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, October 24, 2015

Newsletter

Hello Bat Families, 10/24/2015

Be safe and stay dry this weekend. We are not volunteering at the Round Rock Serving Center today. I will let you know if we reschedule. Our next scheduled volunteer trip is on Dec. 5 from 9-10. Hope you can join us.

We had a wonderful visit on Tuesday with our pen pals! We interviewed them, played games, drew pictures, and shared some Halloween gifts. It was very fun and we look forward to seeing them again in December.

RED RIBBON WEEK

OCTOBER 26-31

Monday 26th: “Put a Cap on Drugs”

Wear your favorite hat!



Tuesday, 27th: “Texans Give Drugs the Boot”
Yeehaw! Put on those boots, bandanas and anything Texas today! (If wear boots, please make sure tennis shoes are in backpack for PE classes.)



Wednesday, 28th: “We Mustache You to be Drug Free!”
It’s Mustache Day! Wear mustache anything, shirts, socks, or accessories.



Thursday, 29th: PICUTRE DAY: “A Happy Smile is a Healthy Smile”
Say “cheese” and smile BIG for your pictures to show your Pledge to be DRUG FREE!



Friday, 30th: “It’s CRAZY to do Drugs”
Students can dress CRAZY…have fun and be creative with your crazy outfits! mismatched clothes, socks, shirts inside out/on backwards, hair styles, etc.

Writing Club meets on Monday, November 2. The students will choose their writing pieces, however we will talk about UIL Writing Teams. Try-outs for the UIL Writing Teams (2-5) will be on November 16 during Writing Club. The club is from 2:45-3:45. All 2nd-5th graders are welcome. We will meet in the library and pick-up is in front of the school.

OMS Toy Drive continues. Donate new toys to bring awareness to OMS. The toys will go to patients at Dell Children’s Hospital. Our goal is 200 new toys. We have about 75 toys so far! Thank you in advance for your support.

Bring in coins for Coins for Coats and Newspapers for Garden Club.

Reading-We continue to learn about non-fiction or expository text. We read an article about the wolves in Yellowstone National Park. We compared the views of the wolf activists and the ranchers. We also watched a cool video about how the wolves changed the park. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q We also continue to work with our book clubs. We are working hard to keep track of our thinking on post-it notes as we read, then bringing that thinking to our book club meetings to share. We are also working on leading the conversations and extending our thinking together in our group by finding proof in the text and asking questions. We are also reading independently everyday and recording on our book logs. Be sure to read everyday at home and record on your log! The kids should turn in a complete book log about once a week.

Writing-We are gathering entries for Expository Writing and have chosen a piece to go through the writing process. We will continue to revise and edit.

Social Studies-We made charts about Native Tribes in Texas and will continue researching this week. We will also talk about our project choices to show our learning about a particular tribe.

Spelling-We are continuing to learn about irregular plurals this week. Each child will also have individual spelling words.

Vocabulary- This week we are working on words with ation. We have a Shel Silverstein poem that will help us practice. (conversation, exaggeration, etc...) Practice on quizlet.

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:

Monday, October 26-Service Club from 2:45-3:45. Wear FCE t-shirts.

Tuesday, October 27-library check out

Wednesday, October 28-Early Release Day at 12:45-Kona Ice at FCE

Thursday, October 29-Picture Day

Friday, October 30-Homework packet is due, Reading Response Letter is due.
spelling test, vocabulary test-wear college shirts

Monday, November 2-Wear FCE shirts. Writing Club! Come to library from 2:45-3:45.

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

Sincerely,
Pam
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