Make sure everyone in your family knows two ways to escape from every room. Practice feeling your way out with your eyes closed. Never stand up in a fire, always crawl low under the smoke and try to keep your mouth covered. Finally, having a working smoke detector dramatically increases your chances of surviving a fire. When you've finished reading the story, ask the questions below to test students' listening comprehension.
Older students can take responsibility for teaching younger students about fire safety.
The students who create the materials learn by doing and the younger students are exposed to information that might save their lives. And younger students see the older kids as role models for community involvement. Students might even create a fire safety Web page for their community. Click here for additional project ideas from a middle-school teacher in Michigan. Fire safety quiz.