June 2, 2016

Students helped clean the sewing lab and finish up checking grades before they were released for the school sponsored activities. Today was also the last day of school for the 7th grade students! Have a great summer!

June 1, 2016

For the first part of class, students learned about careers in the Family and Consumer Science areas and future classes they can take in this area. Students were given their final grades and citizenship. Students were also given time to look their grade over carefully for any mistakes I may have made or computer errors.

May 31, 2016

Students had a final for this term to take today on what they have learned about in this section of College and Career Awareness. This will be scored today and put on their final grade so they can check those tomorrow before grades are finalized.

May 27, 2016

We learned about Child Development, what child care centers are and what DAP is (Developmentally Appropriate Practices). We also identified the ways children learn and what kinds of learning activities are done with younger children. Students then started creating a lesson plan to use in a child care center using what they learned in class today.

May 25-26, 2016

Students made Vanishing Breakfast Biscuits to help reinforce our lesson about the importance of reading recipes and cooking with children. Any student who was absent (For ANY reason) must make the lab at home and return the lab make-up form signed by a parent stating that their student did the assignment. We also covered why children play, the way the play and what they learn from it.

May 24, 2016

Students learned about food scientists and what they do. They had to research how a common food is made and share that with at least 5 other students in class.

May 23, 2016

May 20, 2016

Students learned about food scientists and what they do. They had two activities to choose from. One was to research how a common food is made and the other was to invent an ice cream flavor. Each class got to decide which of the two activities they wanted to do. We also collected their job shadow assignments from yesterday.

May 19, 2016

Today is the 7th grade Job Shadow Day! Most students were at work "on the job" and have a written assignment to complete while they are gone. These will be due tomorrow. Students who stayed were placed into one of three groups and had different career related activities to complete throughout the first half of the day. These were due at the end of each class period when they were done.

May 18, 2016

Today, students learned what soft skills are, why they are important and then practiced common soft skills in class. This was an in-class activity, so students who were absent should review the short PowerPoint on the website. We also handed out badges/lanyards and the Job shadow assignment to those students who will be gone tomorrow for their job shadow.

May 16-17, 2016

Students were introduced to the career of Food Stylists. We introduced them to the career, show them a couple of video demonstrations of what they do, as well as how to garnish plates. On the 17th, they made french toast and had to style them the best they could before eating their project.

May 13, 2016

Students will be learning about how to search for job openings, how to fill out job applications and how to do a job interview in preparation for their job shadow experience on May 19th.

May 12, 2016

Students learned about how to make healthier life choices, as well as how to take their pulse.

May 11, 2016

Students had a strawberry smoothie lab today so they could learn how labs are run, where things are, as well as practice measuring and reading recipes. If a student was absent (for any reason) they will need to complete the cooking lab at home and return the make-up sheet to the turn-in basket in the next two weeks.

May 10, 2016

Students watched me demonstrate how to measure different ingredients and the importance of measuring correctly. The students will demonstrate what they learned when measuring out ingredients in future cooking labs.

May 9, 2016

Students learned about MyPlate, which took the place of the MyPyramid in 2010. We discussed the changes which have taken place and how students could change their diets to align more closely to the plate, as well as what a correct serving size was. The students completed making a correct MyPlate meal and turned it in for points.

May 6, 2016

Students learned about the parts to a food label and about the importance of reading food labels to help become better consumers and to become more aware of what is in the foods they are eating.

May 5, 2016

Students were introduced to the foods lab and where told lab expectations and rules, as well as how labs are run and where different things are the lab. Their first cooking lab is on Wednesday of next week.

May 4, 2016

Students learned about how recipes are formatted and why. We also covered the importance of reading through a recipe before beginning and collecting all of the ingredients to make sure they have them all. Students worked as a group on an activity to figure out the names of different types of cooking equipment and the meanings of different cooking terms.

May 3, 2016

Students used what they learned yesterday about Food borne illnesses to figure out a mystery about how people got food poisoning from a picnic. Students worked together to solve the mystery.

May 2, 2016

Students started learning about food borne illnesses and food safety. We had a demonstration activity and then they watched a few video clips about food safety, careers in food safety and what people usually do wrong in their own kitchens.

April 20th-April 28th

Students will be working on a Project-based learning activity called Cord Mess. They will be working in small teams to create a product that can control messy cords. They have to make a prototype of the product, as well as how to package and market the product. Presentations will be on April 28th.

April 12th-19th, 2016

Students are working 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 Tuesday, April 19th at the end of class.

April 11, 2016

Today, students learned how to 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

April 8, 2016

Students learned how to stitch using the sewing machines and practiced on paper (Crazy stitching).

April 7, 2016

Students learned the basic parts of the sewing machine and what they are used for.

April 6, 2016

Students were give 9 different fabric samples and had to guess what the fabric content of each was. We then tested the samples by burning them to see what the reaction would be and if the students' hypotheses were correct.

April 5, 2016

The students took a pre-assessment for this term in College and Career Awareness. It has 25 questions on it with questions from each unit they will have this term. If they missed the pre-test, they will need to make it up. Their end-of-term test will be similar to this test.

April 4, 2016

Welcome to the new term and to College and Career Awareness. Today we went through the course description, gave out hall passes and late passes, created a seating chart, and went through where items are in the room, as well as what College and career awareness is and what they will be doing his year.

March 31, 2016

For the first part of class, students learned about careers in the Family and Consumer Science areas and future classes they can take in this area. Students were given their final grades and citizenship. Students were also given time to look their grade over carefully for any mistakes I may have made or computer errors. We also made sure they knew which College and Career Awareness teacher and section they have starting on Monday (4th term/quarter).

March 30, 2016

Students had a 25 question post-assessment on what they earned about this term in College and Career Awareness. Afterwards, we finished the presentations from last Wednesday about the "Cord Mess."

March 17th-March 29th, 2016

Students will be working on a Project-based learning activity called Cord Mess. They will be working in small teams to create a product that can control messy cords. They have to make a prototype of the product, as well as how to package and market the product. Presentations will be on December 4th.

March 9-16th, 2016

Students are working 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 Wednesday, March 16th at the end of class.

March 8, 2016

Today, students learned how to 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

March 7, 2016

Students were shown how to sew using paper. They learned how to steer, raise and lower the presser foot and how the fabric/paper moves through the machines. They also picked up their sewing supplies and placed these in bins for each class period.

March 4, 2016

Students learned the basic parts of the sewing machine and what they are used for.

February 29-March 3, 2016

Students were working on some Career Development lessons. If you were gone, please see the teacher for what you missed from the activities.

February 25, 2016

Students learned about where different fibers come from and how fibers are made into fabrics. They also learned and what woven, knitted and non-woven fabrics are and how they are produced.

February 24, 2016

Students were give 9 different fabric samples and had to guess what the fabric content of each was. We then tested the samples by burning them to see what the reaction would be and if the students' hypotheses were correct

February 23, 2016

We are learning how to resolve family feuds by using the problem solving process. This was an in-class activity, so students will want to review the information in the PowerPoint on the website if they were absent today.

February 22, 2016

Today, students learned what soft skills are, why they are important and then practiced common soft skills in class. This was an in-class activity, so students who were absent should review the short PowerPoint on the website.

February 19, 2016

Students finished their group Preschool/child care lesson plan and turn it in. They then had a choice between watching a video on how children learn through play or making a paper-bag puppet to use when they babysit younger children.

February 18, 2016

Students made Vanishing Breakfast Biscuits to help reinforce our lesson about the importance of reading recipes and cooking with children. Any student who was absent (For ANY reason) must make the lab at home and return the lab make-up form signed by a parent stating that their student did the assignment.

February 17, 2016

We learned about Child Development, what child care centers are and what DAP is (Developmentally Appropriate Practices). We also identified the ways children learn and what kinds of learning activities are done with younger children. Students then started creating a lesson plan to use in a child care center using what they learned in class today. They will finish these in class on Friday.

February 16, 2016

We identified and discussed what makes a quality child care center and categorized the different qualities the students came up with on a concept map.

February 12, 2015

Students had an agriculture lesson on where food comes from and how it is grown. They also got to create their own imaginary ice cream flavor.

February 11, 2016

Students learned about food scientists and what they do. They had to research how a common food is made and share that with at least 5 other students in class.

February 10, 2016

Students learned about how to make healthier life choices, as well as how to take their pulse.

February 8-9, 2016

Students were introduced to the career of Food Stylists. We introduced them to the career, show them a couple of video demonstrations of what they do, as well as how to garnish plates. On the 9th, they made french toast and had to style them the best they could before eating their project.

February 5, 2016

Students learned about the parts to a food label and about the importance of reading food labels to help become better consumers and to become more aware of what is in the foods they are eating.

February 4, 2016

Students learned about MyPlate, which took the place of the MyPyramid in 2010. We discussed the changes which have taken place and how students could change their diets to align more closely to the plate, as well as what a correct serving size was. The students completed making a correct MyPlate meal and turned it in for points.

February 3, 2016

Students had a strawberry smoothie lab today so they could learn how labs are run, where things are, as well as practice measuring and reading recipes. If a student was absent (for any reason) they will need to complete the cooking lab at home and return the make-up sheet to the turn-in basket in the next two weeks.

February 2, 2016

Students watched me demonstrate how to measure different ingredients and the importance of measuring correctly. The students will demonstrate what they learned when measuring out ingredients in future cooking labs.

February 1, 2016

Students were introduced to the foods lab and where told lab expectations and rules, as well as how labs are run and where different things are the lab. Their first cooking lab is on Wednesday.

January 29, 2016

Students learned about how recipes are formatted and why. We also covered the importance of reading through a recipe before beginning and collecting all of the ingredients to make sure they have them all. Students worked as a group on an activity to figure out the names of different types of cooking equipment and the meanings of different cooking terms.

January 28, 2016

Students used what they learned yesterday about Food borne illnesses to figure out a mystery about how people got food poisoning from a picnic. Students worked together to solve the mystery.

January 27, 2016

Students started learning about food borne illnesses and food safety. We had a demonstration activity and then they watched a few video clips about food safety, careers in food safety and what people usually do wrong in their own kitchens.

January 26, 2016

The students took a pre-assessment for this term in College and Career Awareness. It has 25 questions on it with questions from each unit they will have this term. If they missed the pre-test, they will need to make it up. Their end-of-term test will be similar to this test.

January 25, 2016

Welcome to the new term and to College and Career Awareness. Today we went through the course description, gave out hall passes and late passes, created a seating chart, and went through where items are in the room, as well as what College and career awareness is and what they will be doing his year.

January 21, 2016

For the first part of class, students learned about careers in the Family and Consumer Science areas and future classes they can take in this area. Students were given their final grades and citizenship. Students were also given time to look their grade over carefully for any mistakes I may have made or computer errors. We also made sure they knew which College and Career Awareness teacher and section they have starting on Monday (3rd term/quarter).

January 20, 2016

Students had a final for this term to take today on what they have learned about in this section of College and Career Awareness. This will be scored today and put on their final grade so they can check those tomorrow before grades are finalized.

January 19, 2016

Students reviewed the information they learned this term in College and Career Awareness in preparation for their end-of-term assessment tomorrow (Wednesday).

January 15, 2016

We are learning how to resolve family feuds by using the problem solving process. This was an in-class activity, so students will want to review the information in the PowerPoint on the website if they were absent today.

January 14, 2016

Today, students learned what soft skills are, why they are important and then practiced common soft skills in class. This was an in-class activity, so students who were absent should review the short PowerPoint on the website.

January 13, 2016

Students made Vanishing Breakfast Biscuits to help reinforce our lesson about the importance of reading recipes and cooking with children. Any student who was absent (For ANY reason) must make the lab at home and return the lab make-up form signed by a parent stating that their student did the assignment.

January 12, 2016

Students finished their group Preschool/child care lesson plan and turn it in. They then had a choice between watching a video on how children learn through play or making a paper-bag puppet to use when they babysit younger children.

January 11, 2016

We learned about Child Development, what child care centers are and what DAP is (Developmentally Appropriate Practices). We also identified the ways children learn and what kinds of learning activities are done with younger children. Students then started creating a lesson plan to use in a child care center using what they learned in class today. They will finish these in class on Tuesday.