Creative Bell Ringers ELA and Early Finishers For Middle School Choice Board
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Do you want to be the best teacher? Would you like to offer a fun alternative for the early finishers who have already done their work? Is one of your goals to encourage creativity and writing skills by using creative bell ringers for middle school? Would you be interested in empowering your students to do independent work as warm-up activities?
If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started with it right away?
Think about what a difference it would make if you started using these creative activities for bell ringers, warm-ups and early finishers to fill in time in your class! It includes:
⭐ 4 Creative bell ringers and early finishers activities CHOICE BOARDS on the innovative HEX TRAVEL BOARD full color - 72 tasks (see below examples)
- Write It Out When In Doubt - story writing start prompts
* I woke one day and I could talk to animals. It was…
* Knock! Knock! It is a joke. My smile was fading away as I…..
* I was running on the beach with my snowsuit on. It was…
- Get Crafty, Get Inspired! - arts and crafts tasks
* Design a T-shirt inspired by your favorite book.
* Create a board game in which everyone wins.
* Invent three recipes: one sweet, one salty, one hot.
- Book Games to Play When You’re Bored - reading tasks (there's no need to read the entire book)
* Look at the cover. Describe it like you would to someone who cannot see.
* Think of the name of the first character or person mentioned in the book. Imagine how he/she looks.
* Read the last sentence and write 10 more sentences after it.
- Set Your Imagination On Fire - challenging imaginative tasks
* Invent a new animal and write an encyclopedia entry for it.
* Brainstorm 20 creative uses for chopsticks.
* Invent a new language and write 5 sentences in it.
⭐Full instructions to use the HEX TRAVEL BOARD with ELA and SEL bell ringers and early finishers
⭐ Rubric and Assessment Sheet with the Teacher's comment section
*This resource can be shared with EASEL by TPT.
Suggestions for Use:
◈ Morning work
◈ Cross-curricular warm-ups
◈ Whole class activities
◈ Fun assessment
◈ Pull bell ringers for sub plans
◈ Weave the warm-ups into a broader unit
◈ Writing mastery
◈ Thematic connections
◈ Cultural perspectives
◈ Fun days
◈ Use the Google Slides version for remote work
Because of the HEX gamification method and the engaging classroom warm-up activities, you can have students work independently which means freeing up time and fostering work ethic the entire class rime.
The large variety of proposed English warm-ups and early finisher activities will challenge the imagination and creativity of the students and will make them think outside the box.
Because of the novelty of this approach, you can be certain that the students will be excited which means a higher level of class engagement and more opportunity to practice English skills.
Just imagine how you will feel when you start to get the benefits and results from this resource right in your class!
Are you afraid that these bell ringers and early finishers activities choice boards will not match the needs of your students? I understand exactly what you feel. Don’t worry! Just try it and if you find this resource not suitable for your class, just email me at thesnappyden@gmail.com and I’ll get you a full refund.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Robin K. has tried the creative bell ringers choice boards for early finishers in her class and said, “This is the perfect activity to meet the needs of various different learners. They choose which board appeals to them. It is their go-to activity for "what do I do when I am done?". So grateful for this resource! I even add it as a speaking and listening grade when they share it with the class.”
Why don’t you give it a try? Click on the “Add one to cart” green button and you can use it right away!
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