9 Activities for Officer Buckle and Gloria!

Officer Buckle and Gloria Activities will help students with activities to understand plot with comprehension questions, games, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, phonics, comprehension strategies, sequencing, writing, and a comprehension test with answer key! Officer Buckle and Gloria Activities is great for guided reading or whole group! Officer Buckle and Gloria was written by Peggy Rathman and must be purchased separately.

Here are 9+ activities you can use with Officer Buckle and Gloria! :)  

1. Roll the dice, find vocabulary or comprehension and discuss or write it on the response sheet.

 2.  Students read the book and answer the vocabulary questions.  Illustrate too!

3.  Cut these bookmarks out, and place in the book during your shared read-aloud.   Or give to students after they have read it at the guided reading table.  Students can respond on the reading response sheet. OR :) Pass out the question cards and have students answer the questions on the response sheet!

 4.   There are several comprehension strategies covered in this book.  Model to students with these graphic organizers in whole group, guided reading center, or other reading center.

 5.  More, more, more comprehension strategies!

 6.  Do you need to reinforce these grammar skills?  Easy to add to a center!

 7.  Here is a fun game to print and pop into a center.  There is a black and white copy.  Cut the vocabulary cards. Students draw a card on their turn, find it in the book and discuss the meaning.

 8.  Running records and end of unit assessment!

 9.  Have students pick their favorite safety tip from the book and write about why it is their favorite. OR, have students create their own safety tip. They can color the star and girl/boy. Hang in the hallway for a cute display!

Add Tens to Any Number Game

Add Tens to Any Number First Grade is a great way to teach the concept of adding tens to any number. Place in a center or make multiple copies to play all over your room. Give a game board and cards included to 2-3 students. Add dice and game pieces and your students will be playing a game adding tens to any number!

1. Cut apart the game cards. 
2. Give 2-3 students a game board, game cards, dice, and place markers! 
3. Throw in a number chart.  Students might add using a hundred chart.
4. Student draws a card, answers the question and moves forward.
5. First one to the end wins!

More pictures. I had this game sitting up all over the room with my first grade littles playing it at once. I put 2-3 kiddos per game board since they are small.

9 Strategies to Use with If You Give a Dog a Donut

If You Give a Dog a Donut Book Companion will help students with activities to understand plot with comprehension questions, games, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, phonics, comprehension strategies, sequencing, writing, and a comprehension test with answer key! If You Give a Dog a Donut Book Companion is great for guided reading or whole group! If You Give a Dog a Donut Book Companion was written by Laura Numberoff and must be purchased separately.

Here are 9 Strategies to Use with If You Give a Dog a Donut:

1.  Roll the dice and play "I Spy a Vocabulary Word" or answer the comprehension question. There is a response sheet if you choose.

2.  Read the book and answer the comprehension questions.  There is also an illustration sheet.

3.  Cut out the comprehension book marks or question cards at the guided reading table and discuss. There is a response sheet as well.

4.  There are many comprehension strategies you can choose from.  I use the one we are working on for the week.  There is a Venn Diagram for Text to Text.  Strategies also included are Text to Self, Text tow World, and Summarize.

5.  More comprehension included events, inferring, visualizing, and questioning.

6.  Fun grammar sheets are included.

7.  You can put a game at your comprehension, or vocabulary station.  This is in color and black and white.  

8.  This is a fun color by vocabulary word. These words are taken from the book.

9.  Finish up with a comprehension test.  Students can look back in the book to find the answers.  Included is a running record if the student can read instructionally, or independently at this level.

For more information about this book, click on the link.

If You Give a Dog a Donut

2 Ways to Use Number Pattern Task Cards!

You won't believe how easy it is to use task cards! You'll find yourself wanting to collect them all!

Number Patterns and Rules Task Cards will help your students learn how to extend numbers with these number pattern task cards. They will also learn how to apply a number rule to the pattern in a fun and engaging game. Students need to know the rule applied to a number pattern. With these task cards, number patterns can be extended by rules +1, +2, +3, +5, and +10.

Here are 2 ways you can use these task cards!

1.  Laminate (optional), cut them up and pop in a game board. Use anything for game pieces and you are ready to go. Roll the dice, move forward, answer the question. First to the end wins!
*Use different color plastic bears, blocks, beans marked with numbers or letters, connector blocks, assorted candy, or the game pieces from the board game you're using!

2.  Put the cards in a rectangle shape. Put those same game pieces at one end, roll the dice, answer the questions. First one to the end wins.  If you don't answer correctly, you go back to where you started.

Most importantly, learn while having fun! Click on the pictures for more information or to purchase these number pattern cards.