Family Life
Email: nbmora0913@seattleschools.org
Phone# (206) 252-8971
Room Number 204
When available: Best times are between 2:30, 3:30-4:00 P.M.
Years Teaching- 1
Years at Denny- 14
Favorite books: Fiction/Non-Fiction, Best Sellers
Hobbies- Swimming, Walking, Dancing, Entertaining, Reading, Cooking, Travel, Hand Crafts.
Standards Taught in Class
Standards Taught in Class:
Family and Consumer National Standards: for Food and Nutrition, Clothing and Textiles, Child Development, and Careers
Reading: Uses different skills and strategies to read
Understands the meaning of what is read
Reads, a variety of materials for different purposes
Writing: Student writes clearly and effectively
Communications: Uses listening and observation to gain understanding
Communicates ideas clearly and effectively
Uses communication strategies and skills with others
Analyzes and evaluates effectiveness of communication
Mathematics: Understands/applies concepts & processes of math
Uses mathematics to define and solve problems
Understands how math connects to real life situations
Science: Understands/uses scientific concepts and principles
Knows and uses skills/processes of science/technology
Health & Fitness: Acquires knowledge/skills for a healthy life
Analyzes and evaluated life’s influences on health
Analyzes health/safety information; develops goals/plan
Course Description
Family Life is a Semester (18 week) exploratory course covering four areas of Family and Consumer Science: Food and Nutrition, Child Development, Careers, and Clothing and Textiles. The overall goal is that young persons develop personally satisfying and socially productive lives in individual, family and other cooperative settings. Learning experiences include individual work, videos, discussions, role-playing, demonstrations, games, simulations,
computer programs, hands on work in the lab, and a field trip ($ permitting).
The student has an opportunity to be a caregiver to a “BABY Think It Over”,
a simulation, that helps students to realistically access the responsibility and difficulty involved in caring for young children and to make good choices.
Students will be able to:
-Understand & use correctly: cooking terms, equipment, safety procedures
-Read & prepare a recipe using correct measuring and mixing techniques
-Use sanitation and hygiene in food handling to prevent food borne illness
-Use appropriate clean up procedures
-Plan, prepare, and serve simple meals, working in cooperation with others
-Participate at table, by using socially acceptable table manners
-Modify (reduce/increase) recipes using their math skills
-Make wise consumer decisions using food labels and unit pricing
-Develop a personalized nutrition/exercise plan from the New Food Pyramid
-Plan a day’s meals based on the New Food Pyramid
-Teach others about the 5 main nutrients and their use in the body
-Become aware of career opportunities in Family and Consumer Science
-Encourage self esteem and learning in young children
-Practice positive discipline techniques w/young children
-Prepare nutritious snacks/meals for young children
-Make choices using a budget, balancing income and expenses
-Complete a time management plan for a day
-Use the Internet and other resources to plan a vacation
-,Measure, pin, mark, cut, sew correctly using a pattern as a guide
-Do specific hand sewing techniques: hem, sew on a button, backstitch
-Follow directions to complete hand and machine-sewn projects
-Care for their own clothing, washing, pressing, and stain removal
-Gain enhanced self-esteem as the result of project completion
Assessments Used
Daily work, warm-up reviews, written unit tests, lab evaluations, oral/artistic presentations, learning logs, projects
Course Materials
Family and Consumer Science Adopted General and Food Texts
Teaching videos, Dairy Council Materials, Internet sites
Expectations: To get the most out of this class and the highest grade possible, students need to be present each day and go by the Denny Big Five Behavior Plan and by what, they have been instructed, it means in this class.
All students are expected to complete every assignment at a 70% “C” or better. Any work below that will be returned to student for a “redo” with “C” than being the highest grade possible. Students with excused absences have as many days to make up work, as they were absent. Students will not have homework every day, but when they do it needs to be turned in on time.