obviously i'm not cut out for 1st grade homework

yes, i said it! i can't do 1st grade homework. i thought i was a well educated woman, but after yesterday's homework that we got completely wrong i must be stupid. here is exactly what we had to do:

*Please read the story and use complete sentences to answer the Think and Respond questions.*

The Hat
by Holly Keller

Pam had a hat.
Pam ran up. Pam ran down.
Dan ran up. Dan ran down.
Dan got the hat!
Go Dan! Go Pam!

1. How does Pam lose her hat?
2. What does Pam do after she loses her har?
3. How does Dan help Pam?

i'll post the answers tomorrow, but i would love to hear from you and what you think. good luck. (i honestly hope none of you get it and if you do, you better tell me how you figured it out.)
julie ;)

we're so not in kindergarten anymore

it seems everyday when i pick lela up from school there is something new and traumatic to deal with. it breaks my heart to hear how much she doesn't like school and never wants to go back and this is coming from a child who loves school, loves homework, etc. these are the things we are having to deal with at the moment and it breaks my heart. on monday, she tells me that the teacher yelled at the class and made them all put their heads on their desk and be quiet. she then tells me mom i wasn't doing anything, but i got real sad and wanted to cry. poor lela, she is not use to the whole class getting in trouble because of a few disruptive kids. oh, this is hard. i know in a few weeks everything will be ok, but at the moment it's really hard seeing her have to work through this. when i say i've been there i've been there. my second grade teacher was notorious for always yelling and screaming at us and then cutting the lights off and making us put our heads on our desk. i think about that a lot these days especially seeing our daughter going through it, but then i have to tell myself, "hey, i turned out ok." i realize all we can do is keep encouraging her and letting her know how proud we are of her, but sometimes it's so hard not to just break down and want to protect her from the world. she is our first born. the child with the sweetest and most caring spirit i've ever met and to see all this happening to her is well...just hard. yesterday, it truly hit me we're so not in kindergarten anymore! sniff, sniff

first day of 1st grade

well, we made it through our very first day of first grade and everything seemed to go good. lela has never been one to spill too much information. you usually end up having to pry stuff out of her, but from what info i did get it sounded pretty good.

it was so nice walking to school this morning, the afternoon a little hot but not so bad. talk about bringing memories from my childhood back. we lived so close to my elementary school i didn't have much choice in my mode of transportation - either walk, ride my bike or ride in the car. trust me when i say all modes were explored at some point during my career there. ahhh! how life was so different then versus now.

lela's teacher seems very nice and fun. i'm excited for her and hope it's a great year. i have heard quite a lot of positive feedback regarding, Mrs. Perrotta and her way of teaching. i now lela will do great! she is loves to read, write and doing homework. (she's definitely not her father's child...lol)