Valerie Sandowicz

Fourth Grade Teacher. Passion for Math Instruction. Cotsen Alum. Grateful!

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@sueh_k @myurielvonaspen So proud of you, Sue!

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@howie_hua 25 x 4= 100 x 3= 300

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@howie_hua 15,30,45,60,75,90 (skip counting) 90 +90=180 + 180= 360

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@suzannehuerta @BerkeleyEverett @UCLAMathProject @jody_guarino @joanna_hayman6 @newd0g0ld @AliciaJack2018 @DrakeJcdrake1 @mathematize4all @YehCathery @smt_williamson @msperling777 @MichelleCente16 So happy to your students use the word partition as much as mine. Love our intentional teacher moves with how tou partitioned btw!

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@suzannehuerta @jody_guarino @DrakeJcdrake1 @BerkeleyEverett @joanna_hayman6 @mathematize4all @smt_williamson @Barrie18498311 @MichelleCente16 This talk has multiple entry points as it allows for unit fraction support and pushes to give multiple names to the same value. 🤍

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@suzannehuerta @jody_guarino @DrakeJcdrake1 @BerkeleyEverett @joanna_hayman6 @mathematize4all @smt_williamson @Barrie18498311 @MichelleCente16 So many ideas were secured in this choral count. Thank you!

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@suzannehuerta @jody_guarino @DrakeJcdrake1 @BerkeleyEverett @joanna_hayman6 @mathematize4all @smt_williamson @Barrie18498311 @MichelleCente16 They loved it! We do a choral count every Tuesday and the extra layer of a model was 🔥 flushed out any tricks for anyone wanting to go from improper to mixed. Thank you!

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@suzannehuerta @jody_guarino @DrakeJcdrake1 @BerkeleyEverett @joanna_hayman6 @mathematize4all @smt_williamson @Barrie18498311 @MichelleCente16 Going to try! Love this!!

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

What do you notice? What do you wonder? #cgi #fractions #equivalentfractions #mathidentity

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

When conceptional understanding of division is given space. So much 💡#numbertalks #mathidentity #mentalmath

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

Leaning into equivalents to understand the WHY 💡Hearing my 4th graders talk about fractions is my fav part of the day. #numbertalks #equivalents

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@sueh_k Yes! How are you using the post-it’s?

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@howie_hua I love this! My fourth graders are so in love with number talks like these. 15 x 10 is 150 and 15 x 6 which is 30 + 30 + 30= 90. Then 150 +100 - 10= 240

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@BerkeleyEverett Still thinking about this… I think I will show the left side (arrays) and ask students to solve. Taking their partial products, I will then pose a true/false with the right side of your visual. I will report back! I love 16 so much that I may have posed this problem already. 😂

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@BerkeleyEverett Mental math, these arrays show much evidence of why flexibility with numbers is important (math identity) instead of a certain strategy used every time is someone’s math identity. For me, this is what is different. 😀

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@BerkeleyEverett When my students are engaging in 16 x 12 in a number talk several will decompose the 16 to make it friendly. Interesting how 12 is decomposed here. Having 2 instead of 6 allows for more entry points for all learners. For my students that want to “stack and attack” during mental

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

@sueh_k Amazing!!!

[Valerie Sandowicz @teachersand]

Congratulations! Looking forward to ordering @sueh_k

[Gina Picha, Ed.D. @ginapicha]

My book came today and I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes reading the preface. I am so grateful that I got the chance to put into words one of the many things my Grandma Yario taught me. ❤️

[Lisa Ward, Ed.D. @MathLisa2016]

Megan Franke and Letting Students Take the Lead, creating opportunities for participation! Thank you for inspiring us today! @CAMathCouncil @UCLAMathProject