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Students will explain how fire dogs help firefighters.
Vocabulary: fire station, calm, Dalmation
Social Studies Focus: community helpers
Watch a Video: Firefighters Suit Up
Read the Issue:
Meet a Fire Dog
Play a Game: Dress the Firefighter
Skill: build knowledge
Complete Skill Sheets
Reading Checkpoint
Skill: key details
Color by Diagraph
Skill: phonics
Text Feature Hunt
Skill: nonfiction text features
Lesson Boosters
Paired Text: Firehouse! by Mark Teague
Build Background Knowledge: What Can You Find at a Fire Station?
Vocabulary: calm
Hands-on Activity: Make a Fire Dog!
CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.1.1 key details; RI.1.5 text features; RF.1.3 phonics and word analysis; SL.1.1 collaborative conversations; L.1.2 standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling; L.1.6 use new vocabulary; RL.1.1 key details; W.1.8 answer questions
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Skill: writing, drawing, fine-motor skills
Materials: Make a Fire Dog! skills sheets, paper plate, scissors, glue, crayons