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!





Sunday, August 15, 2010

Welcome to Fourth Grade!

Friday, August 20, 2010 is our Supply Drop-off/Meet the Teacher Evening! I will have our classroom ready and will be looking forward to seeing our new students. I had a wonderful summer but am very excited to begin our new school year.

Think about any questions that you may have about fourth grade. Explore our blog. Feel free to post a comment and respond to each others comments. We will be using our class blog throughout the year to share ideas and communicate with our parents and each other.

Be sure to take our poll: What is your favorite subject in school?

Don't forget to click on Bandit, our virtual bat pet. He will follow your mouse and he is very cute.

Happy Blogging and I can't wait to see all of you!
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1 comment:

Pam Bartholomew said...

Fourth Graders:

Be sure to only use your first name when writing a comment on the blog. This is a safety issue.

Happy writing!

August 19, 2010 at 10:42 PM

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