and the answers are...

1. The wind blew it away.
2. Pam runs after her hat.
3. Dan got the hat.

are you scratching your head? this totally made me go crazy because there was a small picture to the side of the story of a hat and a cloud that looked like wind was blowing. (maybe i should have included it in when i gave you the info, but kevin and i keep asking each other is the picture part of the story? we never could agree because in the directions all it said was read the story, nothing about the picture, so we decided to omit it . i feel so stupid because obviously the picture did relate to the story. talk about a learning experience for us all. last night as we reviewed spelling words and reread the story i started writing other stories just so i knew we were all on the same page, lela and myself. i will definitely keep you posted on everything we are learning.

and thanks for playing along, by the way the only person who got it right was cami! yeah! now i know why your a reach teacher. you're so in the loop on all this abstract thinking. hope you don't mind but i'm sure we'll be calling you next time for help when it arises.

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 ;)

in the swing of things

it's officially the second week of school and everything seems to be going well from our new activities to having to get up every morning, everything is falling right into place as it should. lela seems to be really enjoying her school and loves having homework. she is so good about coming home and doing it. thank you! i just pray that a few months from now we are still this good about getting things done. choir officially starts tomorrow and then we will be in full swing with all our activities. lacey won't start school until september 1, so she still has a couple of weeks left. i have so many things i want/need to do and it's kind of hard having lacey around to help such as painting the new trim that went up. talk about more trouble than it's worth. lacey "tried helping" but ending up making more work for me. i don't know if there was more paint on lacey? the floor? or the wall? i've got to come up with a plan...any ideas?

on another note, lela wanted me to tell you that yesterday at gymnastics she received the "straight leg" award. she was on the bars practicing some move and ms. terri announced to the class that lela got the award for the straightest legs. good job, lela. keep it up!