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2nd Grade Students Helping with Tree Planing, a photo by lewiselementary on Flickr.
Rehearsal a video by lewiselementary on Flickr. Mr. Jamesbarry’s student rehearse the opening for our drama club production…
Room 17 at Lewis…, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. A view of room 17 at Lewis Elementary School…
Woke up to some snow showers this morning…
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
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
Clinton Street Sign, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. 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
Micro Invasion, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. A bit of urban art… Little army guys, and a dinosaur, taking up a beachhead on a bike rack on Hawthorne Blvd….
Ride to work this morning…, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. Playing around with the tilt shift setting on the Canon S95. A great pocket camera.
Old photographs from Lewis, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. 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…
Enjoying the 4th…, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. 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…
Got to try this again, too many cars driving by, but I really like the idea behind this…, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. 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 [...]
New trees at Lewis…, a photo by timlauer on Flickr. 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

























