Author: Peggy Rathmann
Summary: This story is about Police Officer Buckle who's job was to go around to local schools and share safety tips to the students. He thought that his job was incredibly important but the students are shown in the pictures to be sleeping through and not caring about his lectures of safety tips. Not until Officer Buckle brings in police dog Gloria do the students pay attention. Gloria sits behind Buckle as the is giving his safety tips to the students, unaware that when Buckle's back is to Gloria, the dog performing outstanding tricks that relate to whatever tip he is sharing. The officer notices that the students are now awake and liking his tips, though its really just Gloria, and he begins to share more and more tips to numerous schools. Officer Buckle believes that it is his tips that are making the students interactive and becomes quite sad when he realizes that they only care for Gloria. It's not till Officer Buckles receives a safety tip in the mail from a student that he decides to go back into the schools with Gloria to share all of his safety tips.
Lesson: I would read this book at the very beginning of school while I am still trying to get the perfect classroom environment for my students. I would read this and then ask students to share why they think that safety tips are important for students to know. I would have a big piece of paper and write down all the safety tips they share that are important to remember while they are in class.
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