ELA BELL RINGER BRAIN TEASERS - Daily Puzzles and Stories
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Daily morning work, warm-ups, do-nows, brain breaks, enrichment, bell ringers- whatever you call them, your grade 5-8 ELA classes will call these brain teasers FUN! Promote problem solving, inference making and critical thinking, while increasing student engagement. Challenge your classes to think creatively and analytically every day! For most students the only thing that could beat having a brain teaser bell ringer every class for an entire term is getting a completion mark for their bell ringer journal at the end of term. A simple rubric is included.
Other ways to use these brain teasers
-- These 3-5 minute DAILY brain teasers could be used as exit tickets to keep students focused right through to the last minute of a block.
-- OR as fun activities for early finishers.
-- They could also be high interest homework on most days (except for Team Time Tuesdays) for students who typically grumble about homework.
No teacher supervision is required
Except for Team Time Tuesday, students can use their journal as an independent work packet.
The Internet is not required for any of the bell ringers. The only supplies required (beyond the photocopied journal) are some scraps of paper from the recycling bin. The answers can be displayed by using the included fun PowerPoint.
Here's how the week unfolds!
Mix It Up Mondays
On Mondays, students will never know what is going to await them. Riddles? Speed writing? Finishing off a humorous tale? They will have to race to your room to find out!
Team Time Tuesday
Tuesday is the time of the week when the bell ringer is a team effort with at least one or two others.
Word play Wednesday
Word play -such as fun puns- abound!
Brainteaser Tale Thursday
A brain teaser short story will entertain your students and exercise their analytical skills to work out the answer.
Funny Friday
On Fridays, chuckles are always on the menu! Jokes, riddles and general silliness will put a smile on your students’ faces.
How to present this resource
Photocopy the 24 pages of this resource (2 pages for each week of a 12 week term) for each child. Students will write in responses every day and submit the brainteaser journal/workbook for completion marking at the term’s end. Some of the activities have no right or wrong responses. The answers for those that do can either be displayed in a colorful PowerPoint, or photocopied from the answers section of the PDF with one answer sheet for every desk.
List of contents
Bell ringers --- pages 1-24
Answers --- pages 25-36
Journal Rubric --- page 37
This resource is part of an exciting 50% off brain teaser bundle: 50% OFF BRAIN TEASER BIG BARGAIN BUNDLE
Students will love the 15 tales in Mini Mysteries grades 5-8
or BRAIN TEASER MINI MYSTERIES VOL#2
OR select a bundle of ELA Games and mini-mysteries: Brain Teaser Bundle grades 5-8.
If you want a mystery resource that demands writing from your students, try Reading Comprehension Mysteries & Questions
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