It's time for my annual bell ringer giant powerpoint update! {See the original, version 2, and version 3, version 4, version 5, version 6}
I also made the first slide link to every Monday slide so that you can jump ahead to the correct week of school if needed.Newer versions since version 6:
Mental Math Monday: Mental math middle school level problems
Tough Guess Tuesday: pictures from estimation180.com to guess how many
Which One Wednesday: Four pictures where students decide which one does not belong
Think Squares Thursday: Simplifying square roots
Factoring Friday: two factoring problems that cycle through the types
- GCF
- Four Term
- Four Term with GCF
- Trinomial a = 1
- Trinomial a = 1 with GCF
- Trinomial a > 1
- Trinomial a > 1 with GCF
- Difference of Two Squares
- Difference of Two Squares with GCF
- Mixed (last 6 Friday slides)
Since 20-21, I pretty much do the same thing every year but change the pictures for Tuesday and Thursday. I have the same students
Hi! I love the use of bell ringers in the classroom. I am sure students have a favorite bell ringer they do. Would you say that students are more engaged with the ones they like more? Have you noticed any negative reactions toward bell ringers?
ReplyDeleteThey prefer Tuesday and Wednesday because there is no work to do :) They say they learn the most from Mental Math Monday. They don't enjoy Factoring Friday but they do enjoy being really good at factoring by the time Algebra 2 gets here. There's not much negative reactions, if they don't do it, I don't push it too hard as long as they aren't interrupting the class. They get confused if it's not on the screen when they come into class. I think it's a nice little intro.
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