Florida Teacher Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Sunshine State! Enjoy yourself as you take a tour around our wonderful {and large!} state! Grab some freebies along the way, 

and be sure to enter to win our Bundles of Sunshine! 

**Hi everybody!  It's Andi's sister, Jill, learning how to do a Blog Hop :)**

To see how much fun Andi and Max are having

Check the IG roll over here------->>>>>> 

Starting out as a military baby, I've lived in quite a few places but most of my life has been spent here in Vero Beach, FL. Even with a few jumps in between, I managed to get my first teaching job at the school where I went to Kindergarten - 

AND Coach Jones was still there - love him!

Spent most of my high school days here at the beach.  Which is Vero's most popular draw for many now that the Dodgers left us. :(

Vero is a quiet, pretty town. Our claim to fame are Piper Aircrafts, Inc., Flight Safety, and our Polo Venues. We have a large art district- Museum of Art and several nice theatres - even our high school theatre brings in some special performances.

   

 Pictured above and below is what consumes my life now-a-days.  I have two teenagers who like to be outdoors.  Soccer, four-wheeling, and fishing are common for many kids around here.  Agriculture is also very big here - Indian River is known internationally for our citrus, but there are also many farms with livestock and horses galore. My daughter loves riding and working with horses.  She rides both english and western. She loves games, shows, trails, obstacles and jumping.  

    

We have 2 mini's at home, Simon and Belle.

 They share space with 15 chickens, 

a guinea hen, and a crazy dog.  I really want a "Have you hugged your chicken today?" 

t-shirt, but my kids will disown me! - how rude :/ 

(ps.  All my chickens have names and I do hug them, especially Shadow, Road Runner and Red)

Here are some locally grown cuties we get to see around town now and again.  

Both have foundations to help children here in Vero. 

Jake will end his tour here in October. His shows are always the talk of the town.

This weekend, we have freebies for you to enjoy! Stop by each of our blogs for an activity or idea to use in your classroom. To grab my freebie just click here!

This freebie is because I LOVE Whole Brain Teaching! Several years ago, Andi and I went to one of their day in-services, back when it was called Power Teaching - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!  We tweaked what they had a bit to fit us, but still follow their protocol.  We start our day, every day, by saying the rules.  My "helper of the day" loves to be the leader for this.  Mrs. Shipley doesn't know me, but I've followed her blog for quite a while and she is such an inspiration and great role model/ resource for implementing WBT.

The Florida teachers below have two fantastic giveaways for you! You can enter once from each one of our pages. All you have to do is follow my blog! Hop around to all the blogs listed below, and be sure to follow them to get more entries. The more entries you have, the more likely you are to win! Each pack also includes a Starbucks gift card (because, well, a teacher's gotta have a coffee!).

a Rafflecopter giveaway

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Come find out more about the beautiful state of Florida by 

reading about these other sweet teachers!

An InLinkz Link-up

**If you've read this far... I also have a very special bundle fundraiser for COTA in honor of one of my students who has been listed for heart transplant**

Check that out here for your chance to help change a life - thanks xoxox

  

~Enjoy~ Jill

Monday Made It

It's Monday.

Which means we have another entry for Tara's Awesome Linky Party, Monday Made It.

Holy Guacamole!

Alright, so school has not officially started and I'm already knee-deep and a week behind.

Busy, busy, busy, I was with workshops, meetings, and Kindergarten Camp.

Oh ya, we had a big 'ol Kinder Camp last week, and I got to meet a handful of my soon-to-be babies. All I have to say about it is... I was T-I-R-E-D by three o'clock!

Also, I'm going to apologize to y'all now, too, because I have been a terrible blogger and follower. I have so many unread posts on my Google Reader that I am officially afraid to open it. Yikes! Didn't somebody have a Resolution Linky Party going on right now?

Well, I've already FAILED at the whole "Time Management" resolution I always make.

In order to feel like I have accomplished something for last week, I was on a project making marathon yesterday.

Of course, almost all of my projects were courtesy of you awesome bloggers out there!

Thank you!!!

1. 'How Do We Get Home' Clip Chart by Krista Carlson from The Second Grade Superkids blog.

*Maybe this will help me keep track of my students better {fingers crossed.}

 2. Five Finger Hand Signals by Run! Miss Neslon's Got the Camera blog.

*I love these! They are so bright and cheery. Need to find a spot for them...hmmm....

3. Whole Brain Teaching's Super Improvers Wall Headers by Little Minds at Work blog.

*I can't wait to hang this up in my room. It is so cute!

As you know, I use W.B.T. in my classroom and the Super Improvers Wall will be a new addition for me. It is a great way to reinforce positive behavior.

4. Brain Breaks Cards and Sticks by The Sweet Life of Third Grade blog and Keep Calm and Teach On blog.

*I've included Harry Kindergarten sticks because my kids LOVE Harry Kindergarten!

They are over the moon to dance to one of his YouTube videos.

5. Reading Comprehension Posters courtesy of Kim Adsit's website.

I just love these, too. I've been meaning to make some of these for some time now. They'll be great to use during guided reading groups.

*Use Post-Its to complete the charts again and again!

6. A little chevron art for the wall.

*I started quilling {paper rolling.} Not great, but it was fun and I could do it! However, taping off the canvas was really flipping difficult. Don't look too closely at it!

7. Last, two little elves left me four seat crate covers at my front door. Merry Christmas to me! Okay, it was my sister and my dad who made them for me. I didn't even know about it. What a nice surprise. :)

*Here are some 'before they were crate seats' pics courtesy of an elf:

Well, it's late and I still have a ton more to do before my Common Core workshops this week.

More time tick-tick-ticking away...

Happy Monday!

Currently August!

Hello August!

It's that time....  Linking up with Farley

 ... and I happen to be on the road 

<<insert fabulous sister, aka ghost blogger to save the day, holla>>  

A few things about B2S

1. The Bee Books are the Organizational Home school Connection Tool.  Can't live without them.  

2. WBT  is AWESOME!  Join Coach B and learn a dynamic, interactive, effective teaching strategy to engage everyone in your class.  My sister and I both do this.  We went to an in-service a few years ago and we are HOOKED!  We are happy to share more about WBT.

http://www.wholebrainteaching.com/ 

3. Cute and Turquoise, a fun room re-do

I would love to insert a bunch of cute stuff here,but Andi hasn't taught me that yet!!! 

I'm really lucky to change font size, but I did insert a video (wahoo)

She will have great stuff next post ;)

Well, That's all for now~ Thanks, Farley!

Andi and Jill
holy cow-oly, I linked to the mustache instead of Currently, Must edit before Andi finds out!!!  
Add lots of comments so I don't get fired <3 Jill