Kindergarten

Social Studies
Community Helpers: Fire Fighters

Lesson Title: Community Helpers - Local Fires Lesson Duration: 35 min

Name: Kerri Meloni
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: Kindergarten

Background Knowledge BrainPop Jr. - Community Helpers video

Students have already watched this video that identifies the unique jobs
of various community helpers including paramedics, police officers, fire-
fighters, mail people, and more.

Standards History/Social Studies:

Learning and Working Now and Long Ago
K.1 - Students understand that being a good citizen involves acting in
certain ways.
a. Learn examples of honesty, courage, determination, individual
responsibility, and patriotism in American and world history from
stories and folklore.

K.3 - Students match simple descriptions of work that people do and the
names of related jobs at the school, in the local community, and from
historical accounts.

Students will be able to identify responsibilities of firefighters in the local

Objective community. After listening to the story, “Firefighters,” by Norma Simon,
students will color in job icons on a worksheet relating to a firefighter’s
job to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the job.
 For this lesson, the teacher will provide:
Modifications/ Scaffolds ● Read-aloud of picture book (with brief pauses for quick class
discussions) that highlights the responsibilities of a firefighter
● Demonstration of firefighters at work in current event pictures
● Model and discuss worksheet icons (scaffolding)
● Visual icons on worksheet
● Model an example of Thank You card (scaffolding)
● Sentence frames for Thank You cards
This list will additionally help any English learners in the classroom. Stu-
dents at this grade level have not been identified with special needs.
However, for students who are being monitored for ADHD, a possible
modification to aid in their achievement would be to complete different
parts of this lesson in various areas of the room. This would provide the
students with an opportunity to stand up and move around as it is diffi-
cult for them to remain seated and focused for extended periods of time.

Assessment Plan Students complete the “What do Fire Fighter’s Use” assessment

Materials ● ”Firefighters” by Norma Simon

● Photographs of recent fires in the area (Thomas and Anaheim
Hills fire)
● Firefighter Worksheet
● Thank you cards
● Crayons and colored pencils
Procedures- OPEN Read Aloud - “Firefighters” by Norma Simon

[Time Allotted: 10 Minutes] Script:

T: “What jobs do firefighters have?”
- Driving fire trucks
- Putting out fires
- Keeping people safe
- Detecting cause of fires
T: “What equipment do firefighters need?”
- Ladder
- Hose
- Fire hydrant
- Fire truck
T: “What clothing or uniform do firefighters need to wear to work?”
- Hat
- Coat
- Boots
- Masks
T: “Where do firefighters work?”
- Fire station
Procedures- BODY
[Time Allotted: 5 Minutes]
Procedures- CLOSE
(Formal Assessment)
[Time Allotted: 10 Minutes]
Informal Assessment
Slideshow presentation (photos) of recent fires in the local area (Ana-
heim Hills, Ventura County, etc)
○ https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OyG4_ynjfMX-
eMevpPuilpwsqb6kKnt552-ijyE35Kso/edit?usp=sharing
Script:
T: “What did you notice the firefighters doing in the photos?”
- Driving fire trucks
- Putting out fires
- Rescuing people
T: “What equipment did you see the firefighters using?”
- Ladders
- Hose
- Fire truck
T: “ What clothing were the firefighters wearing?”
- Hat
- Coat
- Boots
- Masks
T: What do you think the causes of the fires are?
- Dry weather
- Not clearing dry plants
- Smoking/BBQing
T: What can we do to help prevent fires in our community?
- Don’t play with fire- Stay safe
- Don’t leave candles lit
Model:
Students are on carpet.
Pictures of job icons are on whiteboard and students and teacher sort
the icons related to firefighters.
Excuse the students to desks with coloring activity worksheet
Directions: Color the icons related to firefighters
Students will receive a worksheet with icons from different community
jobs. Students will color in the icons that are associated with firefighters.
The teacher will collect the worksheet to formally assess student com-
prehension.
*As a culminating task, students will create thank you cards for firefight-
ers. (Refer to bottom)
Students will be informally assessed throughout this lesson on their un-
derstanding of the concepts and information by “checking-in” with a
thumbs up/down. Additionally, the teacher will be paying attention to
body language and facial expressions for indications of confusion or un-
derstanding. Lastly, students will demonstrate their understanding
 through verbal responses to questions asked about the video or content
related to firefighter’s job.

Culminating Task Thank You cards for firefighters

[Time Allotted: 10 Minutes] The teacher will model an example of a Thank You card and provide
sentence frames for the students. Students will include an illustration on
the Thank You cards for the firefighters. The class will send them to the
local fire station.