Who do you call if you spot someone littering? What if you see a fire? Who should you contact if the garbage truck does not arrive? Find out with a 13-question worksheet equipped with scenarios for scholars to read and decide which of four telephone numbers is most appropriate for the situation. 

Concepts

emergency plan, numbers, telephones, cell phones

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Cut out sentences for learners to read to their peers and discuss what number they should call in a mix-pair-share activity 
• Advise pupils to post numbers next to their phone at home or input them in their mobile phone's contacts for easy access

Classroom Considerations

• The non-emergency number is location specific; provide the correct number for your city prior to printing the worksheet

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

• Gives class members important information for accurately handling a potentially serious problem  

Cons

• Does not provide an instruction as to which number is most appropriate to use

Common Core

SL.3.1.a SL.4.1.a SL.5.1.a