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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

For Teachers K
Students share their ideas about doctors and relate to their classmates. Then they refer to their prior knowledge and information discussed to explain and support their ideas and prepare for a visit with a doctor by charting ideas,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Summer Safety Activity: Playing with Environmental Print

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students look at the words, symbols, and signs that surround them. In this early childhood lesson plan, students use observational skills as they note the abundance of letters and signs in their world, then apply this awareness to block...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

People in My Community

For Students K - 3rd
For this community helpers worksheet, students use the 16 words in the word bank to locate and identify them in the word search puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Local Heroes

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Students discover the importance of physical fitness. In this personal health activity, students learn messages and receive demonstrations about good physical fitness practices, health messages, and safety tips.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Families and Neighborhoods

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate the characteristics of a neighborhood. In this communities lesson, students read the book Franklin's Neighborhood and list people and places in their community. Students create a neighborhood mural.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All About Shoes

For Teachers K
Students sort shoes. In this sorting lesson, students use shoes to explore attributes and practice sorting. This lesson encourages the use of a Venn Diagram to aide in student sorting.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Silly Sentences

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars read and illustrate silly sentences.  In this sentence structure lesson plan, students draw illustrations to reflect the parts of one of the silly sentences.  Young scholars pictures should show all the...
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Lesson Plan
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Fire Chief

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students respond to motion cues from the "Fire Chief" (teacher). For this physical education lesson, students participate in a fire safety game which promotes locomotor skills.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Miss Mingo and the Fire Drill

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils read the book Miss Mingo and the Fire Drill and do fire safety activities that go with the book. In this fire safety lesson, students read the given book and do fire safety activities that include stop, drop, and roll activities,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Appreciation Cards

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discuss jobs in which have impacted their lives directly. They create appreciation cards for a person who they believe needs appreciation. They give their cards to that person and share their reaction with the class.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Job Mobile

For Teachers K
Students make a job mobile of what they would like to be when they grow up.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: A Day in the Life of a Firefighter

For Students K - 1st
This is the interactive ebook "A Day in the Life of a Firefighter" by Brandi Chase. It explains and shows what a day as a firefighter looks like including training and cooking meals as well as fighting fires. Children can listen to the...
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eBook
Scholastic

Scholastic: Listen and Read: Firefighter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What happens when the fire alarm rings? Early readers will follow along with images and audio as a firefighter races to work.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Firefighters Are Helpers

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains the duties of a firefighter. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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eBook
Scholastic

Scholastic: Listen and Read: Firefighter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn about why firefighters are the heroes in our communities.
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eBook
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tar Heel Reader: Firefighters

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find out the responsibilities of a firefighter.
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Lesson Plan
9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Fireman? No, Firefighters! [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson is...
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Activity
Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Ladder 11

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn and play like a firefighter at home.
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Interactive
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library: Pre School Library: What Should Fran Wear?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Help dress firefighter Fran in the proper clothing for fighting fires.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Meet the Helpers

For Students Pre-K - K
Many children have questions and can feel uneasy when emergencies occur in their communities. The Meet the Helpers toolkit is designed to introduce "helpers" and explain the role they play in emergency situations. Included in the toolkit...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Fire Safety for Kindergarten

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Fire Safety lesson including KWL chart, tools firefighters use, links to Sparky's sight and Smokey the Bear's website. Lists fire safety rules in a learning focused format.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Community Helpers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains interactive lessons on community helpers such as police officers, firefighters, soldiers, mail carriers, bakers, farmers, doctors and teachers.
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Website
University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma: Fire Safety

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn about fire safety and how to practice it with your students. This site features video clips covering what to do in case of a fire, what to do if you are on fire, and other fire emergencies.
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Website
A to Z Teacher Stuff

A to Z Teacher stuff.com: Fire Safety

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides links to elementary information about fire safety. Find lesson plans, craft ideas, songs, games, poems and more when you explore this resource.

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