ELA Bell Ringers - 240 Daily Warm Ups - DIGITAL Version Included

Bell Ringers - FULL YEAR Plus! Engage your students at the start of class with these dynamic standards-aligned Bell Ringers! The attractively-designed slides provide 5-7-minute warm-up activities that get students focused and thinking right away!

Includes Google Slides digital version and project-able PDF version.

Your students will enjoy starting class, and you‘ll love the variety of skills you can keep fresh in front of them all year long. And with the Daily Warm Up Student Response Log (print or digital), grading is so quick and easy!

Your students will get LOTS of practice with

-- figurative language

-- sentence editing

-- compound, complex and compound-complex sentences

-- parts of speech and subject/predicate

-- picture prompt quick writes

-- inspirational quotation writing prompts

-- vocabulary in context

You get 422 slides in all, including 240 Warm Ups and corresponding Answer and Teacher Directions slides --A FULL YEAR'S WORTH and more of standards-aligned Daily Warm Ups!

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Included in this Resource: (with CCSS Alignment)

1. --45 SENTENCE EDITING Slides – L.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing (plus 45 Answer Slides)

2. --30 PARTS OF SPEECH/SUBJECT-PREDICATE REVIEW Slides – L.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage (plus 30 Answer Slides)

3. --30 COMPOUND, COMPLEX, AND COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE WRITING Slides - L.1 and L.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing (plus 30 Answer Slides)

4. --40 PICTURE PROMPT QUICK WRITES (WITH DIFFERENTIATION) Slides - W.2 Write informative texts to examine a topic, W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences, W.10 Write routinely over shorter time frames for a range of tasks.

5. --35 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE AND MEANING Slides – RL.4 and RI.4 Determine the meanings of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings (plus 35 Answer Slides)

6. --30 “WRITE NOW” MOTIVATIONAL QUOTATIONS WRITING PROMPTS WITH DIFFERENTIATION (Students choose from two styles of response) - W.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons/evidence, W.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, W.10 Write routinely over shorter time frames for a range of tasks

7. --30 VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT Slides – RL.4 and RI.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text (plus 30 Answer Slides)

8. LINKS AND DIRECTIONS FOR DIGITAL VERSION - Open this PDF to find all the links you'll need to access the digital version of the Bell Ringers, along with step-by-step directions for accessing the content through Google Drive or Microsoft.

9. DAILY WARM UP STUDENT HANDOUT - This neatly-designed handout can be copied back to back and used as a log for student responses.

10. GOOGLE DRIVE-COMPATIBLE STUDENT RESPONSE LOG - For teachers using Google Drive, here's a response log students can type directly into.

11. BELL RINGERS USAGE LOG (for Teacher) - A optional chart is included for teachers to keep a record of the slides that have been used (class, date, etc.)

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If you open the PREVIEW, you will be able to see two Warm Ups for each of the 7 main topics listed above, along with teacher directions and answer slides.

Teachers, here's how I quickly grade these bell ringers:

Students use the Warm Ups Handout, and when the 10 spaces are filled, they turn it in for a grade. I only grade one entry from the five on each side, but they won’t know which one will be graded. If they have completed that one fully and accurately (they are allowed to make changes when we discuss each one), and all the others are completed, they get full credit. You could also circulate and use a check, check plus, check minus system on their logs for their daily effort, if you have smaller classes.

The Writing Prompts add variety and you may want to have them written on paper or in a notebook for more space.

I enjoy rotating the topics often, and students get the hang of these activities with the repetition over the weeks! If you are looking for engaging warms ups that only take 5-7 minutes (and don’t stretch into 15 minutes), you will want this resource!

Please open the PREVIEW to see several examples!

Thanks, --Joy

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