Reading Informational Texts Standards Based Bell Ringer Journal for Grades 6-8

Welcome to the BEST EVER Standards Based Bell Ringer Journal to help middle school ELA students master the standards of reading informational texts! This bell ringer journal includes SIX bell ringers for each of the Reading Informational Texts standards that build in complexity from simply understanding to synthesizing their understanding.

Here's how it works: Determine the standard your students will be studying for the day. Choose the standards based bell ringer that matches that standard. As students continue working on that standard on subsequent days, choose bell ringers that increase in complexity. Learning is MEANINGFUL and SCAFFOLDED and helps middle school ELA students to MASTER the reading informational texts standards.

The Reading Informational Text Standards Based Bell Ringer Journal includes:

- A 52 page standards-based student bell ringer journal

- Bell ringers for each of the 10 reading informational texts standards

- Bell ringers that build according to Bloom's Taxonomy of higher level thinking

- Bell ringers that connect in meaningful ways to any reading informational texts lesson

- Charts for students to self-assess and measure growth and learning for each reading informational texts standard

- A 56 page teacher guide and answer key

- Ideas for implementing bell ringers in fun, active, engaging ways

- Digital Link: print bell ringer journals OR share in Google Classroom

- Cover pages for each standard

- Tabs for easy navigation through the bellringer journal and teacher guide

Help your students find their way towards MEANINGFUL, STANDARDS-BASED learning in the first five minutes of class!

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