Let’s Take a Look at Community Helpers! A Look at Firefighters

Kick off your community helper unit with an introduction to all things fire-related. Start the week by looking into what firefighters do for the community and what they use to do their jobs. Have students pay attention to detail while learning about them, and demonstrate their learning using our helpful community helper activity sheets.

Community Helper Worksheets for Early Years

This resource download includes

• Firefighters Can, Have, Are Worksheet – 2 versions
• Firefighter KWL Charts – 2 versions

This activity is designed for foundation and year 1, making it an excellent introductory activity for your community helper unit, or as a fire safety activity. This resource download includes two worksheets differentiated for different age groups (totalling four options). 

Download and Print Your Fire Safety Activity Sheets

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between this resource’s PDF download or Google Slides version. 

Turn this teaching resource into a sustainable activity by printing it on cardstock and slipping it into a dry erase sleeve. Students can record their answers with a whiteboard marker and then erase and reuse them. 

I Spy Fire Safety Printables! Grab More Here!

This resource was created by Lisamarie Del Valle, a Teach Starter collaborator.

Don’t stop there! We’ve got more ‘hot’ fire safety activities for your students right here!

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Community Helpers: Fire Fighter – Comprehension Worksheet

A comprehension worksheet for an article from the Foundation magazine (Issue 3).

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Firefighters Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold

Support your students in writing an information report about firefighters with this fact file and writing scaffold.