Monday-Friday. It was mainly bike rides in the community this final week. The other LCIs were Gina, Doug, and Deanna. We each had no more than 8 students in each group.
Personal safety check:
Some houses had great Halloween decorations:
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Project Ride Smart
at Natomas Park Elementary.
Students lined up to watch Gina demonstrate the 10-step left turn.
Getting back into the regular routine wasn’t easy. I was tired on Friday. And I only worked 4 hours a day!
Project Ride Smart
This was the third and final week of Project Ride Smart at Regency Park Elementary. Street rides on Monday and Tuesday.
Doug leading the green group:
Deanna leading the yellow group:
On Thursday we set up four “fun” stations that groups of students rotated through. Calf roping – throwing a hula hoop over a chair while riding a bike. Triple Rings of Fire – a figure 8 with an extra loop. Newspaper Boy – throwing newspapers at a target. 
And the very popular Slow Race – the last person to cross the finish line without touching a foot to the ground is the winner.
At the end of each class, the winner of each rotation competed to become class champion.
Project Ride Smart
Monday and Tuesday: blacktop drills.
Lined up waiting for me to demonstrate the 10-step left land turn:
Friday was the first street ride. Students completed the ABCQuick Check before leaving campus.
40 bikes secured for the weekend with an extremely long thick cable lock.
Three days to go.
Project Ride Smart
At Regency Park Elementary. My teaching partner, Deanna Yee:
The melon drop which shows the importance of wearing a helmet. Note the four boys in the back row who won’t sit on the grass because it might make their pants dirty.
We worked four days with Wednesday off – so nice to have a rest day in the middle of the week.
Project Ride Smart
The second and final week at Witter Ranch. ABCQuick Check:
Blacktop drills. I’m about to ride down the lane to demonstrate the next drill while Elle and Deanna describe what students are expected to do.
The community bike rides were Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I always take the Red group. 
Early Friday morning fire drill. It was amazing how quiet everyone was.
Today was more of a fun day on bicycles. The “Triple Rings of Fire” -a figure 8 with an extra loop:
The “Slow Race” -the slowest person without touching a foot to the ground was the winner:
The boy in the middle could pretty much stand still:
Project Ride Smart
at Witter Ranch Elementary (just 2 miles from my house). We worked with three 5th grade classes – class sizes of 34-35 students each was a bit more challenging.
Getting ready for blacktop drills by putting on helmets and doing personal safety check:
Project Ride Smart
This week we finished the last of the community rides. I had the blue group – what a great teaching experience. All my students were delightful, they listened when I needed to teach, accepted coaching tips with a smile, and were excellent bicycle drivers. One of their favorite things was to wave car drivers through intersections when it was their turn to go – they knew the right-of-way rules better than adults. 
When I told this group that they could do a picture with goofy faces or whatever, they declined, not even bunny ears. One student told me, “That’s so 2014.”
In the summertime, there’s a button you can push and water squirts out of the horse’s nostrils.
At the end of the day, it usually takes two students to collect jerseys, but this student figured out how to do it by himself:
This was one of the best Project Ride Smart sessions we’ve ever had. The students and staff at Westlake Charter School were wonderful to work with.
Project Ride Smart
Monday: Success! After two after-school coaching sessions, several students had learned to ride.
Blacktop drills: scanning and left turn.
How the bikes were stored each day. The vertical storage was the hardest, lifting the bigger bikes onto high hooks – ugh.
By Thursday, the community street rides began:
Jason was one of our parent volunteers who rode with my group. Here, his son is teaching him how to do the ABCQuick Check before riding. He did a great job.
Project Ride Smart
Today I worked with Deanna and Pollyanna at Westlake Charter School. I love this LCI team, we work well together.
WCS is a brand new school, more on than later in a separate blog post. Getting the bikes down every morning from a not-very-good storage system. Note the electric pump for inflating tires – we pumped up 80 tires (omg-sore right thigh muscles).
Chalking and coning the playground for blacktop drills:
Students lined up to watch a demonstration of the skills to be practiced:
After school, there was one hour of coaching for new riders. My boa of helmets at the end of the day:
This was a long day, almost 9 hours, I was sooo tired.
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