These 50 Expository Writing Time Filler Warm-Ups are exactly what your reluctant or struggling writers need to improve their informational writing skills. You’ll get access to both a PowerPoint presentation and a Google Slideshow with 10 weeks of no-prep digital bell-ringers that focus on idea generation, organization, and elaboration. Each of the 5 weekly prompts or tasks uses both images and music to get kids engaged and excited about expository writing. It’s like a workout for the imagination!

**NOTE: The music will play automatically when in slideshow mode.

Ideal for grades 3-6, ELD students, SPED teachers, and substitute teachers or sub plans. These activities can either be fast-paced bell-work activities or can be stretched and combined to take up the entire class period.

5 Activities per week . . .

• Build a Paragraph (Elaborate on ideas)

• Use Research Notes (Incorporate facts into writing)

• Fix the Jumbled Paragraph (ID off topic sentence & reorganize sentences)

• Hook Your Reader (Adding hooks to a paragraph)

• Vivid, Not Vague Vocab (Replace vague words with vivid ones)

You’ll Get . . .

• 50 warm-up slides in PowerPoint presentation and Google Slideshow (5 different daily activities for 10 weeks)

• Activity tutorial slides (includes activity directions & examples, and troubleshooting help)

• Teacher’s Guide

• Weekly Worksheet (optional)

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Writing Warm-Ups Bundle: 200 Bell Ringers for Info, Opinion, Narrative & Grammar

I'd love to hear how you use this resource in your classroom! Feel free to email me at iteachiwrite@yahoo.com with any questions or suggestions you may have.

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