Jennifer Payne, CSCOPE Consultant

Laying ground work… Where will the student keep work? Does work every go out of the room? What kind of time do bell ringers take? How are kids managed/monitored? What benefits come from bell ringer activities?

What are Bell Ringers? Frame s class time (bell to bell instruction) Every second is precious. Transitions are not written off time. Even three minutes can make the difference in instruction. Ask yourself…Do I have access to bell ringers in my current curriculum?

Why Use Bell Ringers? Transition from hallway leisure to classroom learning RAP a lesson Review And Preview Teacher Duty Time Attendance Student Needs Shuffle Focus students on the Learning

Management/Monitoring Folders/Journals/Learning Notebooks kept in classroom Standard form for completing the Bell Ringer They are collected and graded every 5 th class period. Completeness Participation Accuracy If a student is absent, they can copy the prompt from a neighbor

TASK of Bell Ringers What do we expect of bell ringers? Purposeful Content based Thought out Engaging Students can manage You can monitor Transitions during class period Review Preview Work smart, not hard.

Bell Ringer Ideas Remember REVIEW and PREVIEW lesson. Political Cartoons: Historical and Current Video Clips Coaching Questions Games Activities Art and Images Document pieces Pre-assessment This Day in History Short Readings Frayer Model Graphic organizers

Political Cartoons Use APPARTS or SOAPS to analyze cartoons Author Place and Time Prior Knowledge Audience Reason The Main Idea Significance Subject Occasion (Context) Audience Purpose Speaker

CSCOPE Connection This model communicates what message? Graphics can be captured and used to launch prior knowledge.

Video Clips KET Encyclomedia TeacherTube; YouTube

Coach Questions Antitrust laws, designed to prevent monopolies in the United States, would most likely be implemented in which situation described below: A. Several steel factories lay off employees in order to increase profits B. A small company sells products or services under contract to a larger company. C. A national bank buys up most smaller banks within a geographic area D. Newspaper workers go on strike when contract talks with company officials fail

Coach Questions When rounding numbers, students use the place values to determine number rounded possibility. List two numbers you could round the following number During World War II, the United States experienced many shortages of resources. Identify two shortages the United States experienced during World War II.

CSCOPE Connection Within lessons there are scaffolding questions. Moves through Blooms Places teachers as facilitator.

Games With your partner, play Paper, Rock, Scissors for 5 minutes and keep score of who wins each game, including the ties Good introduction to the 3 Branches of Government/ Separation of Powers. After 5 minutes of play, wins and ties should be roughly equal….balance of power. And students can associate Paper with the Legislative branch, Rock with the Executive branch, and Scissors with the Judicial Branch

CSCOPE Connection Games and Activities inside lessons.

Activities When teaching the Protestant Reformation, have the students create a Top 10 List of things they would change about their school. Relate this activity to Luther’s 95 Thesis.

CSCOPE Connection Fold books and graphic organizers

Art and Images When analyzing images, ask students to try to put the image in context: What is going on the in the image? What is the subject(s) doing, thinking? What message is the creator trying to convey? Is there bias?

Not knowing multiplication tables is like this because…

How is this like math computation?

CSCOPE Connection Some lessons offer art and images.

Documents We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. What are the six goals stated within the Preamble of the United States Constitution? Restate these goals in your own words

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Recipe Card for _______ What are ingredients What are steps Flow chart of steps within…

PreAssessment This could take the form of a short quiz, or a simple ID: List 3 things you know about Native American culture.

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The puffer used what force to move the cup down the meter stick? What force did the puffer have to overcome?

This Day in History The History Channel offers a minute video on their “Lead Story” in This Day in History. Browse through different topics ranging from Old West, Disaster, Automobile, to World War II.

Math problems of the day

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Analogies ______________ is as __________ as _____________ ___________________is to ________________ as Sun is to the sky

Short Readings Primary Source Documents Paul Harvey: The Rest of the Story

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Frayer Model DefinitionEveryday use Analysis: Commutative Property Illustration

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