FIRE SAFETY READING 1

Immaculata University
Instructional Approaches Lesson Plan
Unit: Fire Safety
Lesson: Reading
Names: Alyssa
Established Goal:
Objective: Students will be able to identify and recognize the components of
fiction and non- fiction text. They will be able to differentiate between
fiction and non-fiction texts.
Standard:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.9 Identify basic similarities in and differences
between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or
procedures).
I.

II.

Content
Enduring Understanding

Essential Question

We use non-fiction texts to inform us

about different things, such as; a
biography, historic event, historical
figure, etc.

What is the difference between fiction

and non-fiction texts?

We use fiction texts to entertain and help

us to understand things. It may seem real,
but it is made up.
Students will know

Students will be able to

There is a difference between fiction and

non-fiction texts and that there are certain
features that pertain to each type of text.

Students will be able to identify fiction

and non-fiction texts and name
components of each type of text

Assessment Evidence
Performance Task
Students will be observed while they

Other Evidence
Formative: At the end of the lesson, the

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write the similarities and differences lists.

The teacher will also be observed while
they are discussing in their small groups.
Students will demonstrate their
understanding of the concept through
their discussions.

I.

teacher will ask the students which story

was nonfiction. The students will give a
thumbs up for George and the
Firefighters or a thumbs down for
Firefighters. The teacher will use this to
evaluate comprehension.

Learning Plan

W. The objectives and common core standards will be written on the board at the beginning
of the class. The students will have already learned about fiction and nonfiction the day
before, so their prior knowledge will be activated through a class discussion.
H. The class will be sitting on the floor, and the teacher will be at their level. The teacher will
show each book to the students and take a picture walk of each book. Then, he or she will ask
the students what they think they will be reading about today. The teacher will encourage the
students to discuss firefighters and fire safety. Then, the teacher will tell them that although it
may look like the books are the same, there are certain features of each book that make them
different from each other.
E. The teacher will begin reading Firefighters by Katie Knight. The teacher will stop
periodically to discuss the different tools firefighters use to put out fires and keep people
safe. Once that story is finished, begin reading Curious George and the Firefighters by
Margaret and H.A. Rey. As the teacher reads, stop occasionally to ask the students if they
remember any of the equipment from Firefighters.
Once the class is finished reading both books, the teacher will ask them what things were
the same between the two stories. (Fire truck, firefighters putting out fires, ladder, firemen
uniforms, firehouse) The teacher will have the students come up to the board and write a list
of similarities. Then, the teacher will ask the students what things were different between the
two stories. (George is a monkey, older fashioned fire truck, George put on the fire uniform).
Once again, the teacher will have the students come up and write a list of differences on the
board. The teacher will help them spell the words that have difficulty with.
R. Students will be broken into groups to discuss the stories and decide which story was
fiction, and which one was nonfiction. These will be their Starter Group. They will also
discuss why they think this.
E. After the students discuss in their groups, they will all be shifted so that one person from
each starter group is represented in a new group, or Final Group. They will each have to
tell their final group members what their starter group thought. The teacher will be walking
around the classroom to listen to each discussion. After all of the groups have discussed, the

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teacher will ask the class as a whole, Which book was nonfiction? She will have them hold
a thumb up for George and the Firefighters, or a thumb down for Firefighters. This will
be a quick formative assessment of the students comprehension.
T. Students that are visually impaired will have the Pdf file of Firefighters in front of them,
so they are able to follow along. They will also sit right in front of the teacher while she reads
Curious George and the Firefighters.
Students that have sensitive to noise, will listen to the YouTube clip of Curious George
and the Firefighters with headphones while the class listens to it aloud. They will also have
an aide to read them Firefighters.
O. The teacher will need to have a copy of Curious George and the Firefighters by
Margaret and H.A. Rey and Firefighters by Katie Knight. The teacher will also need to
have the PDF file ready to go for the student that is visually impaired,
http://staff.bbhcsd.org/kolism/files/2011/04/FirefightersF.pdf. The teacher will also need to
have the YouTube link ready to go for the student that is sensitive to sound, along with
headphones, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRpX9ZIteVE. The teacher will need to
have dry-erase markers ready for the students to make the lists. It may also be necessary for a
teacher to have an aide to read to the student that is sensitive to sound.