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!





Friday, February 17, 2012

Newsletter-No school for students on Monday!

Hi,

We had another busy week and ended it with REPTILES today! We had a very interesting assembly with lots of live critters. Ask your child about it.

Reading-Non-fiction or expository text was our focus. We looked at several non-fiction books and practiced reading for the main idea or central idea and the supporting details. We traced our hands to make a graphic organizer and wrote the supporting details on our fingers and the main idea on the palm of the hand. We also examined how the author organized the text or the text structure. Knowing how the information is organized helps us comprehend the text. Is it organized as a cause/effect, compare/contrast, sequence, description, or problem/solution. We will continue next week with more expository text dealing with events from WWII.

Writing-We have been working on our personal narratives. We will continue editing and revising then will complete our final copy! We will also try to write some procedural text this week.

Math-We took some assessments in geometry today. Keep practicing the geometry vocabulary. We applied that vocabulary to models and real life situations. We will continue with geometry in problem solving and begin some measurement next week.

Science-We finished up our work with Natural Resources and will be exploring weather next week!

Dates to Remember:
Monday, February 20-No School for Students
Tuesday, February 21-Math Club 2:45-4:00
Thursday, February 23-Writing Club 2:45-4:00, Math Curriculum Night-6:00 pm
Friday, February 24-Wear Forest Creek Shirt or a purple or green shirt
Monday, March 5-Friday, March 9-Writing Camp-more info to follow
Friday, March 9-Hoe Down for k, 1,2
Saturday, March 10-Sunday, March 18-Spring Break
Tuesday, March 27, Wednesday, March 28-STAAR writing testing for Fourth graders
Tuesday, April 24, Wednesday, April 25-STAAR math and reading testing for Fourh graders


Have a great three day weekend! Be sure that your child reads, writes, and practices math facts!

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

Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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