"Officer Buckle and Gloria" | Picture Book Study

- Year groups
- Early years, Years 1–2
- Pages
- 58
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Reading, English
- Topic
- Officer Buckle and Gloria, Picture Book Study
- Resource types
- Novel Studies, Worksheets & Printables
- Preparation
- Print ready
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About this resource
Jump into the fun story of "Officer Buckle and Gloria" with this no-prep picture book study! Whether you're teaching preschool, kindergarten, or 1st grade, this resource has you covered! We've also included a handy teacher guide to make planning and discussing a breeze!
What You Get:
- Teacher discussion guide
- Book project and activity ideas
- Youtube links to related videos
- A flyer to send home telling about the book they read
- Non-fiction article about K-9 Dogs
- Sight word cards
- Sounding out word cards
- 2 Colouring Pages
- Jigsaw puzzle
- "Write a Safety Tip" on a star writing project
- Create your own safety patch craft (like the one Officer Buckle wears in the book)
- Create your own Safety Rule Bulletin Board craft
- Story crown template
- Story patterns “cut and glue” worksheet
- Matching picture to word worksheet
- Tracing worksheet
- Officer Buckle and Gloria maze
- Write the Story Sequence template
- Fill In The Missing Story Word
- Design Your Own Cover template
- Label the Parts of the book (cut and glue)
- Story word and picture sorting activity (cut and glue)
- Finish the Words From The Story (cut and glue the missing letters)
- 3 letter "DP is for Police" handwriting practice pages
- Sight word worksheet (NEVER and ALWAYS)
- Digraph worksheet (CH)
- Words in the Story Handwriting Page
- Story Elements worksheet
- Cut-apart sequencing strips (higher level)
- Cut-apart sequencing strips (lower level)
- Compare stories Venn Diagram worksheet
- Character traits worksheets for Officer Buckle and Gloria
- “What Do You Think” writing/drawing opportunity
- Adorable printable book so they can write and illustrate their own version of the book
- 2 book reports
- 3 Draw and Write early writer prompts
- 1 writing pennant from story
- Draw and write Template
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Discuss character actions and story events after a shared reading
Express and support an opinion about a picture book
Connect a fictional dog character with factual information about police dogs
Teaching tips
Choose only the pages that match learners’ current reading and writing independence.
Read the informational passage after the story discussion so children can compare fictional and real roles.
Skills covered
Picture-book comprehension — learners discuss events and characters.
Reader response — ratings and writing capture a personal reaction.
Text connection — fiction is paired with an informational topic.
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