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Conditioning

The five-minute conditioning drill of the day involved students seeing how many points they could gain in executing the following: Overhead-straight-armed-lunges halfway down the gym floor, & five push-ups at the end of each length=1 point.

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Conditioning

The five-minute conditioning drill of the day involved students seeing how many points they could gain in executing the following: Overhead-straight-armed-lunges halfway down the gym floor, & five push-ups at the end of each length=1 point.

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In Your Face!

The students at Lewis Elementary had opportunity to work with partners to alternately “give off,” and “read” two different facial expressions, one coined the ‘What are you doing?‘ face, and the other the, ‘You need to stop that right now!‘ … Continue reading

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In Your Face!

The students at Lewis Elementary had opportunity to work with partners to alternately “give off,” and “read” two different facial expressions, one coined the ‘What are you doing?‘ face, and the other the, ‘You need to stop that right now!‘ … Continue reading

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A World of Colors

Today we got to enjoy the Third Grade performances at Buckman Elementary, an Art Magnet School in SE Portland. Buckman is the only school in the entire public school district to boast a full-time music/drama teacher, full-time art teacher, and … Continue reading

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