I hope everyone has been enjoying their summer as much as I have. Well aside from that silly surgery I had! Right now I'm getting prepared to go back to work. I only have a week and a half before teacher in-service begins and two and a half weeks before I'll be standing in my classroom in front of my students. Every teacher knows what this means; the classroom must be prepared, and the lesson plans must be ready to go! This year I have added a new class to teach, so I can't rely on what worked great last year to supplement my new stuff, I am starting from scratch for this class. I will be teaching 6th and 7th grade math, Pre-Algebra, and Algebra I. I'm really excited about adding Algebra to my line up. It was my FAVORITE class in high school. This summer I have been revamping my lesson plans to include more activities and more student involvement. I want them to discover and learn more and I want there to be less of my lectures up in front of them.