Monday. By 7:30, all the bikes are ready for the day’s blacktop drills.
Last day of bike drills, tomorrow is the first street ride.
Tuesday. Charlie is here to lead a group. Mike came to repair a few bikes.
My yellow group did a great job on their first ride.
Wednesday. Second street ride. Thank you Milan for riding sweep. Thank you Barbara for joining us with very short notice.
Although I’m trying to cut back on my teaching schedule, sometimes I can’t say no. I agreed to be the co-lead at Natomas Park Elementary for two weeks. Monday: Deanna is an excellent instructor and always calm no matter what comes up. And I discovered I’m a bit rusty in presenting a good lesson.
One small watermelon with a big smile on its face wore a helmet and one melon refused to wear a bike helmet. Both went for a bike ride and both fell. The melon with no helmet cracked its head open and the kids all went “ooooohhh.”
Tuesday. Bike parts and helmet fitting. Barbara was added to the team.
Wednesday: first day of bike drills.
One class had almost half who didn’t know how to ride. I worked with them to the side of the bike drill lanes.
It was about 95 degrees today and there was after-school coaching. Hot and tired by 3:00 end.
Thursday. A classroom day to learn about moving through intersections and right-of-way rules.
This was my last day this week because of a special event on Friday.
The last day of the program. Barbara and Kathy outlining today’s activities:
Triple Rings of Fire:
Mike came by to service a few bikes.
Jibe’s fleet of bicycles. At the end of the day, we stack all the bikes, run a cable through all of them, and finish with a strong u-lock.
Great day with good friends and co-workers.
This was the first street-ride day at Northlake. There were quite a few kids who weren’t ready to go on a street ride. Deanna and I stayed with them and worked on basic skills. Wes and Buddy along with the 5th grade teacher took another group out for a short street ride.
Just a few kids who needed to learn how to ride. Quite a few just wanted to ride around, although we (Barbara, Kathy and I) add in some skills they can also practice like hand signals and scanning.
Today I helped out at Northlake Elementary for helmet fitting day.
Lorge teaching bike parts:
Deanna introducing the next video:
Barbara teaching bike parts to the second class.
I was the only LCI available to lead the final day of Project Ride Smart and H Allen Hight – the bike “rodeo”. Three 10-minute rotations. Charlie did the Slow Race:
BarbaraL led a weaving course called Rattlesnake Rumble:
Kathy led the Bottle Cap Drop:
I was the timer and general organizer. Four very excited classes of enthusiastic 5th graders who were just a couple of hours away from the beginning of spring break. If you’re a retired teacher, you know what I mean by “enthusiastic.”
at H Allen Hight on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. I volunteered to ride sweep for BarbaraL’s Yellow group.
Becky’s Red group:
ABCQuick Check:
Project Ride Smart will be starting soon. Every couple of years, Jibe provides a refresh of the best teaching methods for the 5th grade bicycle driver education program. Deanna presented information on the classroom lessons.
I presented the best strategies for planning and teaching a street ride.
We rode from the Jibe office to nearby Natomas Park Elementary. After lunch in the park, we rode Yellow 1 and Green 2 routes several times. I am so glad Jibe is recruiting and training new LCIs for their bike-related programs.
at Westlake Charter. The prep room/extra teaching space for all four 5th grade classrooms. Doug, BarbaraL, Kathy, Gina, Deanna:
Kathy and I had the Blue group today – all had excellent skills.
Kathy did a great job teaching one of the classes.
