6.+Student+Safety

= Lesson Description =

A firefighter is going to come into class, and will discuss fire safety with the students. The students will follow along and fill out guided notes. After the firefighter is finished presenting, the students will be given a dry erase sheet to fill out emergency contact information. The class will also have to arrange the classroom fire safety steps in the correct order, as well as contribute to the classroom fire escape plan. As an alternative in case the fireman is not available, the students will be instructed on what is in a first aid kit and how to use it as well as go through stranger danger activities and instruction.

= Lesson Goals =

Students will:
 * Know what to do in dangerous situations
 * Be able to demonstrate their ability to access valid health information and health products
 * Be aware of how to deal with emergency situations and what products or procedures to use.

= This Lesson Provided: =
 * Multiple representation of content by giving s tudents with all types of abilities and different learning styles the opportunity to understand the information being presented to them in this lesson. They will have the opportunity to hear, see, read, and take apart in their learning experience. Students will be watching a video, watching actual firefighter presentation/demonstration, writing down their local emergency contacts, as well as having notes to refer to a bulletin board.


 * Multiple means of action and expression by revealing their thoughts and questions throughout the lesson. The students will be given a note card to write down questions and comments for the firefighter. They will be able to work in a group and choose which items go into the first aid kit, and why those items belong in the kit. During the stranger danger activities, they will have the opportunity to decide which action they should take in multiple stranger danger situations.


 * Multiple means of engagement by contributing to the classroom's Fire Escape Procedures and Route. They will help come up with the steps of what to do during a fire drill, as well as the safest route to take for all of the students. They will be using items in a first aid kit in pretend minor injuries. They will enact a stranger danger situation and come up with their own way of avoiding danger and finding help.

Teacher Sources: [|Stop, Drop and Roll Music Video] [|First Aid Lesson] [|Stranger Danger Article]

Lesson Attachment:

Handouts: [|Emergency Contact Sheet] [|Fire Safety Take Home Sheet] [|Fire Safety Guided Notes] [|Fire Escape Sample Map]