A Little Bit About Me

Welcome to my first post on this blog.  Since I love math and numbers, here are five fast facts about me:

1. I teach 7th and 8th grade math in the school that I went to from Pre-K to 8th Grade.  It's such an awesome experience to call some of the most influential teachers in my life my colleagues!  (Although I still have a hard time calling some of them by their first names!)
2. I really do love teaching, my school, and my students.  I never mind getting up and going to work in the morning.  In fact, I look forward to it (which says a lot because I am NOT a morning person)!
3. I am just about finished with my Master's degree in Educational Technology (all I have left is my department project this fall).  I'm also getting my Supervisor's Certificate.
4. I have been married to my wonderful husband, Matt, for three years now.  
5. I am a total foodie.  I love to cook and am slightly obsessed with the Food Network, food blogs, cookbooks, and cooking magazines.  I even have a cooking blog that I started in January 2011, www.cookbookmeals.com.

So that's a little about me.  Here are my three goals for this blog:

1. Since joining Pinterest a few months ago, I have discovered so many amazing teaching blogs.  Education should be about sharing, and my main goal is to share what works in my classroom.  I would love to hear what works in yours as well!
2. I love using foldables with my classes.  Although I just started using them this past school year, my students and I both loved them.  I will share all the foldables I create and the ones that I find online with you.
3. Interactive notebooks are a new initiative I am planning on using this September.  I have already started creating one for my 7th grade classes.  I will talk about my experiences with notebooking.

Of course, I'll include lots of pictures and documents in this blog.  I'm really excited about it!