Alexander's Agenda

Welcome to Family and Consumer Sciences

 

Attached is the pacing guide for FACS.  6th grade is FACS I, 7th grade is FACS II, and 8th grade is FACS III.  Use the workbook tabs at the bottom of the page to access each grade level guide.   Please contact me by e-mail if you have any concerns.  I am looking forward to a great 9 weeks!

Download standards_0809_2q_lesson_grid.xls

The Simpson Shuffle Run/Walk and Health Fair  will be held on Friday, March 27, 4:30-6:30 PM.  Registration forms for the run/walk can be found at the front office and on the Simpson web site www.cobbk12.org/~simpson.   Proceeds will support the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life which raises funds to fight cancer.  Please join us!  Together we can make a difference.

FACS 4th Quarter Week 2

6th grade

1. Work habits
2. Teamwork
3. Work aspects
4. Career interest survey
5. Kitchen safety
6. Kitchen equipment
7. Kitchen organization

7th grade

1. Work skills

2. Work stress

3. Planning process

4. Time management

5. Teamwork

6. Nutrient retention

7. Food safety

8th grade

1. Job Interviews

2. Thank you letters

3. Personal learning styles

4. Food habits

5. Health

6. Eating disorders

7. Food Safety

 

 

FACS 4th Quarter Week 1

All students are getting settled into their 4th quarter classes.  Students completed FACS Orientation and have 4 days to work on 8 vocabulary sets in FACS class for their grade level.  FACS brochures with parent and student information was sent home.  These brochures need to be signed and returned by the end of the week.  

•  Download Vocabulary Activity Grid
• Download Career Pathway Key Terms
• Download Copy of Parent Letter Inside 9 Week with CP, Syllabus, & Fundraiser Info
• Download Parent Letter Outside SMS Goals, Reading, etc & Publicity Release Info

FACS 3rd Quarter Week 9

• 6th grade / making playdough, community resources, and in classroom fashion show

         (On 3-12-09 FACS 6th graders can bring in a simple food snack or desert to serve to the class    during the fashion show / 5th period 12 students, 6th period 14 students / they will also wear )

• 7th grade / making baked cheese sandwiches and hash browns, and continuing to sew

• 8th grade / making waffles and yogurt parfaits, Georgia Grown products, and career motivation speaker

         (On 3-11-09, FACS 8th graders will bring in something to share with the class relating to their family's culture - food and written project or food, or written project)  Information was sent home on Friday regarding the project.  4th period 21 students, 5th period 27 students.)

FACS 3rd Quarter Week 8

• 6th grade / Cooking haystacks and muffins, Nutrition bingo, sewing projects
• 7th grade / Cooking apple turnovers and cookies, Nutrient retention, and sewing projects
• 8th grade / Cooking rice krispy treats, Childhood developmental tasks, Snacks for children and sewing projects
• Note:  On 3-3-09 the 8th grade FACS students took home information about a Cultural food lab that we will have during class on 3-11-09.  Please ask the students about their project.  I know it will be successful.  Thank you.

FACS 3rd Quarter Week 7

• 6th grade / Checking accounts, Work vs. Volunteerism, and Preparing sewing project fabric.

• 7th grade / Floor plans, Furniture arrangement, Napking folding, Measuring ingredients and Measuring and cutting sewing project fabric

• 8th grade / Table manners, FCCLA, Community service and Continuation of hand sewing project.

 

FACS 3rd Quarter Week 6

6th grade / Wardrobe planning, Menus, Money management, Career researh, Sewing machine   threading and seams

7th grade / Nutrients, Technology, Marketing, Food safety, Sewing machine threading and seams

8th grade / Parenting, Recipes, Eating out, Resources, Consumerism and Continuation of hand sewing project

FACS 3rd Quarter Week 5

6th grade / Home lifestyle survey, Home safety and Paper sewing continued.

7th grade / Heredity and Environment, Childrens activities, Child related careers and Paper sewing continued.

8th grade / Credit, Consumer rights and responsibilities, Advertising & technology and Hand sewing project.

FACS 3rd Quarter Week 4

6th grade / Safe dishwashing, Babysitting, Clothing care, Time and money management, and Successful housing

7th / Babysitting safety, Positive communication and discipline, Home chores and cleaning and  Finances.

8th / Kitchen safety, Time management, Credit, Dress codes and Design.

FACS 3rd Quarter Week 3

8th grade / Personal learning styles - Speaker, Family finances and job applications, Job interviews and Careers.

7th grade / Dynamic leadership - conflict resolutions, Stress Management, Child development ages and stages, and Teamwork.

6th grade / Leadership, Work habits, teamwork, Babysitting and Toy Evaluations.

All students should be finished with all Vocabulary Word Activities by the end of the week, if not sooner.

FACS 3rd Quarter Week 2

This week, all classes are finishing up their vocabulary work (8 sets) and on their way with sewing.  Eighth graders should be able to do some mending jobs around home with their hand sewing skills.  Sixth and seventh graders would benefit from getting familiar with your home sewing machine if you have one.  They should be able to identify the machine parts and their functions.  If your home sewing machine has a manual, it would be helpful to your student when using machines that are different than the ones at school.  Sewing is a great cold weather or rainy day activity!

Friday is club pictures day.  Students will be in and out of the classroom most of the morning.