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!





Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you are enjoying yourself and enjoying time with your family. Just wanted to remind you and your child that they should spend some of their time off from school reading. I love losing myself in my book and am looking forward to having some extra time to read this holiday. Be sure to record reading on your reading log.

We are working hard to gain more points as we play math games on www.firstinmath! Your child will have fun exploring this site and discovering math strategy games, and problem solving, as well as fact practice. If your child forgets his/her user name or password, email me and I will email the info to you.

A review packet for social studies came home on Monday. Please review this information with your child. We will be having a benchmark on this information on Wednesday, November 30. We will also have a science benchmark on Tuesday, November 29.

Here are some fun Thanksgiving websites to explore, if your child gets bored.

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/daily_life/index.htm

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/webcast.htm#


Have a fun and safe holiday! I am very thankful that I get to spend time with your child each day!

Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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