Sara VanDerWerf - Inspiration and resources for mathematics teachers

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Duluth Desmos Training

Note: I will be adding resources/information to this post later this

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31 things I want to remember to do more of…with a downloadable calendar.

I am pretty proud of a 31 day changeable & repeatable monthly calendar

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The Backwards Brain Bicycle – The BEST thing we did all year

***UPDATE*** 8.18.16 Tony Riehl from Montana made his own backwards bike

Sign-up for Summer 2016 PD with Sara VDW

Hello Friends! I am happy to announce I am offering four 1/2 day Professional

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Bringing my student’s community into our classroom.

No more excuses. It is time for math teachers to see our classrooms as

Minneapolis Planning Calendars

This blog post is a resource for the employee’s of Minneapolis Public

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Modeling Googling

First a request – STOP telling your students “If you don’t

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Achievement Level Descriptors (& what your actions tell students)

I am currently the President of the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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Origami 3D Model

In 1992 (yes, a long time ago) I was given the not yet published version

What coughing up snot & funerals reminded me to do better in my classroom. Part 1 of 3 in the CONTRAST Series.

This post is part 1 of a 3 part series of posts on CONTRAST. You can

SWWC Conference Resources

Hey Southwest Minnesota Teachers! I loved hanging out with you today!

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Math Wall of Shame (80+ printable pics)

In many posts I’ve talked about one of my main goals as a math teachers

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22 minutes, Mindset, Grit and Trauma

Note to the reader: Stay with me on this post. It is long. I am going

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5×5 Most Amazing Just for Fun Game

UPDATE DECEMBER 2021 – Simplified Version: I’ve spent

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ADD ‘EM UP! One of my favorite review activities

Update: October 2016. I used this activity for the first time this school

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Why I love VELCRO. Love it. Love it.

Hey friends! This is the first in a series of posts with TIPs from an