Risk Watch: Make Time for Safety

Risk Watch End-of-the-Year Grand Finale
Grades 1-2
by Debra Garrett, Augusta, GA
2000 "Teacher of the Year" Award nominee

The teacher will name each of the 8 Risk Watch safety topics, one at a time, and have a student find the icon card that symbolizes each topic.
As each card is shown, the teacher will ask the students to remember and discuss all the safety rules associated with that topic.
The teacher will assign each student an area of safety. The child must choose a safety rule for that Risk Watch area and illustrate it on white paper with crayon.
The student must then dictate or write a sentence to go with their safety rule on their paper.
The student will then glue the picture on a piece of construction paper.
Each student will "show and tell" their picture to the class.
The teacher will laminate the pictures and place them in a binder. The title page could say "Our RISK WATCH Book of Safety".
The class will read the book during center time in the reading area of the classroom. Students can read the book to other classes. The book can be displayed with other class projects at a RISK WATCH Fair.