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I am a 5th grade teacher and have been teaching for over 20 years. I have lived in Long Beach, California all my life. I, on occasion, have tried to move away, but I always come back to LB where my roots are way too deep to leave.

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My great, true, personal garden story: 7 of 390
My granddaughter, Maddie and I had recently experienced some tragic personal losses. I had just lost my husband to cancer and Maddie's mother had recently been through a traumatic divorce from Maddie's father. Maddie was going to stay with me for the summer. We were sitting at the kitchen table, playing "War", a mindless car... More..
Food & Drink > Wine How to pair the right wine with your meal: 2 of 22
Wines are the most wonderful complements to a meal. Wines bring out the flavors of a meal or whet the palate before a meal. It is important to choose the best wine to go with a meal. Wine is judged by its taste, texture and weight. Taste is the way wine brings out the flavor of the food. Texture is when you are eating spicy ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Autumn leaves: 12 of 125
November, the third season of our life, Represents the shade Of dreams and Changes we made. The yellow leaf represents The sunny days of youth When the idealist within Strived for truth. The leaf of orange hue Showed a youth of fun, Social, confident And sanguine. Hot is the leaf of red Of adult new love, Until comfortable D... More..
Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American Momentous battles of the American Revolution: 1 of 8
There were three battles that were fought in 1777. The first battle was the Battle of Oriskany, the second battle was the Battle of Bennington and the third battle was Saratoga. Without the first two, the third battle wouldn't have been won. If the Battle of Saratoga had been lost, America wouldn't have received her alliance... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) An overview on the story of Hanukkah: 1 of 8
Hanukkah is a time of excitement and history. Visualize, for a moment, how a small force of Maccabean soldier-Jews fought and smite a powerful enemy. Think how the faithful Jews felt when the Syrians and their own Jewish brothers had desecrated the Temple. The Syrians shocked that this rag tag group of farmers, led by Judah,... More..
Sports & Recreation > Olympics (Other) Understanding the figure skating scoring system: 1 of 7
Many aficionados of figure skating are aware of the scandal that took place during the judging of the 2002 Olympics and the International Skating Union’s newest technical panel of Judges. Instead of the six point rating, the panel has instituted an elemental rating of each skater. The latest technical panel o... More..
Sciences > Biology (Other) Biology science fair ideas: 1 of 7
All science fair biology ideas can come from almost anywhere. The important part is to find a question that you would like to find an answer. This is called your hypothesis. You will then look for ways to find an answer through experimentation. You then look at comparison data and make a data chart. After you look at the res... More..
Education > Educational Philosophy Teacher study tips for kinesthetic learners: 1 of 7
"Never let school interrupt your education" (Mark Twain) Obviously, Mark Twain would say the same thing today about school. Little time is given to the kinesthetic learner whom many of us call learning disabled: ADD, ADHD are labels given to children because it helps us "understand" their inability to learn easily. Most of t... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) The significance of eating latkes on Hanukkah: 1 of 6
"Hanukkah's latkes teach us that one cannot live by miracles alone", Kalonymus wrote 7,000 years ago. It is as true today as it was then. The latkes story is Judith's story. She was a wealthy, beautiful Jewess (widow) and intensely devoted to Yahweh. It is a gruesome story that tells of heroism of one woman over a town of me... More..
Jobs & Careers > Education Jobs What has worked and not worked with teacher development programs in developing countries: 1 of 6
In developing countries, one of the key challenges is that there is a high level of absenteeism. Not only the children are missing, but also the teachers. There is a lack of materials to use and a lack of existing classrooms. Academic focus is also lacking because of hunger. Children have chores at home that must be complete... More..