My New Homeroom

Here is a shot of my new homeroom.  I am an 8th grade homeroom teacher this year. So far my class has been great... I have a good group!!

Fresh Salsa

Today in Foods we made fresh salsa.  I wish I could convey smells through this blog.  My room smells great!  Cilantro and lime... mmmm. The students did a great job with the lab!

Foods First Mini-Lab

In Foods yesterday we had our first mini-lab.  The students did fairly well considering they didn't know any of the rules.  The product turned out okay (a few groups did the math wrong), and the labs were clean at the end of the hour.  So far, I have great Foods classes!!

Mac n' Cheese

Yesterday in FACS we made an All American favorite... Mac n' Cheese!  It was really good... even the kids that don't like Mac n' Cheese said it was good. It made a lot though so we had several groups sharing their leftovers with teachers. Yum!

Babies... Round 2

Yesterday my 4th period Teen Living class had their babies. Fun times!  Thank you Dr. Bench for your hard work delivering over 40 babies.  Several sets of twins!!

Homemade Pancakes and Barnum's Syrup

Today in FACS we made pancakes from scratch and homemade syrup.  The syrup is to die for!!!  So yummy!  It was fun to see some of the shapes of pancakes students made...

The students set their tables (in an informal place setting) and practiced basic dinning etiquette to eat their pancakes.

A couple of groups made a slight alteration in the recipe.  They used baking soda instead of baking powder... does that make a difference? :)  Try it sometime... you won't make the same mistake twice. 

Job well done guys!  The lab went smoothly and clean up was great!

Goop

Today the FACS classes made goop. :) This is a fun lab because the measurements are not exact. Students measure out a dit-dot of this and a dribble of that. It is fun to observe. :) We had very different products in each class.