Freebielicious: Teaching With Love and Laughter

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FREE Read and Write CVC Word Activity Sheet

Here's a fun way to practice reading and writing CVC words all year long. Try out a FREE CVC word activity sheet by clicking the image below.

Once at my store, click on PREVIEW!

Students read and color the words, fill in the missing letters, highlight the word, and write the word. Lots of opportunities to practice CVC words! Enjoy!

Sweet Sentiments

I would love to share with you a sweet Valentine writing activity I have been doing for years. It's one of my favorite activities to do, and definitely a favorite of my students, as well.

First, we all write our names on a little slip of paper. I put them all in a big mailbox and everyone chooses a name. Then, we all privately write something nice to the person we chose.

Next, we give each other our sweet hearts and enjoy reading them. (I didn't get a picture of this because I was too busy enjoying my own sweet heart!) Finally, we all leave our hearts on our tables and walk around reading them. It brings us all such joy to read the sweet sentiments.

Here are some of them...

Here is mine! I LOVE it!

The little boy who received a heart from me was so excited. He read it and then ran over to me and said, "Ms. Rosenberg, I need to give you a BIG hug!"

I can't begin to tell you how sweet this activity is. I hope you find the time to do it too. And then come back and tell me how it went!

Pumpkin Craft/Writing Activity

Need a fun pumpkin craft/writing activity?

Head on over to my blog to check this out!

Meet Lori from Teaching With Love and Laughter

Hello, everyone! I am Lori from

I've been a blogger for about a year and a half and I cannot imagine my life without my blog. Blogging is the reason I have "met" literally hundreds of teachers from all over the world. Teachers are such special people!

I feel especially blessed to be a part of Freebielicious. I am happy to call all of the authors of this very special blog, my friends. I often wish we all lived near each other so we could teach in the same school! A girl can dream, right?

I've been a teacher for a really, really, really long time! 20 years to be exact! I got my teaching license when I was 15! Just kidding! I wish I were that young!

I've always taught primary students because they are good for my ego. They think I am the BEST singer, artist, and writer. Truth be told, I can't carry a tune and my artistic ability is very limited. I am a great writer though!

I'll give them that. LOL!

If you asked my students to describe me, they will definitely say I am...funny, forgetful, and clumsy. And smart, beautiful, and the best teacher in the universe! And, they will tell you that I cannot find people in a crowd and that I am really bad with names. All of it is true! ;)

I am a super duper doggie lover!

I am owned by two yorkies and I love them dearly.

Don't be fooled by their cuteness though!

They are spoiled rotten.

If only the clip chart worked with them!

I have a wonderful family, but they are all too shy to appear on the internet. I actually work with my sister. She teaches in the room right next to mine and our classrooms share an office. During the day, we often swap funny stories with each other. She is one of my BEST friends!

Here are a few more facts about me...

-I am a hoarder of school supplies, bins, baskets, cute notepads, and educational activities. I don't think I'll ever be able to use up all that I have in this lifetime! Thankfully, I have a HUGE treadmill that holds a lot of my obsessions!

-My favorite musical groups are...

and

-I always, and I mean always, wear my hair in a ponytail. The only time my hair wasn't in a ponytail, for the past few years, is when I posed for the picture in this post! Really! I can't stand when my hair falls into my face. And I always want to brush other people's hair off their face! I try hard not to, though, because people think that's weird!

-I LOVE to eat! I am a BIG foodie! I don't love to cook, but I just adore eating. Thankfully, teaching, and life, in general, keep me busy and moving around!

-I also love to watch comedies. There are some really GREAT new comedies this year. My favorites are ...

Comic relief is invaluable after a long day teaching!

So, that's me!

I adore teaching.

I adore blogging.

And I adore chatting with all of you!

As a thank you for listening to me go and on about myself, here is a present for all of you! My students LOVE to write the room and here is a generic write the room template that can be used any time of the year.

Click here to download it!

Enjoy!

WOW Work Jar!

Do you need to motivate your students to produce quality work? Don't we all?!

Hopefully, the WOW Work Jar will do the trick!

Click here to download the sign and jar label AND enter to win 100 Brag Tags!

Back 2 School is No Joking Matter Blog Hop

Many of us have already headed back to school.

Some of us are starting this week.

Then there are the lucky ones who have a few weeks left of summer vacation.

But, no matter how you slice it, it's going to happen sooner or later. We all have to go back to using our teacher voices, scheduling our bathroom breaks, sitting for hours writing our lesson plans, and sneaking M&Ms when we think no one is looking.

Well, the teachers from Freebielicious would like to take this opportunity to give you all a few things to laugh about during this time of utter panic and total exhaustion. It's time to take a break from the stapler that won't penetrate the wall, the alphabet letter that slipped behind your white board, never to be seen again, and the hundreds of books in your library that are no longer sorted. Don't think about the tons of meetings you are asked to attend when you'd rather be setting up your classroom, or the fact that you have 5 Ashley's in your class, and their last names all begin with the letter B.

Sit back with a cup of fresh brewed coffee (or chocolate milk, if you're like me and don't drink coffee!) and take a few moments to click through our blog hop and enjoy some hearty laughs. Then, when you are done, you can go back to completing all the tasks on your to do list. I hope you do so with a little less panic and a lot less exhaustion, knowing that you are not the only one wishing you could extend your summer vacation by just a few measly ~~days~~ ~~weeks~~ months.

Head on over to my blog to start the hop!