Fiction Book: “Stop, Drop, and Roll” Author: Margery Cuyler Illustrations: Arthur Howard Publication Date: September 1, 2001 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Description: This story focuses on the importance of fire safety and prevention. It is about a little girl named Jessica, who worries about everything, and what she learns throughout her … Continue reading 2nd Grade: Disaster Preparedness Fiction Literature
Website: FEMA Fire Safety Curricula Intended Audience: Teachers Review: This document provides a comprehensive plan on how to fundraise for a fire safety event, and provides fully scripted lesson plans K-12+. This is the best resource I could find for teachers because it is produced by FEMA and provides not only fully formatted and scripted … Continue reading Internet Fire Safety Resources For Teachers
Website: FireFacts.org Intended Audience: Parents Review: This specific page on this website outlines a few different strategies that parents can use to improve fire safety in their homes and how to teach fire safety to their children. This includes plans for making escape plans, additional games and activities similar to Sparky. This unit can be … Continue reading Internet Fire Safety Resource For Parents
Website: Sparky.org Intended Audience: Kids Review: This website is great because it has different types of media and activities that all have to do with fire safety that can be used in a classroom. For example, there are infographics, print out activities, videos, games, applications that can be installed on classroom devices. The games are simple … Continue reading Internet Fire Safety Resource For Kids
Bellingham Fire Department. There are a couple options for presentations. One option is to have firefighters come directly into your classroom and give a presentation there. Another option (the one we are opting to go with) is to actually go out and visit a fire station and receive a tour. The only downside to this is that … Continue reading Bellingham Fire Station
Title: Planes: Fire & Rescue Producer: John Lasseter Year: 2014 Length: 1 hour & 24 minutes Rating: PG Review: Dusty, a racing plane wears out his engine by running it too hard, surpassing the limits of the way his engine was designed. His mechanic supposedly fixes it, but after taking it for a test-fly he … Continue reading Popular Film for 2nd Graders – Planes: Fire and Rescue
Title: “Be Safe Around Fire” Author: Bridget Heos Publication Date: 2015 Publisher: Amicus ISBN: 978-1-60753-444-0 Review: This book was the best selection for a children’s non-fiction book about fire safety. It discusses specifics on how to keep your house safe. Such as checking the fire alarms once a month to make sure they are still … Continue reading Non-Fiction Book for Second Graders About Fire Safety
Title: Fire Safety Education Video Youtube Channel: Brampton Fire Year: 2013 Length: 11:29 Rating:N/A DOCUMENTARY REVIEW: It’s a pretty good, short video from a fire department. It provides a lot of basic information about fire safety in a more kid friendly format. Admittedly, the animation they use is a bit terrifying, but it gets the point … Continue reading Fire Safety Documentary
Title: “No Dragons for Tea: Fire Safety for Kids (and Dragons)” Author: Jean Pendziwol and Martine Gourbault Publication Date: 1999 Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd. ISBN: 1-55074-569-7 Review: This book was the best selection I found for a children’s literature book about fire safety because it covered some very important points that children must … Continue reading Fiction Book for 2nd Graders About Fire Safety