Project Ride Smart

Thursday and Friday at Heron School in North Natomas. dsc03064The leaders are Elle

Classroom instruction.

Classroom instruction.

and Pollyanna.
ABCQuick Check

ABCQuick Check

Today for blacktop drills, almost everyone was ready to practice scanning, looking back over your left shoulder and calling out how many arms were raised.dsc03081Before leaving the right lane position, bicycle drivers must scan, signal, scan, and merge if there is no car coming. It’s hard at first to turn your head far enough to make that judgment call, so practice is important.dsc03082Meanwhile, over to the side, I worked with the weakest riders. dsc03070 Oh Kenneth. Here is the condensed version of his indignant Thursday speech: “If there were only two forms of transportation in the world, walking and bicycling, I’d outlaw bicycling. This is just too hard.” On Friday: “Bicycling is fun!” This after actually riding 100 feet independently back and forth about 5 times before insisting on a break. In fact, he had great balance, he just needed to keep pedaling! I would call that a hard-won success story.dsc03074The following must have been a fifth-grade poem-writing project, poems were on display in every classroom.dsc03072

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