Good morning! Happy New Year! Today is the first day of a
brand-new year, and this year is a special one in that this will
be the last year that starts with 1900. What will next year start
with? (Let them answer.) Yes, that's right. Next year will start
with 2000.
Here is a brand-new calendar. (Show the calendar.) Now, here
is today's date, January 1, 1999. If we turn the calendar to
December, we can see that last day of the year will be December
31. Right now, that seems a long way off. How many days are there
