Lesson Plans

Unit:	Community Helpers
Title:	Firefighters
Center:	Dramatic Play Center
Center Rotation:	Week 1
Grade Level:	Kindergarten
Standards:	Communication/Language Arts Standard Listening and Viewing Indicator 2 follow simple rules for conversations, e.g., taking turns Theater/ Dramatic Arts: students will use theater as a means for creative self-expression and interpersonal communication.
Objectives:	The students will learn how to be firefighters.
Anticipatory Set:	Today we are going to talk about a special community helper, the firefighter. Discuss what a firefighter does. Read the story Stop Drop and Roll by Lucia Raatma. Then explain to the children the activities that we will be doing at each center.
Activities:	The students will dress up in firefighter gear. The students will use toy fire trucks and pretend to put out fires.
Materials Needed:	Firefighter coats and boots, helmets, hoses, toy fire trucks, gloves, large box to make a fire truck, stuffed Dalmatian dog
Assessment:	I will observe the students while they are acting out the firefighter roles. I will watch to see if they are sharing and doing what they are supposed to.
Resources:	http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~rstewart/
	K2001/Themes/community/helpers.htm.
Extensions:	Fire fighting-sidewalk chalk, squirt water bottles. Draw a pretend fire on the side of your house or garage with colored chalk. Use water-filled squirt bottles to put the fire out. Squirt and the fire will magically disappear.
BACK	“Fire Truck Song” sung to “Pop Goes to the Weasel” Down the street the engine goes The firemen fight the fire Up the ladder with the hose Out goes the fire!