Risk Watch: Make Time for Safety

Choking, Suffocation and Strangulation Prevention

Risk Watch Go Fish
Grade 1

By: Michele Clayton, San Pedro, CA
2002 “Teacher of the Year”

Objective

Students will be able to identify selected Risk Watch vocabulary and safety pictures.

Materials

One deck of safety cards for each group of 3-5 children. These can be pre-made by students or the teacher.
Each pair of cards contains a picture of the safety item (smoke detector, PFD) and the word under it.

Rules

The game is similar to the children’s fish card game. The object of the game is to be the player with the most pairs.

1. The dealer deals 5 cards to each player clockwise.
2. If any player has a pair he/she may take place them face down in front of them. They may immediately draw 2 more cards.
3. The player to the left of the dealer goes first. He/she may ask any other player if they have a card to make a match/pair. For example, the player whose turn it is may ask another player if they have a PFD. If the player they ask does have a PFD then they give it to the person asking. That person then has a pair and places the pair face down and continues their turn. They continue until the person they ask does not have a card to make a match. They then have to “go fish” or draw a card from the deck.
4. The play then passes to the person on their left.
5. Play continues until all cards are gone from the deck. The player with the most pairs is the winner. Or everyone wins because they all played the game and you don’t have to have 1 winner!

Extension

All cards can be made to pertain to one lesson only.

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1. Have the children make some playing cards in class. Give them some blank cards to take home to have their families complete the game. Have the children play the game with their families.
2. Make the cards with the words you want the children and their families to learn. The children and their families can complete the cards by adding the illustrations.

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