Memorial Day is a day set aside to remember our patriotic heroes who sacrificed their lives for our freedom. It is also a time that families remember loved ones that they have lost through the years. Check out the link and videos below to learn more about Memorial Day.
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I had a fun day at the Memphis Zoo with some friends. While we were eating lunch at the Zoo café, I noticed a gibbon having some fun once he saw someone he recognized enter the building. Check the video out below to see what happened when I got close to the window!
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Thank you so much for all the parent support and help at Field Day yesterday. I appreciate you volunteering and attending today’s activities with your child. We had a lot of fun. We earned two third place, one second place and one first place ribbon for our participation in the games played.
Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend. Don’t forget that 4th grade promotion is at 8:30am on Tuesday.
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On Monday, I asked students to create an ABC book that I could give incoming fourth graders next year about how to survive in my classroom. All of the kids did a great job. Here are a few that are finished that I’d like to share. Click on the PDF links below to read the books!
Yesterday, Dhairya spent her last day in 4th grade at Carver. She begins her travels today to visit her family in India. We all wish you well and safe travels! I can’t wait to hear about everything when you return as a 5th grader in August! We will be thinking about you as our year comes to an end! Your daily homework assignment from me is to have lots of fun this summer!!! 
Carver’s Field Day is this Friday, May 25th! This is both a busy and fun day. Check out the link below to download the schedule and get more information about Field Day.
Our schedule is as follows:
One of our favorite custodians is retiring from Carver this year. I’ve always enjoyed my conversations about sports with Mr. Williford and I’ll miss seeing him at work. He does a tremendous job at our school. The staff hosted a M&M themed retirement party for him this afternoon and we all had a good time of fellowship with one another. Thanks Mrs. Diffey for sending me the following two photos. One includes me and the other is a photo of Mr. & Mrs. Williford.
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I read this article on Yahoo News this morning before work, and I must say it makes me want to get started selling lesson plans!!! I haven’t checked out the site completely yet, but it looks very interesting!
Here is a direct link: http://news.yahoo.com/kindergarten-teacher-earns-700-000-selling-lesson-plans-200139239.html
Here is the article:
By Zoe Fox | Mashable
Teaching isn’t known to be a lucrative profession, but online marketplace Teachers Pay Teachers is changing that for some educators.
Deanna Jump, a kindergarten teacher from Georgia, has made $700,000 selling her lesson plans onTeachers Pay Teachers, an ecommerce startup where teachers offer their lesson plans to fellow educators.
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Paul Edelman, the founder of Teachers Pay Teachers, created the platform following a four-year stint as a New York City public school teacher.
“I had an insight that the materials teachers created night after night had monetary value, so I set out to create a marketplace called Teachers Pay Teachers,” Edelman told Mashable. “Teachers are now making a pretty significant supplemental income and creating higher quality materials.”
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During the first two years of Teachers Pay Teachers, teachers would pay for the lesson plans they wanted to use, though many would then be reimbursed by their schools. On Wednesday, Teachers Pay Teachers launched a purchased orders option, which allows schools to purchase several lesson plans directly for their teachers.
Edelman expects schools will become the primary buyers with the new purchasing option.
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Teachers Pay Teachers focuses on lesson plans for pre-K through 12th-grade classrooms. The most popular subjects are English and language arts, science, social studies and math.
The site has about 700,000 registered users, of whom 10,000 are sellers. Edelman estimates that of the sellers about 6,000 are earning money. The teachers earning money have so far earned $7 million selling their lesson plans, once Teachers Pay Teachers takes out its commission.
Teachers selling lesson plans have the ability to set prices, title their products and make changes based on user feedback. Users can also follow their favorite content creators. Jump, for example, has almost12,000 followers, who are notified whenever she posts a new lesson plan.
Lesson plans are often sold for $5 to $10, though many are available for free.
The teachers who sell lesson plans use social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Edelman says Pinterest now drives more traffic to Teachers Pay Teachers than Facebook.
About 93% of sales come from the U.S., 5% come from Canada, 1% come from Australia and the remaining 1% come from the rest of the anglo-speaking world.
Is a marketplace for lesson plans a good idea? Tell us your thoughts in the comments.
Image courtesy of iStockphoto, hamzaturkkol
This story originally published on Mashable here.
Have a great weekend!
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The Southwest Dairy Farmers brought their mobile dairy classroom for an interactive experience with students at Carver today. The 4th grade was first up this morning and we learned a great deal about dairy products. Check out the photos above to see more from our experience earlier today For more info about the Mobile Dairy Classroom visit www.southwestdairyfarmers.com
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