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Children will examine various jobs firefighters do and identify which tools help them with each situation.

Vocabulary: firefighters, smoke, turnout gear

Social Studies Focus: firefighters, community workers

CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RL.1.1 key details; RF.1.2 vowel sounds; RF.1.3 decode words; RI.1.5 text features; RI.1.10 read first-grade texts; SL.1.2 ask and answer questions

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• If you invite a dragon to your house for tea, it might sneeze and cause a fire! But this family knows just what to do in case of a fire. This story reviews fire safety in a fun but serious way!

• Review what happens to vowels when letter e is added to CVC words.
• Have students find the word fire in each box. As they are found, ask students to underline the i and e in the word. Practice reading the word.

Skills: fire safety

Materials: Fire Safety Scavenger Hunt sheets, clipboards, pencils

• Students will discover and identify all the fire safety items in and around their school!
• Before beginning the activity, discuss the different items on the Fire Safety Scavenger Hunt sheet. What does each item do? Where might you see these items?
• Then provide each student with a clipboard and pencil. Begin walking around the school and have students be on the lookout for items from the list.
• As volunteers find an item, the group can stop and each student can make a tally mark in the box.
• Return back to the classroom and discuss the findings: What did the class find the most of?