Rules and Responsibilities — Answer Key
Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
1. Read each choice. Sort it into the correct group: safe choice or unsafe choice.
Safe Choice
Look both ways before crossing.Wear a helmet when riding a bike.Hold an adult's hand in a parking lot. Unsafe Choice
Run into the street without looking.Play with matches.Climb on furniture at home. Safe choices protect your body from harm, like helmets guarding your head and adult hands keeping you close. Unsafe choices — running into traffic, touching matches, or climbing furniture — can cause serious injuries or fires.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Before crossing the street, you should look both ways.
Cars can come from the left or the right, so checking both "ways" makes sure no vehicle is heading toward you before you step off the curb.
2. Wearing a helmet protects your head when you ride a bike.
A "helmet" is a hard shell that covers your skull, so if you fall off your bike it takes the bump instead of your head.
3. Making safe choices helps keep you and others out of danger.
"Danger" means being close to something that could hurt you, and careful choices steer you around those risky spots before harm happens.
4. In a parking lot, always hold an adult's hand.
Drivers backing up cannot see small kids, but holding a grown-up's "hand" keeps you at their side where you are safe and seen.
5. Safety rules are made to stop people from getting hurt.
Adults create safety rules to "stop" accidents before they happen, kind of like a fence that blocks you from danger.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. You should wear a helmet every time you ride a bike.
True False
Even short rides can end in a fall, so putting on a helmet every single time is true smart safety practice.
2. It is safe to play with matches at home.
True False
Matches create real fire that can burn your fingers or start a house fire, so playing with them is never safe — this answer is false.
3. Looking both ways before crossing keeps you safe.
True False
Glancing left and right shows you where every car is before you step out, which truly keeps you out of the path of traffic.
4. Running into a parking lot alone is a safe choice.
True False
Parking lots are full of moving cars that cannot see a small child darting out, so running in alone is actually one of the most unsafe things to do.