It is so important to spend the first few days, even weeks, of school teaching students rules and expectations. It can be hard to find different ways to do this so we recommend using read alouds. Officer Buckle and Gloria is a perfect way to use picture books to have conversations about rules with your students. Plus- students will love hearing about the silly dog in the story! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
In addition to rules and expectations, you can use this book to teach:
- New vocabulary words to strengthen word knowledge.
- Identifying the problem and solution of a story.
- Identifying the author's purpose for writing the book.
- Quotation marks and what they are used for.
- Proper capitalization during writing.
- Writing lists of rules and safety tips.
- Informational writing about the importance of rules.
- The qualities of a good friend and the importance of kindness.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- 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
The beginning of the school year is hard enough. Make things easy on yourself by using these activities and lessons plans. You will feel so much more confident!
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will also love these similar books:
- Ruby the Copycat by Margaret Rathmann
- Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
- We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T Higgins
- The Bad Seed by Jory John
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