Sarah J {A Sunny Day in First Grade}

Happy Saturday!!

It's Sarah from A Sunny Day in First Grade!

I'm so excited to be a part of this SUPER collaborative blog with some even more super teachers!

These girls are so inspiring and I know that you will love them too! :)

 First, let me tell you a little about myself.

I am a first grade teacher from NH.

I've lived here my whole life and teach in the town next to where I grew up.

This is my sixth year teaching, all first grade. :)

I just love my littles!!!!

My family and friends are the world to me!

I have the most amazing bf who I've been with for 7 years. :)

We have the cutest little puppy and 3 crazy cats.

They are our kids........for now. ;)

I love doing anything and everything outside.

If it's not raining, that's where you'll find me!

Here's a little freebie for you!

It's a fun little game of Scoot for +9s!

Super Nines Scoot!

I'd love for you to stop over and check out my blog too!

Don't forget the enter the Primary Powers giveaway!!

There are TONS of super prizes! :)

 Thanks for stopping by!

Jaime {Bright Concepts 4 Teachers}

Hi Everyone! I am Jaime from Bright Concepts 4 Teachers.

I am SUPER excited to be part of this collaborative adventure with my primary teaching peeps! I am constantly inspired and motivated by these amazing women and I know you will be too!

Let me tell you a little about myself. I was born and raised in sunny Southern California. I have not moved far from where I grew up. Literally, I live 2 miles from there. I have been married for 13 years to my college sweetheart. We have two beautiful boys who are 10 and 7. I spend most of my free time at baseball fields cheering my boys on. 

This is my 16th year of teaching. I have taught fourth, first and second grade. This is my fifth year teaching second!

One of the best things about teaching is watching the light bulb turn on when a student gets a concept! With the implementation of Common Core, I think it is so important to make the standards accessible to the students in a fun and meaningful way. I try to create activities for my students that will help them be creative and find a love to learn!

Here are a couple FREEBIES to help you inspire your students to find a love of learning too!
The first freebie is a set of I SPY Place Value cards. I place these around the room and have the students walk the room when they finish their work to answer the questions. The kids love to get up and move. 

I also want to share a set of Quotation Mark Task Cards with you. These cards are very versatile. They can be used in small groups, whole groups, intervention, centers and so much more! Your kids will love reading the cards and showing off their knowledge of quotation marks.

Quotation Marks Superheroes FREEBIE!

Thanks so much for stopping by Primary Powers! I'd love for you to visit my blog Bright Concepts 4 Teachers and follow along on my teaching adventure!

Make sure to follow Primary Powers with Bloglovin', so you don't miss out on meeting all of our SUPER authors each day! 

Also, don't forget to enter our AMAZING blog launch giveaway going on right now! Just click on the giveaway button above to take you to the rafflecopter where you could win some INCREDIBLE gift cards for you and for your classroom! 

Ka-Pow! The Heroes Have Arrived!

We are SUPER excited you're here! Primary Powers is a group of primary bloggers who got together in Vegas and realized we have some SUPER ideas to share with you! 

You can meet the Heroes of Primary Powers {here} Make sure to follow along with us as we introduce ourselves over the next month! Bet yet, leave your email over there and have the goody sent to you each day! We all have a fun superhero themed goody to share with our new followers! 

To kick off our new blog, we've put together an incredible giveaway! 

Five lucky winners will be randomly chosen using Rafflecopter.  Prizes will be awarded to those who were selected, in the order they were selected.  For example, prize #1 will go to the first person whose name was selected. Prize #2 will go to the second person whose name was selected, etc. Good luck! 
a Rafflecopter giveaway

And the news gets even better because we are celebrating the launch of Primary Powers with an exclusive deal with Educents! You can score a fabulous product from each of our authors! 

This bundle has 21 instant downloads, over 1,000 pages of materials that are ready to use, and variety of topics to pull your through months of teaching!  $100.75 retail value available for a limited time for $29.99 which is 70% off!  Extreme value alert!

Concepts covered are: addition, subtraction, graphing, time, money, reading, fluency, spelling, writing, close reading, grammar, story element in fiction and nonfiction, and much, much more!  

Products are perfect themed for the upcoming seasons!  

- spiders and camping for October

- turkeys, Thanksgiving, scarecrows for November

- winter, penguins, the holidays, and New Years for December

Other great items include:

- a calendar that could be used as a parent gift

- a data folder to track student growth

- literacy and math centers

- printables

- units of study

- close reading passages

Check out the previews below...     

Grab this deal before it's gone! 

Don't forget to come back tomorrow to meet our first hero, Jaime from Bright Concepts 4 Teachers!