Coffee

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@budtheteacher @shareski dinner at DeNicola's tonight http://denicolasitaliandining.com/ data plan ran out :-)

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New projector in the music room...

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Friday morning...

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On the way to Costco...

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Patio...

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Picked up my car from the shop... They not only fixed it, but they washed it too. Thanks MBI Motors

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Would like to get one of these for school...

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Walking through the Lewis Garden...

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Checking out the progress in the greenhouses...

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Fresh wax...

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Barber shop reading...

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Oaks at Clinton Park... Ride to school today.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-25

• NYTimes: In New Office Designs, Room to Roam and to Think http://t.co/QDjWRm7S #
• Lewis Sunday afternoon... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/ZRBbfakj #
• Bike rider on the playground... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/2rMnz6IA #
• Theater, Disguised Up as Real Journalism @carr2n on Mike Daisey http://t.co/PCVFo2kr in reply to carr2n #
• The view from Room 22... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/dp2kdyKt #
• Salad bar @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/pJtKNrEe #
• Skitch for Mac Gets Sharing Through Evernote! http://t.co/q7POwaNM #
• Pictures chronicle poverty http://t.co/LVSNREBq via @CBSNews #
• Letter from China: Apple, China, and the Truth http://t.co/p3VKJzOY via @zite #
• Kindergarten entry task... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/eixKgBHB #
• 2nd grade choir performance... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/Ld0I2pWv #
• Concert over... Nice job by our 2nd grade students... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/ej7B1r9M #
• Bench movers... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/UWA6NXr6 #
• Google Docs Dumps the Dictionary for the Whole Web http://t.co/nGOxqZg1 via @evgenymorozov #
• Sharing his Lego front loader... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/eXvlO15u #
• RT @johntspencer: The start on a YA novel http://t.co/lGzqQyMD I would love feedback #
• Rainy and cold tonight in PDX... http://t.co/3hey1flF #
• Late opening this morning... @ Der Lauerhaus http://t.co/lshzGELR #
• An Ode to Chipper Jones by @RembertManX http://t.co/Tqn3N6UR via @Grantland33 #
• Foggy morning in PDX... http://t.co/wCCYOa2r #
• Foggy ride to school... @ Clinton Park http://t.co/Vww6KNLU #
• Folk dancing, 2nd grade... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/2f8aZ8hK #
• Lunch recycling... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/fSzsusoC #
• A beautiful afternoon in PDX... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/2ErWlHza #
• Backstage... Lewis Talent Show... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/pwJOQDvQ #
• Lewis Talent Show... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/uRuevaes #
• The Lonesome Teacher Treo... From least night at the Lewis Talent Show... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/o9OBceEp #
• Cherry tree on the patio... #springbreak @ Der Lauerhaus http://t.co/v9Aq6iaR #
• Standing Up to the N.C.A.A.: http://t.co/y1G3yxgV #
• Listening to Brian C. Smith on ShiftedLearning while mowing the lawn... http://t.co/TkH1knBH #
• #wizardofozchat “@nytimes: Dick Cheney Recovering After Getting a New Heart http://t.co/dInraaDp” #

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Lewis Elementary Talent Show

Last night we held our 25th Annual Lewis Elementary School Talent Show. A great evening of music, dance, feats of strength, and magic tricks...

Sharing his Lego Front Loader

One of our first grade students sharing the front loader he built from a Lego kit… He said it took him and his dad two months to build…

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-18

• "Well Always Have Darth" ... Popularity of ‘Star Wars’ Endures, Even for Children: http://t.co/OqRUeTq6 #
• SXSW: The Fate of Libraries http://t.co/G7gqqeoz via @Techland #
• Our plum trees are starting to bloom #spring @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/MzCpsXao #
• Out with the dog... Nice evening in PDX... @ Der Lauerhaus http://t.co/Shxjapjw #
• Round up your mates for a GUINNESS on St Patrick's Day: http://t.co/uXx5kyvQ via @youtube #
• 1st grade students heading to Rock Museum @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/ux7n5cPi #
• Staff meeting... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/iFow0f7s #
• I'd feel a whole lot better bout @khanacademy if folks like @ddmeyer were doing content & it looked something like this http://t.co/txeyKR77 in reply to ddmeyer #
• Was waiting for rain to break, but would never get home :-) @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/mWQIbP9z #
• A bit of snow this morning... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/n4itCKo4 #
• No more snow... http://t.co/evln45v8 #
• Lookin at an ebook created by one of my teachers using iBooks Author. Pretty nice work. in the past she made paper pamphlets, now both... #
• Put a bird on it... PDX @ Marshall High School http://t.co/JXcicZE7 #
• "3 fascinating (and pretty) portraits of personal life through data" http://t.co/Z5yUd2LB via @gigaom #
• Daffodils in bloom... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/EJBc84G3 #
• Review: iPad third generation http://t.co/p4HlSbIc via @jdalrymple #
• Sellwood Middle School Band @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/3e9XE4mW #
• Heading to class... @ Concordia University http://t.co/2hxgp4zg #
• Nice field... @ Concordia University http://t.co/Bui2AIKs #
• Out of class early and ready for second half of IU v NMSt game… #
• Finally some sun... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/ZRiqwbhU #
• Picking up dinner... @ Pizzicato Division http://t.co/MzolnjwF #
• Miguel, Trisha, and Arturo... @ Der Lauerhaus http://t.co/3Lvr6DxY #
• . @danbenjamin Have that too... in reply to danbenjamin #
• Getting ready for VCU v IU @ Rose Garden Arena http://t.co/Xy6hlm4m #
• Nice seats @ Rose Garden Arena http://t.co/KocfSmSR #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-11

• Mission Control, Built for Cities: http://t.co/rd60vPQp #
• Ralph McQuarrie... http://t.co/FPY4kzDG via @joeljohnson #
• Wonder what a quarter page ad in the Sunday Times goes for? http://t.co/1tGsU8Z7 #
• Beautiful day in PDX http://t.co/fWybhbbJ #
• Nice to see these... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/zLJPBO8N #
• Beautiful sky on PDX tonight... @ Der Lauerhaus http://t.co/MM4FLVZO #
• Son out with big sister today. He turns 15 tomorrow... Where does the time go? :-) http://t.co/lWaOtg2Y #
• New table in Room 17... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/2geycxlt #
• Happy Birthday Nando #15 http://t.co/M4qhEXDP #
• New seats in our ELL classroom... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/LRuA0pMc #
• Heading home for a birthday dinner for my son Nando... Happy 15th birthday to my son. http://t.co/L5fimqa6 #
• Picking up birthday fries at Dick's Kitchen... @ Dick's Kitchen http://t.co/RRrrTiPN #
• Birthday sodas... @ Der Lauerhaus http://t.co/Y9nXYQjJ #
• 3rd grade garden class... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/XFWXYHI4 #
• Outside recess today... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/ubMhP8Ra #
• Back at school for the Lewis PTA meeting... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/lXeiGmKR #
• Good turn out for the Lewis PTA meeting... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/OWpa2DWc #
• Hokki stools in room 15... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/enlj5QOa #
• PTA meeting wrapped up… heading home... #
• Talent shoe auditions... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/Vixor5GC #
• Talent show auditions @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/wW45bwoP #
• Apple releases Apple Configurator: A free app for schools & businesses to manage mass iDevices http://t.co/9QwxWGpc via @jswiatek #
• Just watched with my son. How social media can matter - KONY 2012 | Invisible Children http://t.co/jdpDmTHT #
• Teachers from Brazil preparing to present to Canby students after their iPod & iPad classroom tour http://t.co/kXHEchdu via @radiumray #
• . @rosannecash Losing the weight, or eating the tapas? :-) in reply to rosannecash #
• Mr. Marchyok's classroom walks down to Johnson Creek... http://t.co/Gcummz9n #
• TED Expands... http://t.co/P34ktCT3 via @zite #
• Friday morning at Lewis @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/ur9Sqqay #
• Lunch helper... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/VYchXKkH #
• Kindergarten yoga... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/2d3VLmJt #
• Lewis Project Second Wind food drive for the Oregon Food Bank... Students donated @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/tuEqHD23 #
• Picking up dinner @ American Dream Pizza - Portland http://t.co/curvEKn1 #
• Nike opening up its FuelBand API at SXSW Managers Hack http://t.co/c1D3Nu9R #
• Mask-Making Residency: Day Two in Mr. Colvin's classroom... http://t.co/5UPUbVU1 #
• Portland school leaders grapple with $6 million drop in anti-poverty money | http://t.co/MmhisiY7 http://t.co/aAVB8tjw #
• Playing around with Apple Configurator (@ Lewis Elementary School) http://t.co/ZgMxIONQ #
• Stand up desk... @ Lewis Elementary School http://t.co/Pu3fWt5z #
• Annabella napping... @ Der Lauerhaus http://t.co/wDb5zy2o #

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Grandparents & Special Friends Day at Lewis

On Friday at Lewis Elementary we held our Grandparents & Special Friends Day. Traditionally we have used the occasion of Read Across America Day to invite grandparents, extended family members, and family friends to our school so that our students can share the place where they spend a significant part of their lives. This invitation provides these significant adults with a window into an important and notable part of their child's life, their experience at our school.

I enjoyed visiting rooms and watching and listening to the interaction between our students and these adults. I was particularly moved to see children guiding their grandparents and special friends throughout the building on tours. As they walked by classrooms and places such as the music room, the gym, the cafeteria, the library, and the garden, I heard children talking excitedly about those spaces, and the great things that take place in those spaces. The photo accompanying this post shows a kindergarten student guiding her grandmother on a tour of the building. I followed behind and listened as she, with a sense of pride and accomplishment, explained to her grandmother about the work and play she partakes in within these places.

Friday was a good day...

Below are some images from Friday…