Sara VanDerWerf
  • About Me
  • Daily Math Thoughts
4

Nerding out on resources for Valentine’s Day.

A long, long time ago (around nearly 20 years ago), a Minneapolis math

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • January 22, 2017
0

I can’t stop thinking about ‘Millenials’

Hey friends!  This post is a bit different.  It is short and it includes

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • January 16, 2017
0

Fish, Google, Teacher Desmos & Twitter (& piecewise functions)

A couple of times a week I receive an email like the one below. I get

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • January 8, 2017
0

Short & Sweet: I love IMP & Desmos & Ducks & Fireworks.

In my Top 10 posts of 2016 Blog Post last week I made a personal blogging

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • January 5, 2017
4

Geekin’ out on 2017!

Happy 2017, my friends!  Tomorrow I go back to teaching after a 2 week

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • January 2, 2017
0

Year 1 of my blog – My Top 10 posts.

I started this blog mid-November, 2015.  As of today, 12/31/16, my blog

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • January 1, 2017
0

The Subaru Effect (in the math classroom & noticing my white privilege)

Earlier today I walked into my local coffee shop and was greeted by Jahlie,

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • December 22, 2016
0

Gifting a Mathmagic Trick

Hello friends!  Every teacher should have one or 2 really good jokes,

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • December 19, 2016
3

PEMDAS (boo) & Bathroom Signs (yea)

14 years into my teaching career I transferred from a high school to a

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • December 7, 2016
2

Visualizing Exponential, Power & Logarithmic Functions

Hello friends!  It has been awhile since I last posted – over 2

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • October 30, 2016
3

Guest Post #2: Challenging our Unconscious Biases from Barb Everhart

26 years ago I was in the Math Ed program at the University of Minnesota

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • August 19, 2016
10

Week 1 Day 2 – Top 10 things not to ask me about your calculator.

On the 2nd day of school last year I sent out a tweet about the top 10

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • August 18, 2016
1

Guest Post: Popsicle Sticks, Glitter & Math from Stephanie Woldum

JUNE 2018 UPDATE TO THIS POST IS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM – SCROLL DOWN. This

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • August 14, 2016
17

How Grand is Your Total? A 25 year old Open Middle problem.

I am sure you are wondering what OPEN MIDDLE problems looked like 25 years

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • August 13, 2016
8

Wall of Shame Part 2! 72 New downloadable images.

Last December, 2015 I posted 80 math fails that you could download to make

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • August 12, 2016
2

Unit Pictures

In a recent post I talked about my love of unit problems from back in the

Continue reading
  • Sara VanDerWerf
  • August 8, 2016
« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next »

Top 5 Posts

  • 5x5 Most Amazing Just for Fun Game
  • 100 Numbers to Get Students Talking
  • What is Math? What do Mathematicians do?
  • Secondary Number Talks (I'll convince you with ducks)
  • Math Fails 2020 Set #6 - using #mathfails to create mathematical discourse.

Recent Comments

  • Mark on Math Fails 2019 Set #5 – 112 new pictures to download
  • Cindy on Desmos IS the new back of the book. (and not just for the odd problems)
  • maheshsea on What is Math? What do Mathematicians do?
  • Marti Shirley on Math Fails 2020 Set #6 – using #mathfails to create mathematical discourse.
  • Harry Thomas on The #1 thing I did in my support Math Classes

Tags

definition engagement feedback first week goals group work hacks holidays just 4 fun Leadership MCA MCTM MTBoS notice wonder oprah PD pictures pi day relationships Resources Student Discourse student talk summer tips websites week 1

Archives

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Copyright 2018 Sara VanDerWerf