Three and One Half Days of First Trimester

There are three and one half days to complete the First Trimester. Living Skills: Monday we will view the last video from our Cultural Collabortive Career Pathway series. We will then construct a bar graph regarding personal preferences. Tuesday we will take our final Library Skills Test and hand in our completed Libray Skills Manuals. Wednesday we will have our choosemyplate.gov mascot showing and buffet. Thursday we will close out the semester with our theme/game connection chart and return scored envelopes and balance sheets. Health: Monday we will continue with Lesson 3 and 4 from Healthy Sexuality. Study guides will be passed out for Wednesday's exam. Tuesday we will exhaust the following Brainpop clips: Adolescence, Puberty, Fetal Development, etc. Wednesday we will take our final exam. Thursday we will have feedback regarding the final exam. Family and Consumer Science: Monday and Tuesday we will complete our Consumer Report and work on aprons and clean out. Manuals, Apron Score Sheets, and Recipe Evaluations will be held accountable. Study Guides will also be created. we will review our study guides. Wednesday we will take our final exam. Thursday we will get feedback regarding final exam.

Last October Day 2011

Living Skills students watched a video from the Detroit Science Center. Sadly the Detroit Science Center is closed. It was closed due to lack of funding.

Thoughts from Thursday

Our Living Skills classes personified a pencil for their envelope entry #8.  They then practiced their hand stitching skills on their pencil pouch design.

Health class engaged in a partner project regarding nutrients.  We also did some curb stepping and brisk walking to accelerate our heart rate as we continue our Target Heart Rate Chart.

The Family and Consumer Science classes took their Sewing Safety Test today.  They must score 70% or they will have to retake it until they score %100.  Their Chapter 36 study guides are also due today.

This was Tuesday

All day it felt like it should be at least Wednesday.  We've packed many lessons into only two days this week.

Livings Skills took their Library Skills Pretest today and worked on envelope entry # 6.  After the test most students worked in their Library Skills manuals trying to accumulate completed pages.

Health class completed and handed in Lesson 4B.  We also watched a promotional DVD regarding www.fueluptoplay60.com .  Students recreated the new icon for good nutrition from choosemyplate.gov 

Family and Consumer Science work steadily on completing their Chapter 36 Study Guide in preparation for Thursday's Sewing Safety test.

Sleepy Monday

Even though we started our day with the magazine sale assembly, it's a dreary day and most of us are feeling a little sleepy.

In Living Skills we saw a video called Mozart, Math and Music.   The movie was filmed at the DSO (Detroit Symphony Orchestra).  We listed careers associated with math and music.

Health Class worked diligently on analyzing the food content of one day of food from last week.  This proved to take longer then expected, there fore Lesson 4B won't be due until tomorrow.

Our FACS (Family and Consumer Science) classes did a CSO (Consumer Science Observation) while watching an episode from Cosby called, "The Shirt Story".

First Full Week Complete

Our first full week of school is complete.
Living Skills classes started their balance sheet to keep track of the money they earn during the LIFE game.

Health class members teamed up with a classmate to complete a comprehension check of the September issue of Current Health.  We also tasted the results of the recipe from October's super food, walnuts.

In Family and Consumer Sciences we filled out Paystubs as we played PayDay.  We also opened our 'checking accounts' for class.

Wednesday and Thursday

On Wednesday in Living Skills we paid close attention to all the features of the theme of the week, Hope, in our planner.  We also started out theme/game connection chart.  The sentence of the week, "Making mistakes can sometimes be helpful."  We then proceeded to play "The Light Bulb Game". 

Thursday in Living Skills we completed our envelope entry regarding handcrafted items in our homes.  We thne began measuring and cutting out pieces for our pencil pouches.

Busy Tuesday

Plenty is going on today.  Pictures are being taken, I.D.s are being issued, football games are after school, plus our Open House is from 6-7 this evening. Oh, and there are regular classes as well.

In Living Skills we did an envelope entry about the 000 of the Dewey Decimal System.  We read silently from Cricket magazines, and we began our Library Skills Manuals. Next Tuesday we will have a pretest. We also watched The Dewey Decimal Rap from www.youtube.com. 

In Health class we continue Lesson 4B in regard to the educationally enhanced version of SUPER SIZE ME.www.topdocumentaryfilms.com

In FACS we will practice the set up of our sewing machines and begin to understand how they operate.

First Monday

Today in Living Skills we began our cultural collaborative/ career pathway project.

In Health class we brainstormed ways to promote our latest health initiative, www.fueluptoplay60.com.

In Family and Consumer Science we began our Consumer Scientist Observations.