Teaching Themes
Fire Safety Resource Center: Everything You Need
Teach valuable lessons about fire hazards, fire safety, and fire prevention using these standards-based lessons and helpful articles.
Listen and Read Activities
Meet a Firefighter: A Community Club Activity
Grades: 1–2
What happens when the fire alarm rings? Early readers find out by reading along as a firefighter narrates this illustrated read-aloud book.
Which Fire Do We Fight?
Grades: 6–8
Using critical thinking, students participate in a model of the decision-making used by firefighters. Students evaluate criteria to determine how to use resources and manpower, and how to prioritize fighting a group of wildfires.
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Books for Teaching Fire SafetyGrades: 1–2 Teach about fire safety with some of these books from the Teacher Store. |
Lesson Plans, Writing Activities, Book Resources Let's Learn About Firefighters!Grades: 1–2 Use this lesson to help you teach about fire safety and fire prevention through reading, writing, and brain storming sessions. |
 Lesson Plans, Writing Activities, Book Resources Let's Learn About Fire Safety!Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 Use this lesson to teach about fire safety, using the book Clifford the Firehouse Dog in your lesson plan. Kids make their own Clifford... |
Lesson Plans, Computer Lab Activities, Writing Activities Let's Learn About the Fire Station!Grades: 1–2 Introduces a lesson on fire safety involving a field trip to the fire station where students take digital photos and use them to compose a book.... |
Activities That Teach SafetyGrades: PreK–K These activities familiarize kids with safety procedures, giving them hands-on practice thinking through problems and creating solutions. |
Summer Safety Activity: Stop, Drop, and Roll!Grades: PreK–K Students practice fire safety measures, such as stop, drop, and roll, to further develop gross motor and listening skills in the process. |
Summer Safety Activity: Firefighter FriendsGrades: PreK–K Children become familiar with firefighters and their equipment while developing observational and social skills. |
 Articles Fire Safety Tips for Every FamilyGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Scholastic Kids Press Corps shares basic fire prevention and safety rules from the Denver Firefighters Museum, which houses one of America's... |
Fire Safety Books for PreK-KGrades: PreK–K Allie Magnuson, a Scholastic teacher adviser, suggests fire safety books for PreK-K students. |
 Wildfire Search!Grades: 6–8 Students use information gained through a "Wildfire Search" to develop a bulletin board wildlife chart. |
 Wildfires: Reporters on the SceneGrades: 6–8 Students conduct an online search to learn more about both wildfires and newspaper reporting. |
 Smoke Jumper's DiaryGrades: 6–8 Students will research smoke jumpers and work together on an creative writing piece that demonstrates their new-found knowledge. |
 Fire-Safety PuppiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Learn what items are safe to touch during a fire with some of Clifford's close friends. |
 Blog Posts Fire Safety With Smokey, Sparky, and Sesame StreetGrades: PreK–K Talk about fire safety with your students with Smokey Bear, Sparky the Fire Dog, and the Sesame Street muppets' assistance. |
Clifford the Big Red Dog Magazine: Fire-Safety PuppiesGrades: PreK–K Show your students this fun and friendly issue of Clifford's magazine to teach them what is safe and what is not safe to touch when it comes to... |
Clifford Sorting Game: What is Safe to Touch?Grades: PreK–K Young students can practice deciding whether objects are safe to touch or too hot in this fun online sorting game. |
Clifford Reproducible Games: Count the SpotsGrades: PreK–K Play this matching game with young students to practice counting spots on Dalmatians! |
Clifford Reproducible Games: Stop, Drop, and RollGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Teach students how to stop, drop, and roll in case of a fire with these fun cards featuring Clifford the Big Red Dog. |
