Such a fun week.
Christy, wearing an orange shirt in the center is also the Parent Champion at Regency Park. Every morning, students who walk to school check in with her to record the time they’ve spent walking or riding their bikes to school. They earn rewards for their efforts.
Friday was Street Ride #3 and it was a bit warm. The sprinklers in the park were on and we let the kids ride through them. Of course a few kids came back totally soaked. The bikes were parked, we all went back to the classroom, and returned the jerseys and helmets. One boy came up to me and said, “Can I have a hug?” Well, yes. However, I should have noticed that gleam in his eye – he was one of the totally soaked kids. Then it became a group hug. Oh yay – ?
Tag Archives: Project Ride Smart
Project Ride Smart coaching day #2
Congratulations, Justine, you are about to be a bicycle rider! Every 5th grader at Regency Park can ride a bike. Christy and I did a one-hour after-school coaching session last Friday and today.
Project Ride Smart
Project Ride Smart at Regency park began Tuesday. I’m working with two new LCIs who are also new to teaching Project Ride Smart – Christy Lewis and Sue Schooley. 
The melon drop:
This melon didn’t wear a helmet:
Mr Young is so supportive. He came to after-school coaching on Friday and taught one student how to ride a bike while Christy and I worked with 4 other students. He also spent extra time reinforcing some of the concept we taught.
Ride leader training at Jibe
Veteran LCIs and about-to-become LCIs got together today for some ride leader training at the Jibe office. Mellissa Meng was the organizer.
We spent 2 hours on bikes in small groups on the streets around Natomas Park Elementary practicing good teaching techniques. Hopefully Project Ride Smart will soon have some new instructors.
Project Ride Smart
This was the 11th day of Project Ride Smart at Westlake Charter School. As it turned out, it was my last day of work. Last week I was fighting a cold but managed to press on. By today, it was clear someone needed to take my place. Darn. WCS is a great school to work at – very modern, supportive staff, engaged and excited students.
Students being interviewed about their experience:
Lots of parent volunteers for the street rides:
Note the student at the far right:
I was so proud of this group. They are perfectly executing a left turn from a stop sign as individual drivers of their vehicles:
North Natomas – Westlake Charter School
I’ve been teaching Project Ride Smart with Deanna at Westlake Charter School since Oct 15, so this is our second week. I love looking at the all the stuff on the walls. I loved this display. This is a picture of the diversity in this classrooom, school, and North Natomas in general.
Project Ride Smart
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:
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.
