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, March 18, 2016

Camp Write-A-Long Begins on Monday!!!!!

Hello,

The four days after spring break will be our amazing fourth grade Camp Write-A-long!!!!!!!

We will write all morning and engage in some fun camp activities, then we will do math activities in the afternoon. Your child can bring in a sleeping bag or blanket, pillow, small stuffed animal,and flashlight. They can dress in camping clothing all week.

Please see the Sign up genius for some supplies that we need to make our camp spectacular.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0A4BA8AD292-writing

Camp Letters
We also encourage you to write a letter to your camper. You can ask family members also to write about camping experiences, write about writing, write to tell your camper how much you miss your camper while he/she is away at camp, or whatever! Be creative! We will have a mail call each day. You can send letters in or you can email them to me and I will print them out. In the past receiving letters at Writing Camp is a big deal for the kids. Thank you in advance.

Writing Camp Celebration
Parents and families are invited to attend our Writing Camp Celebration on Thursday, March 24 at 2:00. Our campers will share their writing with you and their camp experiences. Thank you for celebrating all of our effort and hard work this week. We will also sing some camp songs for you!!!!


Dates to Remember:

Monday, March 21-Writing Camp starts, Bring sleeping bag, reading log, and writing challenge papers. Writing club after school from 2:45-3:45

Tuesday, March 22-24-Writing Camp continues!

Thursday, March 24-Writing Camp Celebration at 2:00.Reading Response letter due, no spelling or vocabulary this week

Friday, March 25-no school

Monday, March 28-turn in reading logs, Service Club after school from 2:45-3:45

Tuesday, March 29-STAAR Writing Test for 4th grade



Have a wonderful weekend! Relax, read, write, enjoy beautiful weather (hopefully), and enjoy time with family and friends.

See you on Monday! Don't forget Spring Break Reading Challenge Logs, Spring Break Writing Challenge papers, and sleeping bag or blanket. Camp Write-A-long is amazing! Be ready for some fun!!!!!


Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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