Risk Watch: Make Time for Safety

Cut out pictures from magazines that are appropriate for students to write stories about safety (e.g. detergent for a story about poison, a car for a story about motor vehicle safety, etc.). You may choose to find the pictures yourself or have the children find their own.
Glue each picture to the center of a plain paper plate to make safety story circles.
Divide your class into groups of four.
Give each group a safety story circle and a piece of lined paper.
Tell the group that they will be creating a story about their picture that relates to safety.
Have the group decide on a title for their story and write it at the top of the paper.
Have the person holding the safety story circle write a sentence to start the story and then pass the plate and paper to the person to his/her right. The student will add one new sentence to the story and then pass it on to the next student. The safety story circle will continue to be passed around the group until the safety story is complete. Note: Younger students may have only 6-8 sentences, but older students should be encouraged to write several paragraphs. The teacher may prompt students as to when an introductory sentence should be written and when the story should begin closure.
Have each group pick one person to read their story to the class.
Publish the stories in a class safety book or display them on a bulletin board.

"Big Brother to the Rescue"
One day, Mrs. Smith was washing clothes. She put the laundry detergent into the washer and then left the bottle of detergent on the floor. Little Amy was crawling around the kitchen floor and made her way into the laundry room. While Mrs. Smith was on the telephone, Amy opened the bottle of detergent. Luckily, right before she put some in her mouth, her big brother Bill came to the rescue. Bill took the detergent away from his baby sister. He told her she would get sick if she drank it and gave her some juice instead. He then told his mother that she should always keep poisonous materials out of the sight and reach of children. Mrs. Smith thanked her son for saving the baby from being poisoned and teaching her how to keep their home safer.