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, June 3, 2013

Thank you for a wonderful year!!!!!! Have a safe, fun, reading-filled summer!

HI,

Thank you for an amazing year! I loved coming to school each day to learn with these wonderful students.

Be sure to read A LOT this summer. Email me and tell me about your summer and the books you are reading.

Go to Think Through Math and I-Station to practice skills and have fun.

Record your reading minutes on the Scholastic Summer Challenge website for our class.

Go to our class moodle page and write posts. Check back and respond to your classmate's posts.

Write me a note and send it in the envelope that I gave you so that we can be pen pals.

Feel free to go visit your pen pal from The Court or write him/her letters.

Email me and let me know what you are doing. I would love to hear from you.

Be active, have fun, and be safe. See you in August!

Love,
Mrs. Bartholomew
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