Allison Lau

Primary teacher in #SD38.

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

After learning about our community, we collaboratively created our version of the City of Richmond! Each student brainstormed what they wanted to create. All I did was make the road and Fraser River. The rest was created by the students!

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

Last week was all about pumpkins!

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

Draw something that is beautiful.

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

Paper salad anyone? This was a great way to assess my students' ability to use scissors

[Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski_]

The next SD38 Math at Home video shares how to make your own chalk and ways to use it to do math on the driveway, sidewalk, etc.

Full video here: https://t.co/zne5gnjeL8

#sidewalkmath #sd38learn

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

Giving my Valentine's Day bouquet a second life by using the flowers for drawing and watercolour painting!

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

Spotted a worm during our nature walk!

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

Starting the morning off with building words we know

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

Morning provocation to match the snow outside.

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

What words start with the letter M or have a short "m" sound? After creating this long list together, K/1 students wrote their favourite word on a cue card & drew a picture of the word.

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

@HTHTRDU came to our class this week to explore the power of light energy. The kids loved it. Thanks for coming!

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

My students were SO proud of their weaving art. They made their own cardboard looms, learned how to weave with yarn and chose their own sticks from outside. They did such a good job. I'm so proud! #sd38learn

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

Partners were tasked to read and create a web about how indigenous people were connected to plants OR animals. Through a jigsaw activity, they shared their information with another group who did a different topic. I love seeing students learn from each other!

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

Challenge: Build a platform that is at least 5cm tall and can hold a pumpkin.

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

@jnovakowski38 visited our class today to introduce number talks and mental math strategies. What a great way to build computational fluency in math!

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

Thanks for coming in today! I learned a lot and I'm sure the students did too!

[Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski_]

Practicing addition strategies with grade 3 students at Mitchell @MFirebirds
What does math practice look like?
How do number talks build math discourse, community, flexibility and computational fluency?
How do we we use materials as thinking tools?
#sd38learn

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

What do you do with a box? You create boats, houses, mailboxes and airplanes that drop parcels from the bottom of the plane!

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

Getting to know each other by writing similarities on cue cards and creating a tower with it after.

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

With teamwork and communication, we can lift anything off the ground!

[Allison Lau @ms_alau]

First week activity calls for a paper chain challenge!