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 29, 2016

Newsletter

Hi,

Science Day-Today was Science Day and we learned about so many things. Civil Engineering, Air Pollution, Magnets and Sound, Landscaping Architecture, Heart Rates and Activity, as well as the UNIVERSE (phases of moon, planets, water cycle, etc...) It was amazing! Thank you to Mrs. Jezisek for all her hard work planning and Mrs. Kirby for her work on the schedule. It was a wonderful day with lots of cool experiences!

Field Trip-Bob Bullock Museum was a great field trip! We saw lots of primary source items that relate to Texas History and we loved the 4-D show! Thank you to all of our chaperones. It was a lot of fun and we learned a lot.

Kickball Tournament-The Kickball Tournament, Kids Kicking out Hunger, will be on Sunday, May 1 at Gattis Elementary from12-4ish. Hopefully, your child will be there playing kickball. Don't forget to bring food for the Round Rock Serving Center when you come. If you don't want to play, you can come, volunteer and cheer on Forest Creek! Let me know if you have any questions. We would love to have you all come and support Forest Creek and help us kick out hunger in Round Rock and Honduras! Go to the link to sign up to help. Thank you!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e084ea4ad2c7-volunteers

April Monthly Reading Challenge Form is due at the end of the day on Monday. The challenge was to read a novel that was made into a movie. The Google Form is linked to our website (Bartholomew Bat Cave) or do it on paper. We will have our celebration lunch on Tuesday, May 3.

Volunteer at the Round Rock Area Serving Center from 9-10:30 on Saturday, May 21, 2016 All are welcome.

Flip Flop Drive for Honduras-The Service Club is collecting flip flops for Friends of Los Ninos. This organization, along with Mrs. Shogan, will take our donated flip flops to Honduras and give them to children in Copprome Orphanage and to the people in the villages. This is our third year collecting fllp flops and our goal is 300 pairs of flip flops. All sizes and styles are needed. Put the flip flops in the box by the office until May 23. Thank you so much for your support.


Read about our week:

Reading-We are continuing to review genres and discussing on test taking strategies. We've especially enjoyed acting out drama passages and talking about stage directions before answering questions. We are working hard to read more independently as well. Be sure to work on I-Station at home. I-Station can count as some daily reading and recorded on reading logs also. Go to FCE website, then resources, then students, then click on I-station Math, it may then ask for our school name, type in Forest Creek Elementary, then log in using s###### (student number) password=###### (student number with no S). You may have to download I-Station onto your computer or I-pad. Once downloaded, play games and work on literacy activities everyday!

Social Studies- We are continuing to learn about Texas Independence and will begin learning about The Republic of Texas. We will continue to research our Texas Heroes and begin working more on our projects.

Spelling-We will work on the prefixes mis and pre this week.

Vocabulary-We will not have a vocabulary test this week.

Sign up for spring conferences, if you haven't yet. Spring
Conferences have begun and are going very well so far. Thank you to everyone who signed up. We look forward to meeting with you and discussing your child's progress. Students should attend conferences to talk about their goals and share work samples.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0F4CADA92FA02-mrs

Dates to Remember:

Monday, May 2, 2016-Wear FCE shirts, Writing Club after school from 2:45-3:45

Wednesday, May 4, 2016-Early Release Day

Friday, May 6, 2016-Wear college shirts, Reading Response Letter due, Turn in Reading Logs, Homework Packet due, Spelling test

Monday, May 9, 2016-3rd & 4th GRADE STAAR MATH TEST, Wear FCE shirts, Service Club after school from 2:45-3:45

Tuesday, May 10, 2016-3rd & 4th GRADE STAAR READING TEST

Wednesday, May 11, 2016-5th GRADE SCIENCE TEST

Friday, May 13, 2016-Wear college shirts, Turn in Reading Logs

Monday, May 16, 2016-Wear FCE shirts, Writing Club after school from 2:45-3:45

Tuesday, May 17, 2016-Pen Pal Visit, Reading Celebration for 20 Book Challenge with Dr. Flores

Thursday, May 19, 2016-Rising Star Night, 6-7:30 pm

Friday, May 20, 2016-Wear college shirts, Reading Response Letter due, Turn in Reading Logs, Homework Packet due, Spelling and Vocabulary test, FIELD DAY 12:20-2:20

Saturday, May 21, 2016-Volunteer at the Round Rock Area Serving Center from 9-10:30. All are welcome.

Monday, May 23, 2016-Wear FCE shirts, Service Club after school from 2:45-3:45

Friday, May 27, 2016-Wear college shirts, Reading Response Letter due, Turn in Reading Logs, Homework Packet due, Spelling and Vocabulary test

Monday, May 30, 2016-No school,Memorial Day Holiday

Thursday, June 2, 2016-Last Day of School

Thank you for sharing your child with me. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
Pam
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