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, January 1, 2017

Happy New Year! Reading logs due on Tuesday!

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and that you enjoyed time with family and friends.  I hope you also had fun reading over the break.  I can't wait to hear about your adventures and hear about the books that you read.

Be sure to record your reading on a reading log (either the holiday log or other paper). Be sure that you read at least 200 minutes and have a parent/guardian signature. Reading logs are due on Tuesday.  Make sure to write a notecard for finished books to include them for your 40 Book Challenge.

On Tuesday, everyone will reflect on their beginning of the year goals and their progress so far, and will revise goals, if needed, and write some action steps to get to where we need to be.  It is hard to believe that we are halfway through our fourth grade year.  We need to refocus and keep our efforts high to be sure that we continue to learn and grow everyday.  

See you on Tuesday with goals in mind and reading logs in hand!  Let me know if you have any questions or concerns and happy 2017!

Sincerely,


Pam 
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