June 21– 25
2010
Blake Island
News
Reminders:

No school next week.
Have a great July 4th!
See you on the
6th/7th.

Conference signup
sheet is outside the
classroom door, please
sign up for a time—
they are held the week
we get back to school

SUNSCREEN, please
apply in the morning
and leave a bottle if
you want it reapplied
in the afternoon
“There’s a dog
in the school,
OH NO, What
are we going
to do? As long
as there’s a
dog in the
school, he’ll
have to learn
the alphabet
too: (Arf the
ABCs)”
It’s officially Summer!
...and finally the weather
reflects it! We talked a
lot about summer this
week. What do we love
about summer? Was a
circle time topic, the responses are posted on our
classroom door.
With the sun shining we
played outside a lot. It is
amazing to see how so
many things have been
learned since the beginning of 2010. Some can
now do flips on the
climber, and some who
could not climb it at all
are now sitting on top!
Zaida shows off her skills on
the climber
We resumed our 2nd
lunch outside, which is a
treat for all.
There’s a dog in the school, oh no!
There is a song we occasionally sing with this title. The story is that the
dog has to learn his ABCs,
then you bark the ABCs.
This week, there was a
dog at school. Otto,
Vivian and Sydney’s dog
visited us for about 10
minutes at morning drop
off. What a treat! He ran
around and the kids
chased him and both were
in bliss...Thanks to Laura
and her girls for sharing
him with us.
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Blake Island News
ART
This week we worked with
rubber stamps. We had office
style stamps (signature required) and animals, and cars,
trucks, airplanes. It was fun
to see the patterns and the
choices each individual child
made.
that contained paper, markers, and a stapler, many fans
were made to keep cool. You
probably have a few at home
now too .
As the weather continued to
warm up fans were a natural
progression. On the table
Math, Science, and Marshmallows
-Guess jar is a great Math
game. This week we had
mini marshmallows in our jar.
How many were there? We
all guessed, and then after we
reached forty some had to
reformulate our guesses. The
winning number on Wednesday was 97! Indie, Elliott and
Dutch guessed 100 to win!
-We used a lot of different
magnets on the science table
this week. What do they
stick to inn the classroom/
the studio? How many can
we stick together? Not only
did we explore the magnetic
properties, we also classified
them into categories by color
and shape.
Science with Vashon Island
Whitney gets ready to throw
the bag!
When we heard that Whitney
and Vashon Island were doing
explosions in the big yard, we
were excited. When we
were invited, we were ecstatic! Whitney had a great
project which involved baking
soda and vinegar and food
coloring in a ziplock bag! The
vinegar was mixed with food
coloring and poured into a
bag. Next they placed a “time
release capsule” in the bag.
The capsule first contained
baking soda. After the first
explosion Blake Islanders had
some ideas. Nico suggested
less vinegar, Maya suggested
mixing colors, Sophie thought
more baking soda, and Ellis
wanted to add a rock and
maybe some sand. Each idea
yielded a different reaction
and all were VERY fun!
This Friday we buried our pet rat, Despereaux
in our garden near the berry patch. Some took
the time to say a few words and everyone threw
a handful of dirt onto his burial plot. There
will be a video uploaded to Shutterfly this afternoon. Goodbye dear Despereaux . You were a
great class pet and we loved you.
(Sydney G, with Despereaux in her hood)
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Rebecca’s playdough rat
Games
Quiet time is a great time to experiment with
games. This week we found the GO FISHING
game. This game is electronic, and I was hesitant to
put it out but went against my hesitation and am so
happy I did. There were two of them, and everyone
was great!
Zaida, Jackie, and Rebecca play
GO FISHING.