Literacy Snack Fire Drill Read-Aloud

Grab our FREE printable and see our snack idea to use with Miss Mingo and the Fire Drill.  It's a great Literacy Snack Fire Drill Read-Aloud to go along with your fire prevention week!

October is Fire Prevention Month! Today I have a fun Literacy Snack Fire Drill Read-Aloud that will be perfect to go along with your fire prevention unit!

We are reading Miss Mingo and Fire Drill, by Jamie Harper.

Learning the rules of fire safety is a lot more fun (and less scary) when demonstrated by a charming and diverse group of animals. Alligator, Panda, Octopus, and the others work hard to master the rules of fire safety and perform the perfect fire drill, but thinking about fire is a bit nerve-wracking, and each of them reacts differently — often with hilarious results. I also love that the book has fascinating facts about animal behaviors. Miss Mingo books are always a favorite of the students!

This book is a great way to introduce fire drills to your students and go over the rules and expectations when one does happen.

For our snack this week, we will be making a fire truck to go along with our fire prevention theme!

THIS ACTIVITY WORKS WELL WITH

Snack Idea

To make the fire truck snack, each student will need:

  • One full-size graham crack plus half of a quarter of a graham cracker.
  • 3 small pretzel sticks
  • 1 mini Oreo
  • A small amount of red frosting, about a tbsp – I like to put them into individual containers to make prep easier.
  • Plastic knife

Instructions for fire truck snack

Your student will first use the red frosting the cover their large graham cracker. They can then place the half of a quarter of graham cracker pie at the left-hand upper corner as the fire truck window. Next, have them split the mini Oreo in half and place them at the bottom part of the graham cracker as the fire truck wheels. Last, place two of the pretzel sticks on the right side of the fire truck as the ladder. Bread the last pretzel stick into three parts and add them to finish making the ladder. Now the fire truck is complete! They look so adorable!

Free Printable

I made a printable for your students to work on while they are enjoying their fire truck snacks. They will get to work on sequencing activity to show the proper steps of a fire drill. I made two different versions, one that they can number the order of the pictures and color them, and the second is a cut and glue version.

You can download the Literacy Snack Fire Drill Read-Aloud free printable from my TpT store by clicking the green box below.

If you’re looking for some more fun ideas to go along with your fire prevention unit, you might want to check out another great read-aloud, Firehouse, and I share a FREE printable fire safety expert hat that your students can make and wear! You can check that out here.

And you also might want to check out our fire safety bingo! Such a great way to review fire safety rules and vocabulary. You can grab the fire safety bingo here.

I hope your students enjoy making their fire truck snack and learning all about fire prevention! See you next time!

Jenette

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