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Sorry for the delay! I’m going ahead and making my post for the week, even though I still have 60+ posts to read in my reader. You’ll just have to stay tuned to see if there were any stars in those!

And for those of you that are SOTW, feel free to use the code below to grab the badge!

 

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Here are some of my favorite posts:

Glenn (@gwaddellnvhs) has achieved his goal of writing a post that was #SOTW-worthy with this awesome collection of MTBoS stuff. BOOKMARK IT NOW to send it to that teacher you meet who hasn’t heard of the MTBoS (or for when you think “who did that thing…?”). I even made a bitly for you: bit.ly/mtbosresources You’re welcome.

Casey (@cmmteach) has been knocking it out of the park with her MTBoS ABC’s. Maybe it’s back-to-school emotions, but her B post made me tear up a little.

Math by the Mountain, WHO ARE YOU?!? I mean, I know you’re @MathByTheMt, but WHO ARE YOU!?! I love her/his (but the font choice makes me want to say her?) justification posters! Wouldn’t it be great to have a wall covered at the end of the year with all the cool stuff you learn in Geometry?  And if you’re an exit slip type of person (or want to be) then this Exit Slip Extravaganza is for you!

So I think maybe I should rename Stars-of-the-week to Sara-of-the-week! This week Sara (@saravdwerf) has updated her math wall of shame  and posted a very cool visual for units. I love her visual course-at-a-glance at the bottom of that post. That would be so much more beneficial than a boring ol’ syllabus or table of contents!

And as if she didn’t have enough awesomeness, she’s now forcing other people to be awesome, too! I can’t WAIT to have my problem solving students make Stephanie’s (@mrswoldum) trig art BUT WITHOUT ALL THE GLITTER. (That was a very cool trick you played on your friend. I should revoke all of your SOTWs just for that.)

This feels a little self-promotional, but I LOVE Dave’s (@Dave_Sabol) idea of a “How I Teach” series! (and it just happens I was the first to volunteer as tribute.)

Hey, let’s give Ali (@AGEiland) a big high-five as she blogs her first week as a teacher! I’d say she picked two very good words.

And to book end Ali’s blog, here’s a great list of 13 Things I Was (and Right) About in My First Year. All of y’all follow the Love, Teach blog, right?

And now for some of my favorite tweets:

Q: How much do we charge for our calculators?#NationalTellAJokeDay https://t.co/Z7owFggwkw

— Joel Bezaire (@joelbezaire) August 16, 2016

Be sure to join in the high-five padlet!!

A high five to @cmmteach Also, thank you @samjshah for doing this. Awesome idea! https://t.co/B6LTZXCA2q

— Kathy H (@kathyhenderson) August 16, 2016

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (poster coming soon)

Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth. – Ted Rubin #quote

— Donna Boucher (@MathCoachCorner) August 14, 2016

Becca coming to the rescue after NBC made it difficult for me to find a much-needed gif!

@mathymeg07 pic.twitter.com/ixYIemd7Vt

— Becca Phillips (@RPhillipsMath) August 15, 2016

And some more gold-medal Olympic tweets:

Watching #Rio2016 reminds me of that time I beat Usain Bolt in the 100m. Students were SUPER impressed 😉 #MTBoS pic.twitter.com/YoSv9vfRDk

— Hannah Mesick (@girl_got_range) August 16, 2016

Rounding, sig figs, & 2.39mm/0.001s. This Is Why There Are So Many Ties In Swimming https://t.co/nYpM0jEXGg #math #mathchat #Rio2016

— Amy Hogan (@alittlestats) August 13, 2016

Don’t tell me representation doesn’t matter. After #SimoneManuel won, this little girl said, “I got next.” #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/2BmVp8JNoA

— TyreeBP (@TyreeBP) August 12, 2016

PUPDATE: My Wall of Cute images were located and then scanned for posterity by Mr Craig.

@mathymeg07 we can repopulate with Dogs of #MTBoS ! Chester and Smudge will get you started!!! pic.twitter.com/e24nmzIusm

— Susan Russo (@Dsrussosusan) August 9, 2016

And I think that is the perfect image to end this post on! Bound forth and be the joyous stars that you are!!