Sara VanDerWerf

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Math Fails 2019 Set #5 – 112 new pictures to download

It’s that time of year again! It is time to release my newest additions

Classroom Norms – for students & TEACHERS.

This GIF will give away my age. This TV show, Cheers, started running

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Creating Mental Space through Classroom Organization

Megan Rubbelke GUEST BLOG POST: Get ready for several blog posts coming

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How to THANK a teacher!

Normally I write posts with math teachers as my audience. Not today.

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Small Change, Big Difference part 1. Why you should eliminate ‘POINT’ from your vocabulary.

Hello my friends. we are moments away from the start of 2019. When you

Using Name Tents throughout the year. Guest Post.

My blog stats in the month of August EXPLODE each year. One post that

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Math Fails 2018 Set #4 – 87 new pictures to download

For the 4th year in a row, on August 1st, I am releasing a new set of #mathfails

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Why I love having cell phones in my mathematics classroom!

On April 1, 2017 I wrote a post titled “Why I’ve started teaching

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MCTM 2018 5 ways Elementary Teachers can Support the work of Secondary Math Teachers RESOURCES

Hello you all!. My friend Laura Wagenman approached me 6 months ago and

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NCTM 2018 Presentation Resources ‘Engaging Students in Seeing Structure’.

NOTE: This is probably my longest post ever. I tried to write up my

My favorite question I ask strangers at conferences.

Hey all – I am sitting in a session the 2018 National Council of

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Why I always carry a $1 bill and 4 quarters when I teach. (aka ’30 seconds to Oh!-)

For most of my career I’ve taught classes with students with the

Why I hang orange plastic golf balls from the ceiling of my classroom. A favorite teaching moment.

If you walk into room 219 at South High School you may want to duck if

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#NCTMannual 2018 Engaging Students in Seeing Mathematical Structure

I am doing a session at NCTM’s annual conference in Washington DC

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A peek inside my classroom space

My first day with students is this Monday. I am sitting here on a Saturday

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Math as an analytic tool to challenge power, privilege and oppression. A place to start.

I will not let my silence mean I agree with what is going on around me