by Brilliantly Lit
5th - 8th Grade
Daily brain teaser bell ringer fun to boost your Middle School students' critical thinking skills! This freebie is the first week of BRAINTEASER BELL RINGERS: MYSTERY STORIES, RIDDLES AND PUZZLES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
This 12 week, 60 bell ringer resource with answers will make YOUR class the one that all of the students dash down the corridor to! Every day a fun activity that will take 3-5 fun minutes awaits your grades 5-8 students. At the end of term students can hand in their bell ringer journal and receive a completion mark. A simple, speedy rubric is included in the resource.
Here's how the week unfolds:
Mix It Up Mondays
On Mondays, students will never know what is going to await them. Riddles? Speed writing? Finishing off a humorous tale? They will have to race to your room to find out!
Team Time Tuesday
Tuesday is the time of the week when the bell ringer is a team effort with at least one or two others.
Word play Wednesday
Word play -such as fun puns- abound!
Brainteaser Tale Thursday
A brain teaser short story will entertain your students - and have them pulling out their hair to work out the answer.
Funny Friday
On Fridays, chuckles are always on the menu! Jokes, riddles and general silliness will put a smile on your students’ faces.
How to use this freebie
Photocopy both pages for each child. Two of the activities have no right or wrong responses. The answers for those that do are included.
If your students enjoy the brainteaser tale, they will love the 15 tales in Mini Mysteries grades 5-8 and this long, single mystery: Brain teaser mystery fun inferential skills practice
OR select a bundle of ELA Games and mini-mysteries: Brain Teaser Bundle grades 5-8.
If you want a mystery resource that demands writing from your students, try Reading Comprehension Mysteries & Questions.
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