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, April 3, 2015

Newsletter

Hi,

We had our first round of STAAR testing this week and everything went well. Our next set of state tests will be in a few weeks. On April 21, the fourth graders will take the Math STAAR and on April 22, they will take the Reading STAAR. We will do well, if we keep working hard and trying our best. I am impressed with how much effort our students are putting forth and how excited they are about learning.

The students did a great job on their Texas Hero projects. They researched collaboratively using the Google drive, organized the important information, and presented that information to the class. The projects are on display in the hallway and in our classroom.

We will be working on Text Structures this week in reading. We will also work on the characteristics of each genre, such as expository text, narrative text, poetry, and drama. Ms. Walkup showed us a new site for creating presentations called Powtoon. We are going to read a short piece then do a book report using Powtoon. The students are welcome to experiment with Powtoon at home.

We will resume our reading log, vocabulary, spelling, and summary and response homework this week.

In Social Studies, we will finish up learning about the Texas Revolution and begin learning about the Republic of Texas.

Dates to remember:

Monday, April 6-Tutorials from 2:45-3:45
Tuesday, April 7-Tutorials from 2:45-3:45
Wednesday, April 8-Summary and Response due
Thursday, April 9-Service Club from 2:45-3:45
Friday, April 10-Summary and Response due, Vocabulary test, Spelling test
Saturday, April 11-Empty Bowl Event at Cedar Ridge High School from 11-2
Monday, April 13-Reading logs due with 20 min. of Istation, Tutorials from 2:45-3:45
Tuesday, April 14-Pen Pal Visit from 9:30-10:30 in library, Tutorials from 2:45-3:45
Wednesday, April 15-Summary and Response Due
Thursday, April 16-Writing Club 2:45-3:45
Friday, April 17-Summary and Response Due, Spelling test, Vocabulary test-Science Day
Monday, April 20-Reading log due with 20 min. of Istation, Tutorials from 2:45-3:45
Tuesday, April 21-Math STAAR Test-no tutorials
Wednesday, April 22-Reading STAAR Test
Thursday, April 23-Service Club 2:45-3:45

Have a great weekend! Email with any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
Pam
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