Monday, December 20, 2010

Blodgett 8th grade

The students made No-Bake Cookie Dough Cookies.  The recipe has no eggs, so therefor they are safe to eat!




RECIPE:  Mix together 3/4 cup brown sugar and 2 sticks of butter.  Add 1 pkg vanilla instant pudding, blend.  Add 1/4 cup of milk and 1/2 t vanilla.  Add 2 1/2 cups flour and 2 cups chocolate chips.  Chill dough.  Roll into 1" balls and dip into melted chocolate.  Sprinkle with nonpareils.




 

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Roberts 6th graders

The 6th graders are competing their hand sewing project.  Each student designed one square of fabric with their name, using a surface design technique and then stitched it to 3 other squares.  These are photos of some of the patchwork pillows they constructed












Friday, November 19, 2010

8th graders

8th Graders are completing their hand sewing project.  They designed a square of fabric with their name and included it in part of a patchwork pattern.  They can now sew the backstitch and the invisible stitch!





6th graders

6th graders are learning to sew the backstitch as they assemble a patchwork pillow.  One of the patchwork squares was designed by each student

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Sewing Construction

8th grade students are learning to stitch the backstitch as they sew a patchwork pillow.  Each student created a surface design on one of the squares of fabric,  and will learn about other related careers as they create their unique pillows!




Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Career Research

8th grade students recently completed career research and are creating power point presentations.  They will present these to their classmates for peer review.