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In Mrs. Pechette's 1st grade classroom the last day of school before winter break is stuffed animal day. Students bring their favorite stuffed animal to class. They are asked to leave the animal on their desk when the leave for lunch recess. When they return they find their friend wrapped in a blanket that Mrs. Pechette's has knitted for them. A pretty nice day...
Social media doesn’t “make it easier” for teachers to form “boundary-crossing relationships with students.” It makes COMMUNICATION easier, period. If teachers have poor judgment about communicating appropriately, that’s a different story.
Let’s be clear: social media isn’t the enemy. Poor judgment is. - apropos of Adrienne on tumblr: http://timlauer.tumblr.com/post/14416719796/social-media-doesnt-make-it-easier-for-teachers
Even on a rainy day, we still get quite a few bike riders...
What is elementary, worldly wisdom? Well, the first rule is that you can’t really know anything if you just remember isolated facts and try and bang ‘em back. If the facts don’t hang together on a latticework of theory, you don’t have them in a usable form. You’ve got to have models in your head. And you’ve got to array your experience—both vicarious and direct—on this latticework of models. You may have noticed students who just try to remember and pound back what is remembered. Well, they fail in school and in life. You’ve got to hang experience on a latticework of models in your head.
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The quote is by Charlie Munger of Berkshire Hathaway…
on tumblr: http://timlauer.tumblr.com/post/13024336163/what-is-elementary-worldly-wisdom-well-the
This photo was used on a USDA blog to promote National School Lunch Week.
Bike delivery day...
Our custodians have been working hard this summer getting ready for the start of school. We have two fantastic custodians and they do a great job...
I played with this image in Snapseed on the iPad...
I ride by these two tree just about every work day...
Last week, the City of Portland began work on the construction of some pedestrian improvements near Lewis Elementary School. Sidewalk installations have begun on SE 45th avenue at locations that previously did not have sidewalks. This includes a section of sidewalk directly north and south of our crosswalk on SE 45th and Evergreen. In addition it looks as if a pedestrian island is being installed at SE 45th and Glenwood, and a section of sidewalk is being installed just north of Glenwood on SE 46th. These improvements will make it easier and safer for students and their families to walk and bike to and from Lewis.
Clinton Street is a major east/west bike route throughout inner southeast Portland. It recently received some enhancements to acknowledge its designation as a bike boulevard. These include new signage as you can see above. More about Clinton Street can be found here: http://bikeportland.org/2011/01/13/clinton-street-bike-boulevard-enhancement-finally-coming-45936
A bit of urban art... Little army guys, and a dinosaur, taking up a beachhead on a bike rack on Hawthorne Blvd....
Playing around with the tilt shift setting on the Canon S95. A great pocket camera.
Was going through some old school photos today and found these. The bicycle pictures are dated 1958... The one on the right is not dated, but judging by the clothes, I'm gonna say late 70's or early 80's...
This was shot at our neighborhood Fourth of July parade today. Each year neighborhood kids decorate bikes and wagons and are lead around the block by a local fire truck. After the parade the firefighters bring out the hoses...
I have seen some shots like this up on Flickr, and the other day my wife pointed me to http://dearphotograph.com/ , a site dedicated to images constructed with old photos and the stories behind them. The old image of Lewis Elementary is from 1976. Was going through some old files today and found some documents that discuss the history of the school. I hope to spend some time this summer doing some research on school history. I think it is important that we and our students consider the history of our buildings, the stories they can tell and remember those that came before us.
I was in a rush today and am not entirely happy with the shot. Plan to try again next week and see if I can do a better job...
Our trees that we planted in February are doing well so far this summer.
Kathy is a teacher. She has a basket.
on tumblr: http://timlauer.tumblr.com/post/6910718096/kathy-is-a-teacher-she-has-a-basket
