Payson Junior High

FACS Sewing

Mrs. Michelle Prior

michelle.prior@nebo.edu

(801) 465-6015

Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome to FACS Sewing! This course introduces students to basic sewing and pressing equipment,

textiles, introductory level project construction techniques, and techniques for constructing edge finishes.

Classroom Policies:

1. Listen when others are talking – teacher and peers.

2. Keep hands, fingers, and other objects to yourself

3. Have your space clean every day when you leave (includes desks, equipment, and floor)

4. No electronic devices, unless instructed to use them.

5. Respect others, their belongings, and their space.

Consequences for inappropriate behavior:

1. Warning

2. Removal of Lab privileges for the day

3. Doing a lab duty of some sorts (clean dishes, desks, machines…)

4. Call home to your parents

5. Meeting with the Principle

Materials and Fees:

Students need to come prepared each day with a pencil and a notebook. Students will also need supplies

for the sewing projects they will be completing this semester. Below is a list of the projects we will be

completing with all of the supplies listed along with the due dates.

It is very important that you have these supplies on time!

Some find it easier to get everything at once.

Everything should fit in your classroom tote tray!

Pattern are provided by the teacher.

Grading:

Break Down Grading Scale

Tests and “I can” quizzes 40% A 100-94 B- 82-80 D+ 69-66

Projects and Assignments 35% A- 93-90 C+ 79-76 D 65-63

Participation* 15% B+ 89-86 C 75-73 D- 62-60

Attendance** 10% B 85-83 C- 72-70 F 59

*There will be 5 points for participation in class every day. This includes being prepared with your

pencil, being in your chair when the bell rings, staying awake, not doing other homework, participating in

the activities and not disrupting other students

**There will be 100 attendance point given this term/trimester, if you are absent you will lose 5 points

and if you are tardy for any reason you will lose 3 points. These points cannot be made up. Bell ringers

will also be in Attendance and those can be made up, so please come and talk to me if you miss one.

FIRST TERM

Basic Equipment

(needed by with your name on each item)

Seam gauge

Seam ripper

Marking pen or pencil

Straight pins (preferably with plastic heads)

Pin cushion or pin magnet (to hold pins)

Hand-sewing needles

Fabric scissors

Safety pins (2-3)

Storage container (the size of a pencil box)

Small Zipper Bag

(needed by )

2 “fat quarters” cotton woven fabric

Coordinating 7” zipper

2 buttons

7” of ribbon

Matching all-purpose thread

Apron

(needed by )

1 yd cotton woven fabric

Matching all-purpose thread

Pajama Pant

(needed by )

2 ½ or 3 yards 45” wide cotton woven fabric (or

flannel) OR 1 ½ yards 60” wide cotton woven

fabric (or flannel) less if making shorts, OR

more if you are tall.

Matching all-purpose thread

SECOND TERM

Haan Craft Kit

(paid at office by )

*if you don’t pay before the deadline I will not order your

project

Each student chooses a kit from the Haan Craft

company catalog and pays at the school finance

window

The teacher places a group order

www.haancrafts.com to view the options

Quilt Block

(needed by )

3/8 yd main print, woven cotton fabric (this should

be your favorite)

1/4 yd neutral print, different woven cotton fabric

1/8 yd accent print, different woven cotton fabric

1/2 yd pillow back print, can match any of above

or be muslin

Matching all-purpose thread

One Project of your Choice

(needed by )

Simple pattern (bag, pieced pillow, elastic skirt)

Fabric yardage and notions requirements listed on

the pattern envelope

*Some fabric stores offer a 10-15% discount on student projects! It doesn’t hurt to ask!

*Please do not feel the need to spend excessive amount of money on these supplies. Ask grandma or

neighbors if they have any fabric they will donate to you. Another idea is to use sheets from home or

purchase some inexpensively at a thrift store.

Mrs. Prior’s Classroom Procedures

1. When you enter the classroom: Get all needed materials ready for class to start – grab any papers

from you file folders by the door, sharpen your pencil, and begin bell work.

2. When you forget a pencil: In order to borrow a pencil from the teacher you have to give her some

collateral. This means you give the teacher a phone, iPod, wallet, etc. . . . and then the teacher

will give you a pencil, if she has one.

3. When the bell rings at the start of the period: Be in your seat and begin working on the bell

ringer while I take role. The bell ringers will be written on the board and you will write your

responses on the bell ringer paper I will give you.

4. When you are tardy: Come in quietly, sign in the tardy book, get your supplies from your file

folder, take your seat, and get on task with the class. This can all be done without making a

sound. To help clarify – a tardy is running through the door and/or funning to your seat after the

bell. A late tardy is walking through the door 10-20 minutes after the bell. (Remember: Tardies

and Late Tardies drop your grade.)

5. When the bell rings at the end of class: The bells are for the teachers more than they are for the

students. At the end of class, remain in your seat until I dismiss you. I will usually give you some

time before the bell rings to put your papers back in your file folder (the papers should never leave

the classroom unless it is homework), put the materials we used that day away, and clean up your

area. Realize that your class may have to stay after the bell rings in order to accomplish these and

possibly other tasks. (Just in case you are wondering—I will never let you leave class early, so

don’t ask.)

6. When you are absent: Before the bell rings at the start of class turn in any work that was assigned

before you left into the late basket. Make sure you write “ABSENT” at the top of the assignment,

otherwise your work will be assumed “late.” Please talk to me before or after class on what

assignments you missed and how you can make them up. Because this is a high participation class

I would suggest not missing days.

7. When assignments are late: Please write “Handed in and the date” at the top of the paper then

put in any late work into the late basket. Any work handed in after the due date is counted as late

and will receive a 5% deduction each day it is late. If you do not write the date it is automatically

only 70 %.

8. When you need a hall pass: Attached to this disclosure is a sheet with 3 hall passes. Each student

will have 3 opportunities to use the passes if they are in their possession. If you do not need to use

the hall passes you can turn them into Mrs. Prior at the end of the term/trimester for up to 15 extra

points.

9. When you want to make a comment or ask a question: Raise your hand and wait for me to call

on you if it is during direct instruction, or I’ll come to you if the class is working silently. Please

raise your hand and ask for permission to sharpen your penil or for anything else you need.

10. When you pass in papers: When I ask you to pass in an assignment, pass your papers forward

and then pass them all to your left. All the papers will end up with one person and then that

person will put them in your class basket.

11. When we need to leave the building in an emergency: When I ask you to stand, do so. When

we are all ready, I will ask you to file out of the room, row by row, through the door. Walk quietly

out of the building and do not stop to use the bathroom or get a drink. Look for me once outside

so I can take roll. If you are not present at that time you will not only receive an absent from the

fire drill, but also an absent for the day.

12. When I want to get the class’s attention: I will hold up my hand. I will begin counting down

from 5 and by the time I get to zero your mouths and materials should be quiet with your eyes on

me.

13. If there is extra time at the end of the period: If you personally finish early then please catch up

on any work you may have missed in the past, bring a book to read, or bring something else to

work on. If we finish early as a class I will read a book to the class with the remaining time.

14. Food, Drink, and Gum: There is no food in the classroom unless we are actually cooking that

day. You can have water but it needs to stay on the ground. And you can chew gum during lecture

as long as it ends up in the garbage and nowhere else; you cannot chew gum around any

equipment that we use.

Please refer to these classroom procedures if you are ever unsure of what to do, or you may also ask

guidance from me.

I am so excited to get to know all of the students in my classes and their parents. Please do not hesitate to

contact me if there is something I can do regarding your student

Thank you,

Mrs. Prior

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Dear Parent and Student,

Please read the disclosure and sign the statement below indicating you understand and are willing to

comply. Please return to Mrs. Prior. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have

Reminder:

This paper needs to be signed and returned to class on .

I have read and I understand the disclosure. I am willing to abide by the terms of the disclosure. I agree to

follow the guidelines as outlined.

Student Name (Printed): Grade Level:

Student Signature: Period:

Parent Signature:

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