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The Got 2B Safe! Awards Program recognizes those teachers with the greatest commitment to teaching child safety. Since 2005, nearly 4,000 teachers from across the country have submitted essays and lesson plans on how they implement the Got 2B Safe! Four Rules of Safety into their classrooms. To date, 20 Grand Prize winners and nearly 400 first prize winners have been recognized. Grand prize winners receive full classroom makeovers, while other winners receive gift certificates for school supplies. Learn about their stories below.
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Richard E. McCoy
Laquey Middle School, MO
My rural, special education students need to learn the importance of safety in a way that is easy to remember and meaningful to them. In order to accomplish this, I will have a “Got-2-Be-Safe!-ty Fair” in my classroom. This Fair will be for all K-5 special education students, families and faculty/staff that wish to attend.
Preparation:
To begin, we will discuss one of the four safety rules at the onset of the week. We will discuss how the rule applies to our lives and then role play a few scenarios so the students will understand the importance of that day’s rule. Students will then be given the opportunity to make a poster, create a poem/rap, design book marks that feature the four rules or work with a partner to write a skit pertaining to the day’s rule. I estimate we will spend two weeks on this classroom project.
The Fair:
On the day of the Fair, I will have student greeters at the door of our classroom handing out the book marks to the students. I will then allow the students to show off their posters, read their poems or raps and perform their skits. Book mark creators will also be acknowledged then.
Follow Up:
As a follow up, I will take digital pictures of each student that will go on a “Got-2-Be-Safe!” miniposter for their refrigerator at home. This mini-poster will include spots for the students to write in the four rules which we will then laminate.
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