You Know The World Is Different From When You Were a Kid....

when you have to look up a word on the 1st grade homework sheet. Sigh. I remember Kindergarten and First Grade as a time of play, learning to fill in bubbles, learning to tie my shoes, play, picking up my first book, play. My 6 year old daughters homework instructions for the week are:

• Create an ABBC patterne adn an AABB pattern with any item you have at home.
• Go onto the internet and find a picture of the President of the USA and the Governor of Arizona. Under each picture please write their name.
• Draw three sets of shapes (6 total) that are congruent to one another
• Write 2 sentences about what you would do if you were the President
• Make sure you have earned a total of 50 points for the get 50 activity
• Write 1 sentence about what yiou want to be when you grow up
• Write 2 sentences about something you can't do now that you want to do when you are an adult
• On construction paper cut out 2 triangles, squares and rectangles. Glue and label them onto your paper turned different directions. Do the names of the shapes change?
• Dictate the following sentence to your child: I went up and down the hall. After make sure they remembered to capitalize the first letter in teh sentence, finger spacing and an end mark.
• Have an adult give you a pre-spelling test. Write each misspelled word 3 x's.

Thank goodness I married a math minor AND have the internet since I had to go and look up what congruent meant!