Fire Safety

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Fire Safety

• By
• Liz Kolp
• Allison Rabold
• Audra Westbeld
• ED 417-02

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Unit Grade Level

• Fire Safety
• 1st grade

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Objectives

• Students will learn to stop, drop and roll
• Students will learn what a firemans job includes
• What to do in case of a fire
• Not to touch matches or lighters

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Materials

• Fireman with fire truck
• Writing journals
• Stop, drop, and roll poster
• Eye Witness Reader Level 2 Fire Fighter!
• Collection of other fire safety books
• Emergency folder for fire drill

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Websites

• http//www.usfa.dhs.gov/kids/flash.shtm
• Crosswords
• Word searches
• Fire Marshall certificate
• http//www.sparky.org/
• Explore a fire truck
• Coloring pages
• Family activities

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Websites Cont.

• http//www.smokeybear.com/
• Story maker
• Games
• E-mail club
• http//www.nfpa.org/index.asp?cookie5Ftest1
• Fire safety week activities
• Cooking fire safety
• Teacher directed website

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Websites Cont.

• http//www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/firesafe/fires
  afe.html
• Arson dogs
• Fire lessons
• Puzzles
• quizzes

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Student Activities

• Local fire department visit with a fire truck so
  the children can explore the equipment.
• Have fireman discuss importance of fire safety
  and teach stop, drop, and roll
• Write in daily journals about fireman visit and
  fire truck

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Student Activities cont.

• Read books about the fire department and fire
  safety
• Review importance of fire drill, talk about
  procedure, and then practice fire drill
• Graph what you liked best from the fireman visit

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Firemen
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Fireman Visit

• Fireman will visit class in full gear and talk to
  the students about fire safety and stop, drop,
  and roll
• Matches and lighters
• Smoke detectors
• Fire extinguishers
• Exit drills in the home
• Stop, drop, and roll

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Fire Truck
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Fire Truck

• Fireman will take class out into parking lot to
  explore the fire truck
• Students will take turns sitting in the cab
• Students will get to touch and learn about the
  equipment in each compartment
• Students will get to turn the siren on
• Students will get to try on helmet and boots

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Journal Writing

• After the fire truck exploration, the students
  will write in their journals about their
  experience with both the fire truck and fireman.
• Share writing with class

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Fire Safety Books
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Books

• Read Eye Witness Readers Level 2 Fire Fighter!
  by Angela Royson
• Compare book information to information from
  fireman.
• Provide collection of fire related books for
  independent reading

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Fire Drill
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Fire Drill

• Review importance of a fire drill
• Go over procedure of fire drill and why we do it
  that way
• Have a mock fire drill
• Discuss how it went after returning to class

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Fire Safety Day
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Graph

• Have each student tell what they liked best about
  the fireman visit and compile a list.
• Tally results
• Create a bar graph from tally results

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Homework

• Talk to parents about exit drills in the home and
  draw out the plan
• Complete a fire safety scavenger hunt with
• family
• Practice stop, drop,
• and roll

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Center Options

• Place the websites listed previously on desktop
  so students can access them during centers
• Place books about fire in science center