Ok, So I just got a bread machine a few days ago. The first time I tried to make a recipe I did just what the book said and did not let the yeast touch the wet ingredents. But it didn't rise at all. I tried it again today and put the yeast in the water with the sugar let it sit and then added the rest of the dry stuff and again nothing happened it didnt rise again. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I have the right yeast bread machine yeast I set it right I used room tempature water. I'm getting really discouraged not sure if I want to try this again. 

Any suggestions?