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, September 19, 2015

Newsletter

Hello Bat Families,

We had a wonderful week! We set up some Google Classrooms for the subject areas in our class and began working on an assignment. They did a great job helping each other and working with technology.

Sunday is Free Museum Day in Austin. Have fun and check out some museums this weekend. http://www.austinmuseums.org/museumday/

Writing Club begins this week on Monday, September 21 from 2:45-3:45 in the library. It is open to all 2nd-5th graders. Come and write with us and share your writing with others.

Toy Drive-The Service Club is starting a Toy Drive to bring awareness to OMS. The toys will go to children at Dell Children's Hospital. Bring in any NEW toys. Suggestion include baby toys, art supplies, Legos, stuffed animals, and I-Tunes Gift Cards. All NEW toys are welcome. Put the toys in the box by the office and give any gift cards to teacher. Service Club will meet again on Monday, September 28 from 2:45-3:45 in room 512. (Our classroom) It is open to all 4th and 5th graders.

Round Rock Serving Center- The Service Club will also volunteer once a month at the Round Rock Serving Center. Our first visit will be on Saturday, September 26 from 9-10. Email me and let me know if you and your family are able to come, so I can let them know our numbers. Your child can come to volunteer, even if they are unable to be part of our FCE Service Club. https://www.rrasc.org/

Reading-
*Continued to work on individual testing,
*Discussed theme, character motivation, and drawing conclusions from information in text
*will continue to work on strategies for reading realistic fiction this week, then will begin working on strategies for non-fiction text
*read independently daily

Writing-
*chose an entry to begin revising, editing, and publishing next week
*will work on drafting strong leads and meaningful endings
*will continue to plan, sequence, and add specific details to personal narratives so that the readers can see a movie in their heads with our words

Social Studies-
*Happy Celebrate Freedom Week!
*learned about the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights
*discussed the Emancipation Proclamation and Women's Suffrage and amendments to the Constitution
*watched several Brainpop videos and Schoolhouse Rock videos to learn more
*recited the preamble-We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. and the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence-
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.


Spelling-
*last week-too, to, two (plus individual words) New lists will come out on Monday.

Vocabulary-
*last week-science and parts of speech
*this week-map skills
Go to Quizlet to play games and practice. https://quizlet.com/

Go to Learn2earn to log in reading time (use your paper reading log also) and respond to your reading. You can also earn coins to change your owl avatar.
https://www.learn2earn.org/

Dates to remember:

Sunday, September 20-Free Museum Day in Austin!

Monday, September 21-Wear Forest Creek Shirts-Writing Club 2:45-3:45 in library

Wednesday, September 24-Early Release Day at 12:45-Kona Ice will be here.

Friday, September 25-Homework packet is due, Reading Response Letter is due.
spelling test, vocabulary test-wear college shirts

Saturday, September 26-Volunteer at Round Rock Serving Center from 9-10 am. Email me to let me know if you are able to come. https://www.rrasc.org/

Have a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for sharing your child with me.

Sincerely,
Pam
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