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!





Saturday, January 3, 2015

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! January 3, 2015

I hope that this finds you all well and ready for a wonderful 2015! I had a great break and traveled to Philadelphia to see family and friends, but now I am excited about our second half of fourth grade! I can't wait to see everyone and hear about their adventures and goals for the rest of the school year.

Reading Challenge Logs are due on Tuesday, January 6. Each child was required to read at least 200 minutes over the break and should record it on their log. If the log was misplaced, please write your total minutes on paper with parent signature. It will be fun to talk about all the books we read during break!

If you are still logging in your reading minutes, don't forget to check out the free ebooks from the FCE library. Go to http://www.forestcreeklibrary.com/ and click on Follett Shelf to find tons of online books. To log in, use your regular computer log-in (letter s with 6 digit id number, password is birthdate (two digit month, two digit day, four digit year).

I-Station is also an excellent way to practice lots of reading and language skills. Remember, you can always use I-Station minutes for your reading log!

Dates to Remember:

Tuesday, January 6, 2015-Return to school, Reading Log due (200 minutes)Tutorials from 2:45-3:45

Wednesday, January 7, 2015-Summary and Response due

Thursday, January 8, 2015-Writing Club from 2:45-3:45, Family Fun Night at Jason's Deli

Friday, January 9, 2015-Summary and Response due, Spelling test, Vocabulary test

Monday, January 12, 2015-Reading Log due, Tutorials from 2;45-3:45

Tuesday, January 13, 2015-Tutorials from 2:45-3:45, PTA Meeting at 6:30

Wednesday, January 14, 2015-Summary and Response due

Thursday, January 15, 2015-Service Club meeting from 2:45-3:45, Report Cards in Thursday folders

Friday, January 16, 2015-Summary and Response due, Vocabulary test, spelling test, Talent Show Auditions at 3:00

Monday, January 19, 2015-No school-MLK DAY of Service-Walk to Read Event at 2:00 on the FCE track-donate money and books for Libraries of Love in Uganda, Africa.

Have a wonderful weekend! I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!!!!

Sincerely,
Pam
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)