Ms.McCarron's Family and Consumer Sciences Class Page
FCCLA will be making refreshments for the Spring Concert, continue to make casseroles for the homeless and are looking forward to preparing cookies for Bike 4 Sight in June.
Those members are:
Alexandra Adams
Crystal Macklin
Sarah Rote
Amanda Schimmoller
Joe Tierney
Alyssa Pagano
Carley Hamilton
6th Grade Family and Consumer Sciences focuses on nutrition, culinary arts and financial literacy. Emphasis is on the importance of fruits and vegetables, getting enough calcium, and high quality protein when making food choices. Students also learn about food safety, proper food preparation techniques and organizing their work space and tasks. Students explore becoming more independent occupationally by practicing techniques like problem solving, critical thinking, time management, working collaboratively and communicating effectively. Computer based activities are used to reinforce information learned in the FCS classroom.
The cycle concludes with an overview of the new food guide pyramid and the dietary guidelines for Americans. Students are encouraged to join Family, Career, Community Leaders of America. www.pafccla.org Stay tuned for more information.
7th Grade Family and Consumer Sciences focuses on nutrition, culinary arts and financial literacy. Emphasis is on preparing and evaluating healthy snacks, demonstrating proper measuring techniques, learning to read food labels, kitchen and food safety, as well as, an introduction to “hands on banking”. The curriculum is interwoven with independent life skills that can be transitioned from school, to home and eventually work. Computer based activities are used to reinforce information learned in the FCS classroom.Students are encouraged to join Family, Career, Community Leaders of America. www.pafccla.org Stay tuned for more information.
8th Grade Family and Consumer Sciences focuses on nutrition, culinary arts and financial literacy. The curriculum centers on various types of baking techniques. Students prepare leavened and unleavened breads and explore food science.
Students study the origin of pizza, how it is processed, the food chemistry, and current medical research in all the ingredients that go into making a pizza. Students then prepare their own pizza and later crepes. Students show an independent growth by problem solving, critical thinking, time management, working collaboratively and communicating effectively. The students enjoy a healthy competition of “Financial Football,” a computer based activity that teaches personal financial responsibility. To wrap up the cycle, students touch on an introduction to biotechnology.Students are encouraged to join Family, Career, Community Leaders of America. www.pafccla.org Stay tuned for more information.
Take a Family Quiz
http://www.consumerreports.org
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a) 145 cal., 1 g fat vs. 160 cal., 2 g fat |
a) 883 cal., 56 g fat vs. 1,221 cal., 64 g fat |
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a) 1,620 cal., 87 g fat vs. 2,070 cal., 159 g fat |
b) 850 cal., 50 g fat vs. 1,155 cal., 67 g fat |
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a) 330 cal., 9 g fat vs. 650 cal., 44 g fat |
a) 270 cal., 12 g fat vs. 510 cal., 18 g fat |
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b) 320 cal., 3 g fat vs. 490 cal., 14 g fat |
b) 150 cal., 8 g fat vs. 180 cal., 13 g fat |
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a) 290 cal., 12 g fat vs. 300 cal., 13 g fat |
a) Gotcha. You still can’t have your cake and
diet, too: 129 cal., 8 g fat vs. 605 cal., 21 g fat |
Make Up Assignment
FCS B Ms. McCarron
Ex 3535
kmccarron@mnsd.org
Dear Parents,
When your child either misses a lab assignment due to illness, absence, or refusal to participate in the “hands on” portion of the class, a make up homework assignment will be necessary, for that grade.
Students are graded on:
25% is a project
25% is Food Prep Lab
25% is their folder of class work
25% is participation and cooperation
Students that lose their packets will be given one additional packet and will be required to come in for help class to make up missed work.
Mandatory help classes are Wednesday during homeroom.
The take home assignment will be completed within the following week of bringing home this letter.
The onus is not with the parents, but with the student to:
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gather equipment
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gather ingredients
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safely and neatly prepare the recipe variation of their choice
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sample their product
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clean up to classroom standards, as outlined in Prep stage 6, of their packet.
Students with allergies or extenuating circumstances are still required to make up missed work. Their condition should be documented on health cards in the nurses office or with a note sent to school for the FCS teacher.
The reason for this is, students do occasionally, have snacks in other class rooms, especially around the holidays. Although, it is not permitted, the reality is, students have been none to share food at lunch time. I take allergies and food sensitivities very seriously. However, it would not be fair to the other students if some students are excused from assignments and expect the same grade.
This is why we have an opportunity for students to complete a take home assignment from time to time. The assignment is basically what they would have completed in class except, it has modifications that best suit the student. They may do this assignment alone, with a friend or a family member.
Self- evaluation of what the students create in the kitchen is very much a part of FCS assessment. With that understanding, students will be expected to self evaluate their work at home by answering such questions as:
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Was my work space uncluttered and organized the entire time I was working?
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Did I follow the recipe exactly? Why or why not?
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How was the modified version of this recipe beneficial to you?
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How did it taste?
look?
would you make it again?
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Did I clean up completely and follow food safety guidelines learned in class?
The packet should be signed off by one or both parents and returned to the
teacher.
The students are given their recipes the first day of class. If provisions need to be made for allergies or sensitivities, I will certainly do everything in my power to accommodate the student with soy, lactose free products, or rice based products.
Thank you very much for your support in making Paxon Hollow Middle School an amazing place to learn.
Sincerely, Ms. Kathi McCarron
