Nikki Szajkowski

Illustrative Mathematics Certified Facilitator•CORE Math Consultant •Learner and Listener•Mama to 3 boys•Wife• Mountain lover•

[Illustrative Mathematics @IllustrateMath]

SAVE THE DATE: Researcher Peter Liljedahl will join us on Thursday, May 4th at 11:30 am ET for our second webinar in the IM Experience Webinar Series, "Building Thinking in an IM Classroom." You won’t want to miss this experience! #IMxWebinar #LearnWithIM

[AnterO))) Garcia @anterobot]

Last week, my friend Sarah (@MrsBonner301) “involuntarily resigned” from her classroom teaching position.

I am so disappointed with the ways our schooling systems are failing our best teachers.

With her permission, I'm going to share Sarah’s statement of resignation. 🧵

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

Inflation Alaska style. 😱

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

@RPhillipsMath @mdoconnell16 Nope! I’m out in the town!

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

I just completed 10 (!) hours of presenting math PL via zoom. I’m not sure if I’m ready to conquer the world or crawl into bed!

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

I’ve had the privilege working w/schools across WA state this month. The comment I’m taking w/me was from a teacher: “I’ve always looked at student work & noticed what is not known & then nit pick all of the wrong. Now I’m going to look at all that kids DO know and go from there”

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

Fantastic two days of learning with @SVUSDSchools teachers digging into @IllustrateMath. My favorite part was listening to these educators share how they will use IM to support all their learners!

[Maureen O’Connell☮️ @mdoconnell16]

So much amazing information gleaned from listening to students in Centers. @IpswichPublic Thanks for your input @MrsWelchGrade3 @Miss_Woodworth https://t.co/YENE5mEbUG

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

@Sneffleupagus Oh yes! Moving from ND to AK was a huge shift. Groceries, gas, housing etc…

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

I’m wondering about moving the teacher discussion forward from “rightness” and “wrongness” to a noticing what understanding is there and what next steps would be there for the classroom teacher, or if there are trends like this on other quizzes etc

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

What are your thoughts on this piece of student work, and no points given. Quite the PLC debate today! What would your next teacher moves be? Questions for this student? #mtbos @shankifymath218 @mdoconnell16 I’m looking to you for great thoughts!

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

Amazing mathematicians at work today @BismarckSchools in Julie Eder’s 3rd grade. Thinking and talking about fractions, what they mean, where they land on an open number line, & why the whole matters. So much sense making! @learnbps @ExploreMTBoS

[Tyler Rablin @Mr_Rablin]

I used to have a sticky note on my desk that just said, "You're not marking errors. You're identifying trends."

This is one of the most important pieces of advice regarding feedback I can offer.

Kids don't need to know what they did wrong. They need to know what to learn next.

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

@TracyZager I wonder how using thinking strategies could be helpful here & cross over? "How does your background knowledge help you know what number to choose?" or maybe determining importance, "I think this pile of blocks is large, so I think it's important to choose a 'big' number..."

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

If you have not sat down to read "Phenomenal Teaching" by @wendywardhoffer with pen and highlighter in hand do so...now! It is the perfect mix of empathy and heart; research, pedagogy and clarity. So good. ❤️

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

Does anyone have any resources on addition/subtraction strategy progressions: specifically, what would say, a benchmark strategy be for the beginning of 2nd grade be versus the end of 2nd grade and so on? #MTBoS #iteachmath

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

@Inv3_Math @SavvasLearning Awesome! Thank you! @sheldon_elsie

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

Love seeing @BismarckSchools PD come to life! @PEBCorg

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

@tara_heydt @AnnEliseRecord @pearse_margie @tara_heydt have you dug into "Understanding the Math We Teach..." it has some great activities in chapter 8!

[Nikki Szajkowski @nikkiskimath]

@DanShuster @openmiddle These are amazing, thank you so much for sharing!