Officer Buckle and Gloria

Officer Buckle and Gloria
By: Peggy Rathmann
Genre: Fiction
Ages:

This is a story about a police officer who tries to teach people safety rules but people do not listen. When the police department gets a police dog the people want to hear the safety speeches and see the dog. The police man agrees to continue to give speeches and may even help the town from having its worst accident yet! Children will love the adventure this story brings as well as fall in love with Gloria!

Theme:
It is very important to learn about safety. When people try to teach us about safety we need to listen. We do not want to have an accident that could have been prevented if we listened! Today we will talk about school safety. Let’s be a team and make our school safe!

About the author:
Peggy Rathmann is a Caldecott medalist who has been writing books for children for many years. Peggy Rathmann also loves to illustrate books. Peggy has been writing for years and is still publishing work today!

Pre reading activity:
The school police officer and police dog will be invited to come into our classroom and speak to the children about school safety. The students will be encouraged to ask questions and share concerns.

Post reading activity:
As a class we will make a poster about different school safety rules we need to follow. The students will come up with rules that the police officer talked about and also ones they may think are important. The poster will be displayed in the classroom for all to see and follow.

Source used:
http://www.peggyrathmann.com/