im an adult i and my kids are halfgrown, we still have some favorite childrens books. As officer buckle says in safety tip one hundred and one, always work with a buddy. The activities in this miniunit were designed to accompany the book officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann. The recipient of the 1996 caldecott medal, officer buckle and gloria, is the story of a school safety officer upstaged by his canine partner. Unbeknownst to buckle, gloria performs hilarious dramatizations of his tips behind his back, and the students love it. This book is also great for inferences, because gloria does a lot that officer buckle.
Officer buckle and gloria activities pack will help teach your students about character traits, feelings and physical traits of officer buckle and gloria. A favorite that megan and i agree on officer buckle and gloria. That dog was brave to ride on the outside of the helicopter. Jan 22, 2017 officer buckle and gloria youtube movies. When he gets a new dog to help, gloria makes learning fun. The children can record their responses on the printable or in a reading response notebook. That is until he gets a partner, gloria, a police dog. Childrens book activities with officer buckle and gloria weird. Officer buckle character traits activities is the perfect book companion to incorporate into your guided reading lessons to assist your students. Officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann scholastic. This lesson plan uses the book, a memorable text lesson. Unfortunately, he doesnt actually keep the kids engaged with his lessons. Students will delight in gloria s antics as they use this story about teamwork to build comprehension skills focused on synthesizing, identifying the authors purpose, and making predictions, connections, and inferences.
Childrens book activities with officer buckle and gloria. This flip book is made to use with the book officer buckle and gloria by peggy rat this is a free sample of my picture book flip books. Pay attention to the various safety tips presented throughout the book and consider how you can talk with your students about them. But soon, children are paying officer buckles new police dog, gloria, who stands behind him, impishly miming the dire consequences and accidents involved in not using ones head. Officer buckle and gloria extension activities scholastic. No one listens to officer buckle when he goes to the schools to about safety tips until he starts to bring gloria the new police dog with him. However, when he brings his enchanting dog gloria to join him for the presentation, all the children play close attention to his clever and helpful guidance. Two years and ten endings later, good night, gorilla was published and recognized as an ala notable childrens book for 1994.
Dec 07, 20 our story this week was officer buckle and gloria, by peggy rathmann. No one ever listens to any of officer buckle s boring safety tips during school assemblythat is, until he starts bringing his police dog, gloria, along. Officer buckle discovers that gloria has been stealing the show. Complete this assessment to test your knowledge of the plot and lesson of the book officer buckle and gloria.
Officer buckle and gloria, good night gorilla, ruby the copy cat, bootsie barker bites, and ten minutes to bedtime. Plan your 60minute lesson in english language arts or writing with helpful tips from. Great for studying point of view, social emotional learnin. This book is about officer buckle and his sidekick gloria. This lesson could easily be adapted for use with older students.
Officer buckle and gloria vocabulary and comprehension third grade language arts purpose. Officer buckle becomes jealous and quits the act, but gloria isnt able to do it alone. Use this brief assessment to test your understanding of the plot and lesson of this book. The most obvious one is using this story as a base for teaching and. Talk about what happened gloria was getting all the attention and officer buckles feelings were hurt. They awaken, however, when police dog gloria joins buckle onstage. Whenever officer buckle visits elementary schools to give his lecture on personal safety, his audiences drift off to sleep. This book study for officer buckle and gloria will be perfect for your young learners. After reading the book officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann, students explore potential. Encourage children to learn more about the helpers in their own lives with these activities based on officer buckle and gloria. The trouble with officer buckles speeches is that they are just too boring.
The students at napville school snooze through officer buckle s safety speeches until his new police dog, gloria, joins the act. The plans include a teacher script with strategic stopping points and questions for students. At the beginning of the book, officer buckle goes to speak about school safety, but everyone falls asleep. Officer buckle s job is to teach people how to be safe. Officer buckle and gloria officer buckle and gloria book by peggy rathmann, 1995 theme. How do you think officer buckle feels about gloria. Officer buckle and gloria vocabulary and comprehension. By continuing to use this site, we assume you consent for cookies to be used.
Little does officer buckle know, however, that his newfound popularity is actually due to gloria s upstaging him behind his back literally as she enacts a dramatic interpretation of each of officer buckle s tips. But once his trusty police dog gloria begins to accompany him, suddenly his show is a hit. Rathmanns story of the importance of teamwork, along with her caldecott medalwinning illustrations, which have been created from a vibrant palette of cartoon art, make this book. Officer buckle, a mustachioed policeman who wears a crossedoutbananapeel patch on his sleeve, has a passion for teaching students about safety, but his audiences tend to doze off during his lectures. Its apparent how much officer buckle and gloria need each other, and before long, they are again a winning team. Activities lesson 15 in this bundle you will receive vocabulary puzzles, vocabulary 4 square sheets, spelling lists for students agendas, tictactoe spelling activity, compound word activity, and rainbow write spelling paper. A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text book officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann. When everyone is finished with their templates we clean up the books and sit on our squares.
Officer buckle and gloria is the name of the 1995 picture book by peggy rathmann that won the 1996 caldecott medal. This is a free sample of my picture book flip books. As buckle speaks, gloria behind buckle s backmimes each safety lesson e. This zany book, illustrated in vibrant color, tickles funny bones while teaching gentle lessons about safety and teamwork. Note the part of the book where safety tips are not followed and what the possible consequences could be. In a detailed, readaloud lesson, children learn to use both the words and. Even though im an adult i and my kids are halfgrown, we still have some favorite childrens books.
The sight gags in peggy rathmanns illustrations helped earn this book a caldecott medal. Officer buckle and gloria printables, classroom activities. The trouble with officer buckle s speeches is that they are just too boring. This book is so good and it fits right in with the theme because the policeman in the story visits the schools in the community to give safety speecheswith his good buddy, gloria. He loved sharing them with the napville school students. Whenever officer buckle visits elementary schools to give his lecture on personal. Officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann is a great book to read and use in this task card activity that is perfect for a literacy center. Each student creates a safety tip poster similar to the ones in the book to present a solution to one of the identified safety problems. The story today is called officer buckle and gloria. Reviewing procedures with officer buckle and gloria the. It was one of the top 100 picture books of all time in a 2012 poll by school library journal. How do officer buckle and gloria work out their problem.
Officer buckles very useful safety tips fall on deaf ears every time he shares them with the kids at school. Officer buckle is a safety instructor, going to schools to give safety lessons. Ideas for fun extension activities to do with the picture book, officer buckle and gloria, by peggy rathman. Officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann lesson plan and. Then let children practice solving their own interpersonal problems.
After reading the book officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann, students explore potential safety problems and then devise possible solutions. This engaging unit includes common core standards while being fun too. This book is also available in spanish titled oficial correa y gloria. Have students make predictions about the story as you show them the cover of the book, such as who the characters are, what the setting is, what the problem may be, and what they think will happen in the book. Officer buckle and gloria printables, classroom activities, teacher. I couldnt find any extension activities when searching for childrens book activities with officer buckle and gloria, so i decided to come up with my own. Feb 25, 2018 this is an interactive read aloud lesson plan for a 45 day comprehensive literacy language workshop for the mentor text book officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann. Together, officer buckle and gloria s safety class is a hit at the schools. Rathmanns story of the importance of teamwork, along with her caldecott medalwinning illustrations, which have been created from a vibrant palette of cartoon art, make this book an appealing read aloud. Officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann teaching ideas. Officer buckle and gloria by peggy rathmann is an engaging story about school safety.
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