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

How was your holiday break?

Write about what you did over your holiday break. Did anything interesting happen? Did anything amazing, funny, unique, tragic, exciting, sorrowful, wonderful, etc... happen? Write about it. Then read what others have written and respond. (Don't forget to write using correct language, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. U R not texting!!!!)

I can't wait to read everyone's posts.

5 comments:

Pam Bartholomew said...

I went to Pennsylavania for 5 days. It was cold but we left before the snow came. I got to spend time with my family there and to meet my new great-niece who is four months old. She is as sweet as a chocolate cupcake.

Our family went Christmas caroling in my brother-in-law's neighborhood which we do every year. We were all bundled up like snowmen as 20 of us walked in a massive group down the street singing loudly. We aren't especially talented singers but we are enthusiastic. I could see my breath in the frigid air, my fingertips were icicles but my heart was warm because I was with my family.

jody said...

It was awesome!!!!!

Mrs. Bartholomew said...

Jody,

What made it awesome? Describe some of your experiences over the break.

I can't wait to read about them.

Colton said...

I agree with Jody it was awesome!

from,Colton

jada said...

i had some crazy things happen but it was awesome beacause i stayed home and played with toys and drinking hot choclate