Family & Consumer Sciences A

●​ I can demonstrate how to thread the sewing machine correctly. ●​ I can demonstrate how to wind and insert the bobbin into the sewing machine. ●​ I can identify the proper/safe usage of a serger. ●​ I can identify industry-based sewing equipment and follow safety standards as they apply. ●​ I can safely demonstrate proper rotary cutter, mat board, pins, handle needles, seam gauge, measuring tape, seam ripper, and iron usage. ●​ I can identify and adjust patterns appropriately. ●​ I can explain what backstitch, pivot, finishing seam, topstitch, and seam allowances mean. ●​ I can demonstrate how to sew a buttonhole and attach a button. Performance Objectives: ●​ Demonstrate competence in sewing machine use, care, and safety with the completion of a soft good that includes all of the following: ○​ Pattern markings, seam allowances, backstitch, pivot, casing, attach a button, measuring, pressing & ironing techniques

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Differentiation in Action Skill Building

Strand 3, Standard 1 : Using a Sewing Machine ●​ Instructor demonstrations ○​ The teacher provides step-by-step

demonstrations using a document camera or live modeling to show how to identify machine parts, wind a bobbin, and thread the machine. ○​ Emphasis is placed on think-aloud strategies and visual cues to build procedural understanding. ○​ Students engage in repetitive, scaffolded practice threading and winding bobbins under supervision until mastery is reached.

●​ Students practice threading the machine