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Wildfires on the Boardmaker Online Community

October 01, 2018

A Sampling of Activities from the Boardmaker Online Community this Week

Shared Activity Description Implementation
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Wildfires
Wildfires Interactive Book & Wildfires Printable Book (search Wildfires on
Community or find in Ft.
McMurray Group)
  • Books to help your students understand wildfires, what they are, how they impact us and how we fight them.
  • Interactive version
  • Printable version
  • Implement in group instruction or assign individually to students.
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Wildfires Q & A
Interactive, multiple choice activity to accompany printable or interactive Wildfires book. (search Wildfires on Community or find in Ft. McMurray Group)
  • Check or cement understanding about wildfires.
  • Use instructionally or to check understanding.
  • Assign to students for data collection.
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We are Safe
Printable social story about experiencing wildfires (search Wildfires on Community or find in Ft. McMurray Group)
  • Print this book for multiple readings.
  • Help students understand what is happening in their world.
  • Provides affirmation that we are safe, even with this upset.
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Helpers During the Wildfires
Click and drag activity to show all of the helpers during the wildfire crisis. (search Wildfires on Community or find in Ft. McMurray Group)
  • Students drag all of the people who are helpers during the wildfire crisis.
  • Hint: all of them!
  • Implement in large or small group instruction or assign to students.
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Talking About Wildfires
Print communication board to support explanation and communication about wildfires. (search Wildfires on Community or find in Ft. McMurray Group)
  • Sample communication board with vocabulary and symbols to talk about wildfires.
  • Use partner assisted input to introduce and model vocabulary.
  • Encourage student communication by pointing to symbols.