First day of a new year!  I knew this class would be different, for several reasons:  only 6 of the 16 attended our K-4 program AND when I tested the new students, several of them tested low.

I'm so glad there is only ONE first day each year!!!  Couldn't handle more than one!  By 10:00 I was ready to change my name.  All I kept hearing was...Mrs. Bates...Mrs. Bates...Mrs. Bates.  They were SO hungry for attention.

We worked a lot with our names!  2 of the students couldn't correctly count the letters in their name. 

We read Pete the Cat in his Groovy School Shoes.  Then we went on a school tour.  After that we talked about what Pete looked like.  I put the book on the chalkboard tray.  Then they started coloring.  Somehow we ended up with yellow, orange, green, and rainbow cats.

It's a new year, and what a start!  We had one day of school, and then a snow day!  Crazy!
We did start Kindergarten Smiles' All about Bears unit.  We read about the black bear.  The class was really excited about all the things they learned about bears!  Looking forward to continuing it this week.  Lots of exciting things are coming up in the next couple of months.  Yikes!!!!