Bell ringers for middle school

Liven up the first few minutes of class with our Bell Ringers for Middle School! Get your students thinking critically & ready to learn!

Bell ringers are warm-up activities that students complete at the beginning of class—when the bell rings—while teachers get ready for their day.

In the last couple of years I have gone through some teaching position changes that I never thought would happen to me. I taught self-contained 5th grade for three years (that included my student teaching). I knew nothing else, and honestly, at the time, I didn’t really want to. Long story short, I moved across ... Read more

Your middle and high school students will enjoy responding to these fun bell ringer questions which transition them into an academic mindset!

Begin each of your classes with bell ringers or warm up activities that your middle or high school English students will love!

Shhh! Did you hear that? It was the second bell. They’re COMING. Skipping, tripping, sauntering and marching right down that hallway. Are you ready for your students? Because make no mistake, they are ready for you! In an instant, the classroom goes from empty and silent to bursting with energy. Let’s face it: we teachers ... Read more

Let's test some vocabulary skills!! Boggle white board game for Wordy Wednesday. Middle School Motivation.

If you do not know where to start, but want to introduce bell ringers in your class, I’ll share with you one of the bell ringers I use this year.

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It’s likely you’ve heard of bell ringers or have even incorporated some form of them into your own classroom routine. It’s also likely you completed them as a