Bell ringers changed my first 10 minutes and here is the setup

I want to share how I use bell ringers because it is the feature that had the biggest day-to-day impact on my classroom this year. Before: I would find somethi…

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I want to share how I use bell ringers because it is the feature that had the biggest day-to-day impact on my classroom this year. Before: I would find something on Pinterest, print 30 copies, hand them out during the transition, lose 4 minutes to shuffling and settling. I was doing this every single day. Now: the bell ringer is on the board when students walk in. They sit down and start. No handout, no instructions needed once the habit is built. My setup: every bell ringer connects to somethi…

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The performance tracker connection is what I was missing in my bell ringer setup. I was picking skills randomly. Using the tracker to target whatever has the most cracks is a better system. Stealing this.