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Smoke Alarms Keep Homes Safe

Read a short text about smoke alarms, name its main topic and retell key details about how families stay safe at home.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.1.2

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students name the main topic of a short informational text.
  • Students retell key details about what smoke alarms do and how families use them.

How to use

Read the text aloud, then reread one paragraph at a time as students answer. It pairs well with a talk about your own family or school meeting spot.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.1.2

Name the main topic of a text and retell its key details.

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Smoke Alarms Keep Homes Safe

Name the main topic and retell the key details.

Read the text

Smoke Alarms

1A smoke alarm is a small machine in a home. It has one big job. When it senses smoke, it beeps very loudly. The loud beep tells everyone to get out fast.

2Smoke rises, so smoke alarms go up high. They are put on the ceiling or high on a wall. Many homes have one near the bedrooms.

3Grown-ups check smoke alarms to make sure they work. They press the test button to hear the beep. A short chirp, again and again, may mean the alarm needs a new battery.

4Families can make a plan, too. They pick a meeting spot outside, like a big tree. If the alarm beeps, everyone gets out and meets there.

Main topic and key details

Use the text to answer each question.

1.
What is the main topic of this text?
  • A. fire trucks
  • B. new batteries
  • C. smoke alarms
  • D. big trees
2.
Read paragraph 1. What does a smoke alarm do when it senses smoke?
  • A. It beeps very loudly.
  • B. It sprays cold water.
  • C. It turns on the lights.
  • D. It opens the windows.
3.
Read paragraph 2. Why do smoke alarms go up high?
  • A. Kids cannot reach them.
  • B. They stay clean up there.
  • C. They are too heavy to hold.
  • D. Smoke rises up high.
4.
Read paragraph 3 again. Underline the sentence that tells how you might know an alarm needs a new battery.

Grown-ups check smoke alarms to make sure they work.They press the test button to hear the beep.A short chirp, again and again, may mean the alarm needs a new battery.

5.
Read paragraph 4. What should everyone do if the alarm beeps?
  • A. Stay in bed and cover your ears.
  • B. Get out and go to the meeting spot.
  • C. Look for the smoke in each room.
  • D. Shut the windows and wait inside.

Retell the text

Show what you learned from the whole text.

6.
Who does it? Sort the actions.
senses smokepicks a meeting spot outsidepresses the test buttonmakes a short chirpgets out and meets at the spot
The smoke alarmThe family
7.
Finish the retell. Write a word from the word bank in each blank. One word is not used.
Word bank: bedrooms · spot · trucks · alarms · smoke

This text is about smoke  . They beep when they sense  . Many homes have one near the  . Families pick a meeting   outside.

8.
Write two things a family can do to stay safe. Use key details from the text.

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