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, January 3, 2011

Happy New Year!

Hi,

Happy New Year! I am so excited to be with your children tomorrow. We have many exciting things coming up!

In reading we will be learning about historical fiction using the literature about World War II. Tomorrow we will be learning about the Von Trapp family which is the family on which The Sound of Music is based. Have your kids seen The Sound of Music? In writing we will be starting new personal narratives. Talk about things that happened over the break to use as possible story ideas. What happened and what did they learn from that experience? In math we will continue working with fractions using pattern blocks, fraction circles, and fraction strips. We will apply our study of fraction concepts in problem solving situations. In science we will be reviewing conductors and insulators and then beginning to study soil. We will review our social studies test taken before the break on Early Texas and the missions. Wow! we are going to be busy!!!!!!! Expect your kids to come home tired but excited about learning!

Don't forget that our holiday reading logs are due tomorrow. Everyone was expected to read 100 min/week so at least 200 minutes should be on everyone's log. I am anxious to see who are top readers were over the holidays!

The 2nd checkpoint for your child's Science Project is due on Friday, Jan. 7.

Our pen pals are coming to visit us at FCE on Friday, January 14. We would love to have you come and be part of the visit.

Thank you for sharing your child with me. Be sure to get them to bed early tonight. We have busy days ahead!

I hope that you all have a safe and happy 2011.

Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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