Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Officer Buckle And Gloria will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of, friendship, peer relations, multiple friends, feelings and kindness, this Officer Buckle And Gloria picture book by Peggy Rathmann is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
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- Read a summary of Officer Buckle And Gloria. You can find it in the section below.
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OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA SUMMARY
Officer Buckle comes to Napville School to share safety tips with the students. When he tries to teach the students, they are not interested. He decides to bring along Gloria, the police dog, who steals the show.
When Officer Buckle realizes he is being upstaged, he gives up his job at Napville School. Gloria and the students convince Officer Buckle to come back to Napville School and work as a team.
OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based Officer Buckle And Gloria reading comprehension questions focus on:
- making predictions
- plot/problem-solution
- ask and answer questions
- identifying the main idea
- author’s purpose
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- friendship
- peer relations
- multiple friends
- feelings
- kindness
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- proper nouns
- quotation marks
- capitalization
OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for Officer Buckle And Gloria?
- Lexile® Measure: 570L
- Guided Reading Level: N
- DRA Level: 28
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3-3.2
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Peggy Rathmann. It was illustrated by Peggy Rathmann.
What genre is Officer Buckle And Gloria?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 40 pages long.
