Fire Safety Lesson Plan Information | Lesson Plan Activities | Printable version (including handouts) (PDF)

Standard: Read with Understanding Outcomes Students will use the jigsaw strategy to read fire safety information from a variety of sources and summarize the information they have read to share with the rest of the class. They will use reading strategies to find the meanings to unfamiliar words and monitor their comprehension.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors:      Language Arts - Reading Roles:      Family, Community Member Program Type(s)      ABE, GED, Family Literacy, Urban, Rural NRS Learner levels (ABE/GED)       2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Time frame:      1.0 to 2.0 hours Technology Integration New-Knew-Q Teaching Strategy Vocabulary Self Collection Teaching Strategy Jigsaw Groups Teaching Strategy Home Safety Council: Family GL 4 Readability Home Safety Council Safety Guide Home Safety Council Fire Safety The Bushnell Basin Fire Department Homeland Security GL 6-12 Readability United States Fire Administration GL 6-12 Readability This is Fire GL 7-8 Readability Working Together for Home Fire Safety Fact Sheet GL 7-8 Readability

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Standard: Read with Understanding

Component of Performance How activity addresses component Determine the reading purpose Reading specific information to present it to others and reading how to keep family safe. Select reading strategies appropriate to the purpose New-Knew-Q and Vocabulary Self Collection Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies Using the Jigsaw Strategy to divide large amounts of text into manageable sections. Using the New-Knew-Q strategy as students read. Analyze information and reflect on its underlying meaning Summarizing the information. Sharing the information with the other students. Integrate it with prior knowledge to address reading purpose Putting the new information together with what the students knew to keep their families safer.

Purposeful, Transparent, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent Students want to know how to keep their families safe. Knowing what to do in case of a fire is a very real and present circumstance for some. Contextual While students are building their reading skills, they can also create a piece of information for other parents who are concerned about fire safety. Building Expertise Summarizing is an important skill for students to use in their reading and writing activities.

Lesson Designer Dianna Baycich Ohio Literacy Resource Center (330) 672-7841 dbaycich@literacy.kent.edu

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