5.) Talk about something your child learned this week.
One month in and Laina has already learned some pretty amazing things in third grade. She has learned to be responsible for filling in her reading log, she has learned to take care of the books she brings home, she has learned to listen to her teacher and be a good helper.
But perhaps the most important lesson of all occurred last week when Laina came home with a very disappointing story to tell me…about a bragger…
Laina: MOM!?! A girl at school today did TWO very bad things!
me: uh oh, that’s not good.
Laina: She told my friend she’s a BLOBBER face!
me: Blogger face? I mean…that’s not so bad.
Laina: No BLOBBER!
me: OH! Well…that wasn’t nice. I mean I’ve been called worse, but you’re right that was very bad!
Laina: ANNND? she said my friend’s braces were icky and that she had something BETTER…and then she bragged and showed all of us her silver tooth!
me: Oh no she di’int!!!
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Laina learned that nice girls don’t BRAG about their silver teeth.
Bragging makes people feel bad and now everyone is going to want silver teeth and not everyone can afford them. Almost everyone can afford candy though and I’m pretty that will help secure the silver cap they’re all pining for now that the third grade bragger went and bragged about it.
Third grade is hard.