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!





Thursday, April 21, 2011

Newsletter

Hi,

We had a fun-filled day today. We planted vegetables, herbs, and flowers in our garden box by the parking lot. We shared our extremely creative Earth Day creations. We played a math review game using plastic eggs. We did another fun reading activity in our Amazing Race! Then we also did a few practice things for math and reading. It was a great day.

Reading: This week we reviewed reading skills using our Amazing Race activities. We have one more activity on Monday. Then we will continue to read and discuss our book club books.

Writing: We have been working on persuasive letters and finishing up our poems.

Math: We have been reviewing using practice problems as well as games.

Social Studies: We learned about the effects of cattle, railroads, and oil on Texas.

Next week: We will be taking the TAKS math test on Tuesday and the TAKS reading test on Wednesday. Be sure that your child gets enough sleep and eats a good breakfast. Breakfast at school is free next week!

Our will be doing Broadcast for the next few weeks and recycling until the end of the school year.

Look for progress reports in Thursday folders today. We will be continuing to work hard and have many opportunities for grades to improve. Thank you for encouraging your child to do his/her best each day.

We will be having group conferences this spring. More information will be coming soon. This will be a time for your child to show off all the wonderful work that he/she did this year.

Thank you for sharing your children with me. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

No school tomorrow. Be safe and enjoy time with your family.

Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew

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