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OFFICER BUCKLEANDGLORIA

• Peggy Rathmann

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• VOCABULARY

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• attention
• Please pay attention and listen
• carefully to the instructions.
• be watchful

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• buddy
• Stand in line next to your field
• trip buddy.
• friend - partner

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• accident
• No one wants to have an accident.
• not meant to happen

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• tip
• Thats a good tip.
• advice

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• enormous
• This building is enormous.
• It would be easy to get lost.
• huge very large

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• obeys
• When everyone obeys the rules
• everyone will stay safe.
• follow

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• Officer Buckle
• and
• GLORIA

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• Officer Buckle knew more safety tips
• than anyone else in Napville.
• Every time he thought of a new one,
• he thumbtacked it to his
• bulletin board.

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• Safety Tip 77
• Never stand on a SWIVEL CHAIR.

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• Officer Buckle shared his safety tips
• with the students at Napville School.
• Nobody ever listened.
• Sometimes, there was snoring.
• Afterward, it was business as usual.

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• Mrs. Topple, the principal, took
• down the welcome banner.
• NEVER stand on a SWIVEL CHAIR,
• said Officer Buckle, but Mrs. Topple
• didnt hear him.

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• Then one day, Napvilles police
• department bought a police dog
• named Gloria.
• When it was time for Officer Buckle
• to give a safety speech at the
• school, Gloria went along.

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• Children, this is Gloria, announced
• Officer Buckle.
  Gloria obeys my commands.
• Gloria, SIT!
• And Gloria sat.

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• Officer Buckle gave
• Safety Tip Number One
• Keep your Shoelaces tied!
• The children sat up and stared.

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• Officer Buckle checked to see if
• Gloria was sitting at attention.
• She was.

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• Safety Tip Number Two,
• said Officer Buckle.
• ALWAYS wipe up spills BEFORE someone SLIPS
  AND FALLS!

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• The childrens eyes popped.
• Officer Buckle checked on Gloria again.
• Good dog, he said.

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• Officer Buckle thought of a safety tip
• he had discovered that morning.
• NEVER leave a THUMBTACK where
• you might SIT on it!
• The audience
  roared.

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• Officer Buckle grinned. He said the
• rest of the tips with plenty of
• expression.
• The children clapped their hands and
• cheered. Some of them laughed
• until they cried.
• Officer Buckle was surprised. He
• never noticed how funny safety tips
• could be.

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• After this safety speech, there wasnt
• a single accident.

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• The next day, an enormous envelope
• arrived at the police station. It was
• stuffed with Thank-you letters from
• students at Napville School.
• Every letter had a drawing of
• Gloria on it.
• Officer Buckle thought the drawings
• showed a lot of imagination.

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Thank you Officer Buckle and Gloria.
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• His favorite letter was written on a
• star-shaped piece of paper.
• It said
• You and Gloria make a good team.
• Your friend,
• Claire
• P.S. I always wear a crash helmet
• ( Safety Tip 7 )

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• Officer Buckle was thumbtacking
• Clairs letter to his bulletin board
• when the phones started ringing.
• Grade schools, high schools, and
• day-care centers were calling about
• the safety speech.

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• Officer Buckle, they said,
• our students want to hear your
• safety tips! And please, bring along
• that police dog.

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• Officer Buckle told his tips to 313
  schools.
• Everywhere he and Gloria went, children
• sat up and listened.
• After every speech, Officer Buckle took
  Gloria
• out for ice cream. Officer Buckle loved
• having a buddy.

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• Then one day, a television news team
• videotaped Officer Buckle in the
• state college auditorium.
• When he finished Safety Tip Number
• Ninety-nine,
• DO NOT GO SWIMMING DURING
• ELECTRICAL STORMS!,
• The students jumped to their feet
• and applauded.

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• Bravo! Bravo! they cheered.
• Officer Buckle bowed
• again and again.

BRAVO! BRAVO!
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• That night, Officer Buckle watched
• himself on the 10 oclock news.

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• The next day, the principal of Napville
• School telephoned the police station.
• Good morning, Officer Buckle! Its
• time for our safety speech!
• Im not giving any more speeches!
• Nobody looks at me, anyway!
• Oh, said Mrs. Toppel. Well! How
• about Gloria? Could she come?

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• Someone else from the police station
• gave Gloria a ride to the school.
• Gloria sat onstage looking lonely.
• Then she fell asleep. So did the
• audience.
• After Gloria left, Napville School had
• its biggest accident ever

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• It started with a puddle of
• banana pudding
• SPLAT!
• SPLATTER!
• SPLOOSH!
• Everyone slid smack into Mrs. Toppel,
• who screamed and let go of her
• hammer.

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Mrs. Toppel let go of her hammer!
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• The next morning, a pile of letters
• arrived at the police station.
• Every letter had a drawing of the
• accident.
• Officer buckle was shocked.
• At the bottom of the pile was a note
• written on a paper star.
• Officer Buckle smiled.

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• The note said

Gloria missed you yesterday.
Your friend, Claire P.S. Dont
worry, I was wearing my
helmet. Safety Tip 7
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• Gloria gave Officer Buckle a big
• kiss on the nose. Officer Buckle
• gave Gloria a nice pat on the back.
• Then, Officer Buckle thought of his
• best safety tip yet

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• Safety Tip 101
• ALWAYS STICK
• WITH YOUR
• BUDDY!

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• Check What You Know
• Thumbtack is a compound word. You can tell
  from the two parts of the word that a
  thumb tack is
• a. A tool used to hammer with
• b. A pin that you push into a wall
  using your thumb
• c. A way to give others a thumbs up
  sign
• d. Something used in a stapler

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• 2. Officer Buckle checked to see if Gloria
  was sitting at attention.
• Which part of speech is the underlined
  word?
• a. Adjective
• b. Noun
• c. Verb
• d. Pronoun

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• NEVER stand on a SWIVEL CHAIR said Officer
  Buckle.
• What is the correct way to
  punctuate the sentence?
• a. NEVER stand on a SWIVEL CHAIR,
  said Officer Buckle.
• b. NEVER stand on a SWIVEL, CHAIR
  said Officer Buckle.
• c. NEVER stand on a SWIVEL CHAIR said
  Officer Buckle.
• d. NEVER stand on a SWIVEL CHAIR
  said, Officer Buckle.

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• Safety Tip 1 KEEP your SHOELACES tied.
• What could happen if your shoelaces are
  left untied?
• a. You might trip someone
• b. You might run faster
• c. You might hop higher
• d. You might trip and fall

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• Officer Buckle can play a _______.
• a. fluet b. flut c.
  flute
• He plays the same _______ every night.
• a. tune b. tun c.
  tuen
• Gloria makes _______ by thumping her tail.
• a. muisc b. music c. musik
• Officer Buckle got to a pet a _______ at
  the farm.
• a. mule b. mul c.
  mull

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• He found a shell on the beach behind a
  sand _______ .
• a. dun b. dune c.
  duan
• Officer Buckle got a new puppy named
  _______ .
• a. Duck b. Duk c.
  Duke
• Officer Buckle will _______ his flute to
  call the puppy.
• a. use b. us c.
  yous
• If the flute doesnt work he will play
  his _______ .
• a. buegl c. buegle c.
  bugle

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• 13. Which of these words is NOT a
  compound word?
• a. safety b. shoelaces c.
  thumbtack d. everywhere
• Officer Buckle thought the drawings (of
  Gloria) showed a lot of imagination.
• What does imagination mean?
• a. messy work b. creativity
  c. colors d. safety rules
• How do you divide imagination into
  syllables?
• a. imag-i-na-tion b.
  i-mag-i-na-tion
• c. i-magi-na-tion d.
  im-ag-i-nation
• 16. What type of story is Officer Buckle
  and Gloria?
• a. fiction b. non fiction
  c. folktale d. biography

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• What is the correct way to make buddy
  plural?
• a. buddys b. buddes
  c. buddyes d. Buddies
• Which is a fact about this story?
• a. Gloria is a police dog.
  b. Gloria was silly.
• c. Everyone needs a buddy. d.
  Officer Buckle is boring.
• Officer Buckle thought the audience was
  laughing at him. How do you think he felt
  after seeing himself on the TV?
• a. happy b. surprised
  c. tired d. angry
• What event happened first in the story?
• a. Officer Buckle didnt want to
  give any more speeches.
• b. Officer Buckle took Gloria to
  school.
• c. The news crew videotaped Officer
  Buckle and Gloria.
• d. Officer Buckle gave safety
  speeches alone

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• Connect each word to the definition.
• Accident
  pieces of advice
• Attention
  do what you are told to do
• Buddy
  very, very big
• Enormous
  something that happens by chance
• Tip
  good friend
• Obeys
  watch and listen carefully