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!





Sunday, April 2, 2017

Newsletter

Hi,

I hope you all are enjoying your weekend. 

Food Drive-Bring in canned goods by Thursday for our food drive for the Round Rock Serving Center.

Early Release Day on Wednesday

Mentors are coming on Tuesday-We are so excited to see our mentors again.  You are welcome to come meet our mentors.  They will be here from about 9:30-10:30 in the library.

Monthly Reading Challenge for March-Read a book with at least 300 pages!  Notecards are due on Monday!  We will have a special treat at lunchtime on Monday, April 3. Happy Reading!!!!  

Read about our week:

Reading-We are continuing to read Number the Stars and started our book club books.  We will also work in small groups to read books and articles about WWII.  

Writing-We are writing poems and narratives that could be submitted to Rising Star.  We are reviewing elements of story and figurative language which also supports our reading work.

Spelling-We will learn about the Greek and Latin roots-hydr and aqua, which both relate to water. We will have a test on Friday.

Social Studies-We worked in groups to create an original battle flag for the Texas Revolution. Then presented our flags to the class and explained the colors and symbols used.  Working in groups can be challenging for many people.  It was tricky at times, but everyone found ways to work together and create something new and original.  I was very impressed with their efforts. We will start our Texas heroes research by the end of the week, but the projects won't be due for a few weeks.


Dates to remember:

Monday, April 3-Wear College Shirts, Service Club from 2:50-3:50

Tuesday, April 4-9:00 PTA General Meeting

Wednesday, April 5-Early Release Day, Kona Ice Sales

Thursday, April 6-Food Drive Ends

Friday, April 7-Reading Response Letters Due, Spelling Test, Be sure to turn in completed reading logs. Wear FCE shirts or purple or green.

Saturday, April 8-Empty Bowl Event-We hope many of you will join us at The Festival on April 8 from 11-2pm at Cedar Ridge High School - for more information, visit emptybowlsroundrock.com or on social media @rremptybowls


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

Sincerely,
Pam
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)