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!





Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Wonderful First Day of Fourth Grade!

Hello,

I had a fantastic day with our wonderful class today. The other teachers may get annoyed with me because I was bragging like crazy about our super students. We are a little chatty but everyone quieted down when asked. We all worked hard and showed creativity. We wrote stories about a time when we had "the jitters" after reading a book called, First Day Jitters. We read and recited a wonderful poem by Maya Angelou called I Love the Look of Words. We solved a fun but challenging math problem and shared some very inventive and effective strategies. We also wrote about what we know, love, and want to learn about science. We were busy and had fun.

I am looking forward to even more excited days ahead.

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