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My name is Alicia McBrayer and I teach sixth grade math at Cedar Ridge Middle School in Decatur, AL. I have just completed my third year of teaching math and sponsoring the math team and I just found out that I gained tenure status!! I am happily married to my high school sweetheart of eight years. We will be celebrating our two year anniversary in August. We have a two year old Bengal kitty named Tinkerbell that keeps us entertained and on our toes! I am originally from Crane Hill, which is in Cullman, AL. My parents built a log house when I was a baby and I lived with them until I got married and bought my own home. I now live in Somerville, AL to be closer to my work. I commuted from Cullman to Decatur during my first year of teaching, which was a two hour round trip, but now I am only about twenty minutes away. I love living in the country and having land, so living in the city and actually being able to see my neighbors would not be something that I would be willing to do. My husband and I enjoy riding sportbikes in our free time and attending drag race events or car shows. We enjoy the privacy that living in a country setting offers, and not having noise restrictions allows us to work on our race cars and sportbikes without complaints from anyone! I was always a very conscientious student in school, and I try to instill my love for education in the minds of my students. I am trying to implement a few elements from differentiated instruction into my classroom to give the students a variety of ways to express their knowledge of the content. I very rarely teach from the textbook, and I try to incorporate real world aspects into the math content so that the students will understand the importance of learning the concept. I use a variety of technology in my lessons, including an Elmo, Mobi, CPS Clicker System, and Brain Pop videos. I am lucky to have a school system that supports the move for classrooms to be technology savvy!