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(picture of a poster in my classroom)

//**ME, MYSELF, AND I**//
//Caroline... better known as Lina// //**Carreer:**// //*Industry: education// //*Occupation: elementary teacher (6th grade) in independent school// //*Location: [|The Paideia School], Atlanta, GA//

//**Blog:** [|View From the Attic]//

//**About me:**// //*mother to 4 adult sons// //*pending grandmother to another boy// //*teacher for 20+ years// //*guardian to a multitude of dogs and 1 ancient, deaf cat//

//**Interests:**// //*budding curiosity about astronomy// //*hands-on kid science// //*dog agility// //*playing in the dirt (semi-successful gardening)// //*reading//

//**Collections**:// //*puzzles// //*antiques// //*stamps//
 * doll houses

**BOOKS**
//read-a-loud as a child: __Charlotte's Web__// //book enjoyed as a child: __Little Colonel__ series, __Anne of Green Gables__ series, __The Borrowers__ series// //favorite book I was read as a child - Jennifer: __Little House__ Series// //book read as an adolescent: __Gone with the Wind__// //book that I wasn't supposed to read but read anyway: __Forever Amber__// //adolescent literature read as an adult: __Golden Compass__ series// //recent adult fiction: __Pillars of the Earth**,** Secret Life of Edgar Sawtelle__// //poet and writer: Edgar Allen Poe// //worst required reading: __Mayor of Castorbridge__// //by others:// worst required reading for Paul : //One Hundred Years of Solitude// worst book I read as a teen that I loved as a young adult: //Silas Marner// worst required reading for Tami: __//A Tale of Two Cities//__ and __//A Passage to India//__ favorite books read as a child for Tami: __//Where the Red Fern Grows//__, __//Wrinkle in Time//__ series favorite books read as an adult for Tami: __//The Cider House Rules//__ and __//Chinese Takeout//__ favorite contemporary for Joy: __Atonement__ and __The Secret History__ favorite all-around for Joy: anything by Neruda, Lorca, Faulkner, Twain! //favorite book as a tween: __Bridge To Teribithia__ - Amy// //favorite adult fiction: __The Time Traveler's Wife__// - //Amy// favorite to read to my daughter: __Green Eggs and Ham__ - Brandon favorite book of all time that no one else has ever heard of but Hollywood made a bad movie of: __Jubilee Trail__ by Gwen Bristow favorite fiction book: __The Name of the Rose__ - David favorite children's fiction I discovered as an adult - __A Wrinkle in Time__ and __Stuart Little__ - Martha A.

**ASTRONOMY TRIVIA**
//What are some interesting trivia facts about our planets, solar system, galaxy...//?
 * 1) //Sunsets on Mercury are blue!//
 * 2) //Some moons are potato shaped//
 * 3) //Constellation Pleides has over 300 stars, not just the 6 or 7 visible stars//
 * 4) //Earth and moon have already collided//
 * 5) //Lightning is about 3 times hotter than our sun. - Amy//
 * 6) //Sun flares are much hotter than the surface of the sun itself... heat of 1 flare can be equal to 10 million hydrogen bombs!//
 * 7) //Rain on Venus is acid rain... but it evaporates before ever hitting the surface//
 * 8) It snows on Mars... but the snow melts before it hits the surface (Colin)
 * 9) An astronaut's heart grows smaller when he goes into space (because he is breathing pure oxygen) (Parker B.)
 * 10) The earth gains 10 - 100 tons of matter per day from astroids (Colin)
 * 11) Computers can be powered by elephant dung (Will)

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Try this [|jigsaw puzzle] of a picture taken on our class camping trip. It's fun. You can even set the number of pieces you want.