Archives for 2011
New benches at Lewis Elementary…
Stuffed Animal Day in Mrs. Pechette’s Classroom, a photo by lewiselementary on Flickr. Via Flickr: 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 [...]
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
Taken with a Canon S95 using the miniature effect… Was a beautiful afternoon in Eugene…
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Tonight the iOS 5.0.1 update arrived, which means a chance to test the new over-the-air update system introduced in iOS 5. Over-the-air updates are one of the most important sanity-saving features of iOS 5 for people managing large installs of iOS devices. Instead of having to connect to iTunes, download a 700MB+ restore image and [...]
Hearty Bike Riders…, a photo by lewiselementary on Flickr. 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. [...]
Reed College student Li Zha leads a chemistry lesson with Ms. Jen’s 5th grade students. Li is the leader of the Reed College Chemistry Outreach program. The program is modeled after the Reed Biology Outreach program. Both programs provide Lewis students with the opportunity to learn science with Reed students. We thank Reed College for [...]
On Monday, Lewis parent Professor Dana Katz visited room 10 to help with an art history lesson. Dana is a professor at Reed College in the Art History department. She helped lead the students in an art lesson focused on portraits. Look for their work posted in the hallway.
Ms. Kennedy’s classroom has a new reading bench, compliments of her husband Craig. Over the past two weekends he built the bench and it is now placed in Room 17. He did a great job with the finish work, and he experimented a bit to get just the right shade of stain so that it [...]
One of the best features of iOS 5 on the iPad is the ability to project your iPad 2 screen wirelessly to a display via AppleTV. This is accomplished via Apple’s Airplay technology. The AppleTV has an HDMI connector so, basically you just plug your AppleTV into an HDTV and your can wirelessly project your [...]
Our 5th grade students have just finished two weeks of bike safety classes under the sponsorship of of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance , Safe Routes to Schools and the City of Portland . Today our 5th grade students took part in a neighborhood ride where they were able to put into practice the skills and [...]
At Lewis are very happy to have musicians Kate Finn and Rick Weiss working this week with students in Mr. Colvin’s 4th grade classroom. Through a grant, Kate and Rick are working with our 4th and 5th grade students to provide a songwriting residence experience. Students work in groups to write songs on a theme. [...]
At Lewis we have two cob benches that were built by students under the direction of natural builder James Thomson. From time to time they need a bit of maintenance and a new coat of plaster. Today Mr. Thomson, along with an assistant, visited the school to make some repairs to our oldest bench, and [...]
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In preparation for their visit to the Reed College Cooley Art Gallery, Gregory MacNaughton visits with 3rd grade students at Lewis Elementary. I had the opportunity to observe Gregory deliver his presentation in our 3rd grade classrooms. He does a great job of sharing his excitement for the gallery and the opportunities it provides our [...]
Our 5th grade students have started bike safety classes this week. They will be working this week and next learning traffic safety and safe riding techniques. We thank our friends at Safe Routes to School and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance for their help and support with this program. Bicycles arrive….
On October 21 we held our Fall Community Dinner. Over 150 members of the Lewis community joined together in the Lewis cafeteria to share a meal prepared by Chef David Anderson of Genoa. We thank David and the folks at Genoa/Accanto for their generous support of Lewis. Also we would like to thank all of [...]
School Lunch…, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. This photo was used on a USDA blog to promote National School Lunch Week.
Bike Safety Class…. bike delivery…, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. Bike delivery day…
North hallway at Lewis, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. 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…
Clinton Park Trees, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. I played with this image in Snapseed on the iPad…
Clinton Field Trees…, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. I ride by these two tree just about every work day…
New Sidewalks Near Lewis Elementary, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. 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 [...]
