Sara VanDerWerf - Inspiration and resources for mathematics teachers

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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

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2017-18 Math Holidays

I know a lot of us math educators have a love/hate relationship with celebrating

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STAND & TALKS. The best thing I ever did to get students talking to one another.

UPDATE 11.15.18: I recently did a 1 hour Global Math Department

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My Week 1 Math Posts – plus something new

It is that time of year again when we are all heading (or about to head)

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My speech to myself to start the 2017-18 school year. #goals

Today I was leaving Target walking towards my car. 20 feet in front of