Grooming....Day 5

Objectives:
After completing today's activities, you will be able to:
---explain what should be included on a clothing label.
---identify the two basic types of stains and how to treat them.

Instructions:
1. An important part of looking good and feeling well groomed is taking care of your clothing.
2. First, you need to learn a few basics by reading. Using the Discovering Life Skills, read pages 354-361.
3. Put the FACS header on your paper. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
---A. What do you think are three guidelines for keeping your clothes in ready-to-wear condition?
---B. Define the word "stain". How would you advise a younger sister or brother to get a stain out of his/her favorite shirt?
---C. Does a name brand label necessarily mean quality? Why?
---D. Name a few things you can do with the care of your clothes that will save money.
---E. Identify the steps to take when machine washing clothes.
4. If you want to keep your clothes looking their best, know what the fabric or construction of the garment dictates as correct care fro that garment. You will find that info on the label that is sewn into every ready-to-wear garment.
---F. Read all of page 355 (again) in Discovering Life Skills. List three things that will be on a care label that is sewn into every garment...many times, the back of the garment.
---G. Look at the care label in the back of your or a partner's garment. What does it say?
---H. Below, you will find the care instructions for a sleeping bag. To view it more clearly, click on the image and then click on it again to enlarge the print. Read the sleeping bag instructions carefully. On the same piece of paper that you have been using, answer the questions that follow the sleeping bag care instructions.

4. Put your work in your numbered notebook. Clean up your module area.

Materials:
---Pen/Pencil
---Paper

Equipment:
---Computer

Instructional Materials:
---Discovering Life Skills text
---Sleeping Bag Care instruction sheets

Question of the Day:
What area of today's lesson do you need to work on the most? Explain why.