Writing About Smoke Alarms – The Perfect Activity for Fire Prevention Week!

When it comes to teaching students how to write a new text type, experienced teachers know that scaffolding is the key to success!

Our experienced teacher team has designed this scaffolding writing activity to help your students write an information report about smoke alarms, making it perfect for use during Fire Prevention Month! With this resource, students are guided through writing complete sentences from dot points (contained in the fact file) and then using those sentences to construct a full text. Students should be encouraged to add any additional relevant facts they know about smoke alarms to their report.

Teach Them How to Write an Informational Essay

This smoke alarm fact file and writing scaffold will teach your students how to write an information report by focusing on the following three skills:

• Writing Sentences from Dot Points
• Grouping Like Facts into Paragraphs
• Using a Writing Scaffold

Download Your Smoke Alarms Fact File Today!

Use the dropdown menu on the Download button above to access your preferred version of this resource. (Note: You will be prompted to make a copy of the Google Slides template before accessing it.)

Want to save paper? Why not project the fact files on your interactive whiteboard rather than making copies for students? The environment will thank you for it!

This resource was created by Samantha Rose, a teacher in Florida and Teach Starter Collaborator.

More Teacher-Created Activities for Fire Prevention Week!

Teach Starter has a wide range of resources to support you in teaching fire safety concepts to your students. Make sure you check these out before you go!

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