January 9, 2015

Students were assigned their last career research paper on a child care or family related career. This will be due on January 20, 2015. Students discussed the terms independence, freedom and responsibility and how they relate to each other. We then went through the 5 steps of problem solving, which the students had to write down. We then gave some examples of how the problem solving process could be used. We also discussed a few common careers students can go into to help families and members of families deal with problems they may be facing.

January 8, 2015

The FHMS counselors presented today in class. They did the state mandated suicide prevention class for the 7th grade during CTE Intro.

January 7, 2015

Students learned about how clothing is made and how assembly lines work, especially in the clothing industry. They did have 10 questions to answer and turn in before the end of class. They also had an Assessment/quiz on this unit.

January 6, 2015

Students learned about different careers in clothing and textiles. They also had a fill-in-the-blank worksheet to complete and should have turned this in to the turn-in basket for points. They also learned about what classes are available here at FHMS and at Herriman High if they are interested in learning more about clothing and sewing skills.

December 16-19, 2014 and January 5, 2015

Students continued working on their pencil roll-up projects. Students who are behind were told to start coming after school or during diamond time so they can catch-up. Pencil roll pouches are due on Friday, December 19th at the end of class. Students Career research in Clothing and Textiles was also due on December 19th in class.

December 15, 2014

All of the CTE Intro classes watched the teacher demonstration on how to do their pencil roll project. Many students turned in their CTE sewing permits and started on their pencil roll projects. All CTE Sewing Permits are due to me by the end of class on Tuesday or it will be considered late.

December 12, 2014

Students learned how to use the rotary cutters, mats and sergers. Afterwards, they had the rest of class to work on their bookmarks. If students were absent, they need to go to my website or youtube channel and watch the video clips from YouTube on how to use a rotary cutter and how to use a serger.

December 11, 2014

Students reviewed how to thread a machine, read through and watched a demonstration on the instructions for making bookmarks and spent the rest of class time working on their bookmarks.

December 10, 2014

Today, students learned how to wind a bobbin and thread a sewing machine by watching a teacher demonstration and doing it on their machines while I walked them through it. Students were encouraged to help each other along the way. Any student who missed this day is highly encouraged to go to my website to see the video downloads on winding a bobbin, threading a bobbin case and threading a machine or go to the following site and click on the first video on bobbin winding. This will help them stay caught up with the rest of the class. Go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/msflygare

December 9, 2014

We took the parts of the sewing machine quiz. Students who passed the quiz with 9 out of 12 correct (75%) or better stapled the quiz to their CTE sewing permit and earned the first 5 points on their permits. We then finished crazy stitching (stitching on paper), which is the next step on their sewing permits.

December 8, 2014

The teacher demonstrated how the sewing machines work and safety procedures when using the machines. Students then had the rest of the class period to practice using the machines by stitching on paper (crazy stitching).