Bell work

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

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In my last post, I started talking about Morning Work Activities that don't involve worksheets! Check out some other ideas!

Why I'm Using GOOGLE for Bell Work (and going digital for good!) — Mud and Ink Teaching

Bell ringers will get your students seated and working from the moment the late bell rings. Seated, silent, and on-task. This activity does not actually include the promise of silence, but you can dream. What are bell ringers? I've heard them called a lot of different names, and I've even called them different names myself - bell work, bell ringers, warm-ups, do nows, drills. Justin from SpanishPlans calls them entradas, Elisabeth from Spanish Mama calls them Para Empezar, Martina Bex from…

For the upcoming school year I would like to revamp our Daily 5 “Word Work” options. Last year during that rotation our students completed worksheets on previously taught grammar, spelling, and vocabulary skills. I want to take less of a “drill and kill” approach for this year. I am working on a few different ideas.…

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

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26 Morning Work Ideas and for Primary Teachers. Gather ideas for routines that will work for your kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd grade classroom.

Bell Work is the ideal procedure for classroom efficiency and student engagement. Learn how to successfully implement bell work in your secondary class.