Tween Life

Learning Goal:

• I can describe a sewing safety rule.
• I can do a load of laundry for my family.
• I can iron a dress shirt.
• I can sew on a button or mend a whole in a garment.

Estimated Time for The Week: 2 hours

Learn & Practice:

1. Create an infographic poster on paper or google slide for your class to use so they can better understand and remember Sewing safety and classroom rules. Here is a link to 35 different safety rules.
   • Make your poster or google slide bright and colorful.
   • Correct spelling errors and be neat and professional.
   • Use graphics, pictures and other forms of art.
2. Read Tides Comprehensive Guide on How to do Laundry . This short article will help you understand how to do laundry.
   • Gather a load of laundry and follow the guide given to complete a load start to finish.
   • Take a few pictures (or have someone take them of you) along the way with your chromebook to share with your teacher.
3. Read How to Iron a dress shirt. This short article with pictures tells you how to iron a dress shirt.
   • Borrow a dress shirt from one of your parents, and iron it according to the article.
   • Take a few pictures (or have someone take them of you) along the way with your chromebook to share with your teacher.
4. Watch this video. This video shows you how to thread a needle and tie a knot.
   • Find a needle and thread. Thread your needle and tie a knot. If you don’t have a needle that is ok.
   • Take a few pictures (or have someone take them of you) along the way with your chromebook to share with your teacher.
5. Watch this video. This video details the steps on how to sew on a button.
   • Locate an article of clothing that is missing a button.
   • Use the needle that you threaded in the previous step to follow the instructions given in the video.
   • Take a few pictures (or have someone take them of you) along the way with your chromebook to share with your teacher.
6. Watch this video. This video demonstrates how to mend an article of clothing.
   • Locate an article of clothing that has a hole in it that needs to be mended.
   • Follow the steps discussed in the video to mend the hole.
   • Take a few pictures (or have someone take them of you) along the way with your chromebook to share with your teacher.
7. Reflect on what you learned by answering the following questions:
   • What was your previous knowledge of sewing safety?
   • What did you learn during this lesson that you didn’t know before?
   • What activity worked the best for you?
   • If you didn’t get to replace a button or mend a garment, do you think you could do it in the future?
   • What other things would you like to know about sewing?
8. Share with your FACS teacher something that you learned this week. Email her pictures of any of the new skills, answers to the reflection questions.
   • Central (kristen.ellis@edmondschools.net)
   • Cheyenne (kendall.wildman@edmondschools.net)
   • Cimarron (jana.jolly@edmondschools.net) or flipgrid.com/jolly3473
   • Heartland (amy.arbuckle@edmondschools.net)
   • Sequoyah (marinda.story@edmondschools.net)
   • Summit (gloria.nethery@edmonschools.net)
9. Want to do more? Make a no sew mask for everyone in your family. If you have a sewing machine available, can you sew masks for your family and some to donate. There are lots of tutorials on the internet for this idea. Some places are requiring people to wear masks.

Learning Goal: I can plan items to include in a safety bag or box, identify fire safety procedures, design a fire escape route at home, and describe tornado safety procedures.

Estimated Time for The Week: 2 hours for the week

Learn & Practice:

1. Before you begin review the Personal Safety lesson
2. Answer this question: Why is it important to be prepared for emergencies?
3. Create a list of items that should be included in a safety bag or box, like flashlight and batteries. For more information on items to include, go to Weather Supply Kit Ideas
   1. Take it a Step Further!
      1. Put together a safety bag/box at your house. Use the list you just created as a guide.
      2. Complete the bag by enclosing a card on which you write your utility company’s phone number for reporting outages and your 911 address.
      3. After you put your bag or box together, take a picture to share with your teacher.
      4. List the best place in your house to keep the safety bag or box:
4. Design an escape plan for your family in case of a fire in your home. Be sure to include two unobstructed ways out of doors or windows. You don’t know where a fire may break out, so you need at least two escape routes defined.
   1. Watch this video before you begin: Making a Home Fire Escape Plan
   2. Draw the floor plan of your home on a sheet of paper. Use one color to show your first fire escape route. Use a second color to show your second route.
   3. Decide on a meeting place where all family members will gather after they escape. Mark that location with a big X. Be sure your meeting place is far enough away from the house or apartment for safety.
   4. When you are finished, share your plans with your family, and then practice each of your escape routes together often.
5. Develop a plan for where to go during a storm by locating the safest place in your home. Usually, this is on the lowest floor of your home, away from windows and exterior doors. Being prepared also means thinking about what you might do in bad weather outside your home.
   1. Describe the safest tornado location in your home:
   2. What items would you take with you to your safe place?
   3. If you were home alone during a tornado warning, what would you do?
   4. If you were at a shopping mall during a tornado warning, where would you go?
6. Having emergency numbers close by is important because you might not have time in the middle of a crisis. With the help of online resources, and your parents, find the following information. Then develop a plan for storing these numbers so you can find them when you need them.
   1. Emergency Phone Numbers
   2. Emergency police/fire department (usually 911)
   3. Non-emergency police department number
   4. Poison Control Number
   5. Parent’s work number
   6. Parent’s cell phone number
   7. Neighbor/relative/adult’s phone number
   8. 911 Address for emergency personnel to find your home
   9. Utility department’s power outage reporting number
   10. Any other important phone numbers, names, directions, or reminders
7. If you have younger siblings, consider using one of the following activities to teach them what you have learned:
   1. Kitchen Safety Hidden Pictures
   2. Smoke Alarm Seek and Find
   3. Hidden Pictures Fire Station
8. Answer the following reflection questions:
   1. What emergencies do we need to be prepared for in Oklahoma?
   2. What preparations has your family made to be ready for emergencies?
   3. What could your family do to be more prepared?
9. Share with your FACS teacher something that you learned this week. Email her a picture of your safety plan, safety box, or your answers to the reflection questions. Please know that although she’d love to hear from you, this is optional.

Central (kristen.ellis@edmondschools.net) or flipgrid.com/ellis107

Cheyenne (kendall.wildman@edmondschools.net) or flipgrid.com/wildman6181

Cimarron (jana.jolly@edmondschools.net) or flipgrid.com/jolly3473

Heartland (amy.arbuckle@edmondschools.net) or flipgrid.com/arbuckle7280

Sequoyah (marinda.story@edmondschools.net)

Summit (gloria.nethery@edmondschools.net) or flipgrid.com/nethery678

Week 6: Wellness and Self-Care

Learning Goal: I can practice self-care, mental, and physical wellness habits for a healthy lifestyle.

Estimated Time for The Week: 1-2 hours

Learn & Practice:

Step 1: Let’s learn about mental health and physical wellness.

Read: Go to Information on Self-Care. This site is full of important information and strategies to take care of yourself - especially during a pandemic!

Watch: Self Care in Middle School

A Guide to Self Care while Social Distancing

Reflect: What is one way that you currently cope with stress, loneliness, or boredom? If you were to make a checklist, as the second video states, how would you measure up? Are you taking care of your appetite? Are you able to easily concentrate on school tasks?

Create: Make a checklist to decide what areas of your life you need to give more care and attention to. Examples of areas to include are: Appetite/ Healthy foods, Concentration (Ability to concentrate on tasks), Hygiene (are you keeping yourself clean?), Relationships (do you need to spend more time with certain family members? Have you called your friends lately?)

Step 2: Practicing self-care strategies.

Read: Check out this Coping Calendar for great ideas on how to stay well each day of the month! You can download and print this calendar to hang up somewhere special. Take a pen and check mark each day that you successfully complete the challenge.

Create: “Unstuck Spinner” - When you’re feeling stuck, spin the bottom plate and try the strategy!

You will need:

• 2 paper plates or 2 pieces of paper that are cut into large circles (hint: trace a plate for perfect circles!)
• A pen or marker
• A bread twist tie or round head fastener

Directions: Divide each plate into 8 slices, lightly using a pencil. Poke a hole in the center of each plate. Write “When I feel stuck, I can...” and cut out one slice from one plate. For the other plate, choose 8 of the strategies below to write one on each slice. Place the “When I feel stuck” plate on top of the prompts wheel. Secure with a twisted bread tie.

Prompt options:

1. Journal or write a letter

2. Get moving (bike ride, run/walk, yoga)

3. Call a friend or family member to chat

4. Build something (craft, knit or sew, recycle old furniture or other DYI project, scrapbook)

5. Listen to relaxing music

6. Try a different strategy

7. Read a book or magazine

8. Focus on what I can control

9. Play a game or do a puzzle

10. Brainstorm solutions

11. Go outside (fishing, hiking)

12. Ask for help

13. Draw or doodle how I feel

14. Learn a new hobby or skill (crochet, quilt, musical instrument, Speak a new language)

15. Get in the kitchen (make your favorite recipe or create your own....if don’t need to eat it, deliver to a friend)

Graphic of Unstuck Spinner

Reflect: What new strategies have you tried that have helped you feel better during a stressful situation? How can you use these strategies to help others?

Share with your FCS teacher something that you learned this week. Email her a picture of your Unstuck Spinner or a strategy that you find helpful, create a doc with the above reflection questions.

Central (kristen.ellis@edmondschools.net) or flipgrid.com/ellis107

Cheyenne (kendall.wildman@edmondschools.net) or flipgrid.com/wildman6181

Cimarron (jana.jolly@edmondschools.net) or flipgrid.com/jolly3473

Heartland (amy.arbuckle@edmondschools.net) or flipgrid.com/arbuckle7280

Sequoyah (marinda.story@edmondschools.net)

Summit (gloria.nethery@edmondschools.net) or flipgrid.com/nethery678

Teach others what you’ve learned! Take it to the next level and share your new knowledge and skills with a family member or online with your friends! Your teachers would love to be included.