6th GRADE FAMILY and CONSUMER SCIENCE EXPECTATIONS

Welcome to Family and Consumer Science class. During the next 18 weeks, you will be involved in a number of learning experiences, covering several topics of study. The goal of the Rochester Middle School Family and Consumer Science program is to prepare students for family, work, and community life by providing opportunities to gain knowledge and develop skills. In the sixth grade, FCS focuses on fostering a positive self-concept through various activities and strategies. Students explore their inherited and acquired characteristics and construct a Me Bag that they share with their classmates. Students discover the basics of hand sewing with the construction of a pincushion. They then demonstrate their mastery of skills as they create a fur project. Kitchen safety and food sanitation, correct usage of kitchen equipment and the ability to work cooperatively in the food’s lab as they prepare food products are also emphasized.

For this class you will need a portfolio that will be provided to you. If you lose or destroy it, you will need to replace it at your own expense. All work, graded and non-graded assignments (assignments that you are still working on) need to be kept in your portfolio. This portfolio may not go home!! If you are absent or have not finished an assignment, the unfinished assignment may go home but the portfolio needs to remain in the classroom. At the end of the semester, your portfolio and papers may be taken home.

You will need to bring either a pencil or pen (blue or black, please) and your Agenda Book to class with you each day.

Please take this sheet home and have a parent or guardian sign it so that they will be aware of what Family and Consumer Science is all about. If you have any question, please ask me. If your parent or guardian has any questions please have them call me at 332-4090 or write a note in your Agenda book.

Mrs. Byers

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