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, December 3, 2012

Dates to Remember and Homework for week

Hi,

Here are some dates to remember:

Biography Project due on December 17-Students are reading biographies, some may read several biographies, each child will choose a person for a project and an essay. We will be writing the essay in school but I have attached two ways to plan the essay. Students will present an oral report on their person containing the information from the planning sheet. They may also do a poster, powerpoint, dress up as the person, etc.... as part of their presentation.

Science Project Checkpoint #1-due December 10-Papers came home last Thursday. Let me know if you have any questions.

Science Test on Electricity on Wednesday, December 5

Pen Pals Visit Tomorrow, December 4th-We will be in the science lab at about 9:20 until about 11:00. You are welcome to join us!

Early Release on Wednesday, December 5-12:45

Homework this week:

Read each day and record on book log
write three reading responses by Friday

Writing-write at least one entry (free choice) in writer's notebook, some may also need to write final copy of Personal Narrative for homework

Math-Different paper or activity each day, due next day

Science-study for test on Wednesday

Word Study test on Friday

Convention Sentences test on Friday

Have a wonderful week! Ask your child about our tree frog!

Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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