English Bell Ringers for Elementary - Grammar, Writing, Brainstorm ELA Warm Ups
Jumpstart your upper elementary or early middle school students’ day with these engaging daily morning work and English bell ringer routines! This comprehensive, full-year resource gives you everything you need to start each morning with purposeful ELA warm ups that immediately get students focused and thinking. The activities cover grammar practice, brainstorming, quote reflection, and video journal writing—helping students settle in and begin working from the moment class starts. Simply share the weekly ELA warm ups student handout and display the accompanying slides, and you’ll have low-prep, high-engagement English bell ringers ready to use for the entire school year.
What Teachers Are Saying About These Upper Elementary Bell Ringers:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Absolutely amazing resource! This is one of the best things I have purchased! I love the consistent weekly format and all of the activities. Students love our bell ringer time so much. The video journals are amazing!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ama-za-zing! Exactly what I needed. My students are engaged and have a routine to follow when entering class. Students are writing, talking about their writing, and working collaboratively. Thank you for this resource!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Cannot say enough about how much I LOVE this resource! Great, engaging morning work for the entire year. My students LOVED the Video Journals.
Included in These Upper Elementary Bell Ringers:
➡️ Monday Grammar of the Week: Start the week of English bell ringers introducing a paragraph on a high-interest topic and having students edit grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. The paragraphs include a mix of fiction and nonfiction. Students will strengthen their writing skills while also learning new and interesting information from the passages.
➡️ Tuesday Brainstorm of the Week: On the next day, build students’ idea development, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills with a fun, low-pressure competition. Students brainstorm words connected to an engaging topic for three minutes. You can turn this into a group challenge by having students share responses—if another group has the same answer, both cross it out. Award one point for answers that no other team has!
➡️ Wednesday Quote of the Week: Midweek, introduce one of the 40 inspirational quotes and display the matching ready-made poster in your classroom. Discuss the quote as a class, then have students respond using the included response prompts to encourage reflection and thoughtful discussion.
➡️ Thursday Video Journal of the Week: Engage students with dynamic slides that feature 40 video clips paired with related writing prompts. The videos are inspirational, thought-provoking, and creative, providing a structured way to incorporate video journaling once a week for the entire school year.
➡️ Friday Silent Reading (SSR): Students end the week with sustained silent reading. Each weekly slideshow includes a prompt for students to take out their books and begin reading, along with a unique weekly connection question for students to think about as they read.
➡️ Organized Weekly Student Handouts and Slides: Each of the weeks for these 40 English bell ringers include a folder with a PowerPoint presentation organized by day and an accompanying weekly student handout. Simply distribute the handout on Monday, and students will use it to complete the bell ringers throughout the week.
➡️ General Response Pages (not Mon-Fri Option): Don’t follow a Monday–Friday schedule? No problem! General response pages are included for each activity so you can create a flexible bell-ringer binder and use slides that do not include weekday headings.
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