Bartholomew Bats!


Our school is located in Round Rock, Texas which is near Austin. Austin and Round Rock both have huge populations of Mexican Free Tailed Bats that live under our bridges. A colony of bats lives beneath the Ann Richards/Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin and in Round Rock, another colony resides under the Interstate 35 bridge over McNeil Road. Each evening from March to about October, the bats fly out from beneath the bridge and search for insects to eat. The emergence of the bats is a wonder to watch. We are also thankful that all these millions of bats eat the bugs by our homes.

Our class mascot is the Bat to honor the mammals that live so close to us and help us. (also because Bat and Bartholomew both start with the letter B!) The bats in Central Texas live together in a group and help take care of the young. Then they migrate together as a team. Our class will also live together in our classroom, work together as a team, and help each other out. We are the Bartholomew Bats!





Monday, August 23, 2010

School Starts Tomorrow! Yeah!!!!!

Here are some things to know for our first day of fourth grade:

*Come to our classroom (room 512) in the morning. We will line up in the hallway on the floor and read quietly until 7:30 am when we will enter our room and begin.

*Bring a healthy snack. We will be eating snack at 10:25 during our recess time. We will go outside with our snacks, eat and walk two laps around the track, then play.

*I would encourage your child to bring a water bottle to class each day. (Preferably a refillable one)Be sure that it has a lid.

*A sweatshirt or light jacket is also recommended for our classroom. Some days our room is hot and others it is pretty chilly. You can leave a jacket on your hook.

*Bring a book to read.

*Bring a photo of you somewhere in Texas.

*Return forms that were in our Beginning of the Year envelope.

*We have PE every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Be sure to wear tennis shoes.

*Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

*Try to get to bed early and be ready for a fabulous day!!!

Thanks and I will see you tomorrow.

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