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Lesson plans for grades K-2

Fire Prevention Week 2009 

The focus of these lesson plans provide students in grades K-2 and their families with the knowledge necessary to identify potential risks in the home and be prepared if an emergency should occur.

Lesson #1: I Am Safety Smart
 

Hein classroom
 Listen to students in Amy Hein's first grade classroom at the Hickory Bend School in Glenwood, IL, sing the "I Am Safety Smart" song. 

Download this song as an mp3.

Preparation:

Procedure:

  1. Activate prior knowledge by asking students what they know about being “Fire Safety Smart”.
  2. Compile a list of rules on the chart paper. Lead the discussion, if needed, to include rules about cooking safety, smoke alarms and bath time.
  3. Introduce the song “I Am Safety Smart” (sung to the tune "Farmer in the Dell") and sing it a few times with students.
  4. Ask students to identify the safety rules within the song and discuss their importance in their everyday lives.
  5. Allow students to make an illustration showing which rule they think is most important and explain “why”.
  6. Introduce key safety words using the Safety Words worksheet. Choose age-appropriate activities from the list given.
  7. Give students the Safety Smart Quiz as a sort of assessment of the fire safety lesson.
  8. Depending on the age of the class the quiz could be completed on an overhead projector/SMART Board, as a small group or independently.
  9. Reward all “safety experts” with the FPW certificate.

Extension Activities:

  • Create additional verses to the “I Am Safety Smart” song
  • Visit the principal and sing the “I Am Safety Smart” song and/or invite local firefighters in to sing with.
  • Have a safety poster contest and judge the students’ illustrations. Be sure to recognize each child’s effort!
  • Hang up safety posters around the school.
  • Make safety announcements on the intercom.
  • Give a timed safety quiz to students and have a special reward for the student that figures out the secret answer first.

Lesson #2: Be S-A-F-E!

 

Judy and Sharon
 Listen to NFPA's Judy Comoletti and Sharon Gamache sing
"Be S-A-F-E". 

Download this song as an mp3.
Preparation:

Procedure:
  1. Activate prior knowledge: ask students if they know anyone who has experienced a fire in their home, discuss the effects a home fire can have.
  2. Discuss the meaning of the word "prevention". This is a great time to introduce/practice dictionary skills!
  3. Introduce the idea that many home fires can be PREVENTED and that students can actually help to make their home a safer place.
  4. Sing the Be S-A-F-E song (sung to the tune of "Bingo") for students and have them listen for safety rules.
  5. After singing the song, ask students to recall rules they heard in the song and create a Be Safe! rules poster. Help younger students by providing them with assistance.
  6. Pass out the Be S-A-F-E song lyrics and sing together.
  7. Discuss how each rule applies to students every day life and ask for examples of when/how students have used the rules in the past.
  8. Distribute Safety Fun with Letters letter cards and worksheet. 
  9. Students will need to cut out each letter card and use them to make words. Younger students may need considerable help with this activity – and it may work best to do as a whole class activity, if necessary.
  10. Students should be given a set amount of time (4-6 minutes) to write down as many words as possible that can be made with the letters.
  11. The challenge at the bottom of the page is for the students to discover that all the letters can spell "prevention".
  12. After the activity, students can put their letter cards in a small plastic bag to be taken home.
  13. Wrap-up the lesson by revisiting the idea that many home fires can be prevented.

Extension Activities:

  • Students can bring their letter cards home and ask their parents to try and discover what word can be made using the letters “eeinnoprtv”.
  • Put students in small groups and have them make posters/ a class book to go along with each stanza of the “Be S-A-F-E” song.
  • Bring PREVENTION to the Internet. Have your kids create public service announcements that could be podcast around the world.
  • Students could also go to other classrooms or make announcements to the school to spread safety messages.
  • Create additional lyrics to the song.
  • Have firefighters come to the classrooms to sing with the kids (make sure to get video)!

Lesson #3: Home Inspections

Preparation:

Procedure:

  1. Discuss some potential risks that can be found in a home. (cooking, electrical, smoke alarms with missing batteries, lighters/matches, unattended candles).
  2. Use the hidden risks worksheet and ask students to individually locate the # of risks that are hidden.
  3. Discuss the risks they found and those they may have missed.
  4. Explain that this activity was developed to prepare them to go home and look for risks in their own home using the home inspection checklist.
  5. Students who bring the completed checklist back signed by a parent will receive a special Home Inspector Badge (and teachers - a treat would be great, too!) Fill in the students’ names and give to students. Have them color their badge and cut it out. The badge can be pasted on construction paper making it a “framed badge.”
  6. Explain the importance of looking for risks and telling a responsible adult if they find any.

Extension Activity:

  • Do a fire inspection of the classroom and/or school.  Write to the principal and report findings.

Lesson #4: Ready, Set, Safety! Relay

Preparation:

Procedure:

  1. Have all children fill out the “My Safety Information” sheet.  It is very important that children know information about themselves in case of emergency.
  2. Split up your class into three groups. Each group will participate in one of three safety activities:

    Group 1 – Students will work on the word search worksheet.

    Group 2 – Students will need to cut out memory cards. When finished, pairs of students could play the game. At the conclusion of this “station”, cards should be placed in small plastic bags to be taken and played at home. To play: Students place all cards face down. Turns are taken by each player by turning over 2 cards. If cards match, the student keeps the cards and continues taking turns until he/she misses. If the cards do not match, the player must turn them back over in the same spot. The student with the most matching pairs, when all cards are matched and removed, “wins”. (Note: memory cards can be matched by the small icon on each card for younger students, no reading is required)

    Group 3 – Split this group into 2 teams. Students will need to do 3 activities: get low and go (as if they were getting low under smoke to your exit), go to your outside meeting place, and call 911 on the play telephone and say their address. You may want to use masking tape on the ground to show the start and finish lines for the relay. After one child has completed the relay, another child takes a turn until all children on a team have completed the relay and are the “Safety Superstars”.
  3. Rotate students through the 3 activities. 

Extension Activity:

  • Invite fire professionals into the classroom to help with these activites.

Lesson #5 Create Your Plan

Preparation:

Procedure:

  1. Ask students what they would do if they heard the fire drill at school. Use the Exit #1/Exit #2 labels to label classroom exits. Ask how their exit plan would be different at home.
  2. Distribute the Exit #1/Exit #2 sheet to each student. Ask students to color and cut them out. Explain that these should be placed in their sleeping area in their home to label the two exits from the room.
  3. Explain that a fire escape plan is a way to prepare in case of a fire. Read through the directions given on the direction sheet and create an example plan for part of your school building using a large piece of chart paper to demonstrate the proper process of creating a plan.
  4. Distribute the direction sheet and grid to each student. Go over the process and importance of creating a home fire escape plan.
  5. Have students return completed plans to school by a designated date. Praise and reward students for completing a plan.
  6. Mount completed plans on construction paper and laminate. Return projects to students for display in their homes.

Extension Activities:

  •  Ask a firefighter to come to class and review completed plans and give tips on being safe.
  • Have your principal judge a class contest to find the best plan.
  • Time your classroom's escape. Practice a few times and time again. Show the class that practice really does help!
  • Contact your fire department and discuss possible implementation of the community “Escape Plan Practice Party”.
 

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