More March-Themed Bell Ringers, Warm-Ups and Early Finishers

MARCH THEMED: Each of the 25 Daily Warm-Up/Bell Ringer passages is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for ELA and are written for grades 5 to 8 but will also work for high school.

This resource work well for classroom, digital, and hybrid use. This is in form fillable PDF,

Two Pencils and a Book

PowerPoint and PDF with lines for printables.

From social media stars to March days in history to sports and beyond – these passages promote critical thinking and are aligned with the National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies for the fifth and eighth grades as well as the CCSS.

The questions are both constructed response and multiple choice and help you incorporate the – communication, critical thinking, collaboration and creativity your students need in order to be successful in school and in life. They are designed to help students think critically and to prepare them for STAAR, PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments.

The topics are non-fiction / informational text and perfect for use as warm-ups, bell ringers, early finishers, unit reinforcers, partner or group work and/or lesson starters. They are designed to foster higher order thinking skills and writing across the curriculum. They are March, reading and writing themed and ask thought provoking questions to help students become independent thinkers and provide exercise for their brain muscles.

The passages are designed to be differentiated, so mix it up. Have students work alone, in pairs or in small groups. Encourage dialogue around the questions. If a passage seems particularly difficult for your students – pair up struggling readers with patient proficient readers and writers. Some of the best thinking happens this way.

These passages work for digital learning as well. They can be emailed or uploaded to any platform and assigned as warm-ups, lesson starters or reading assignments.

Table of Contents

Warm-Ups March Themed Instructions page 3

Lindberg Baby Vanishes in Thin Air Fact and Opinion page 4

Lindberg Baby Vanishes in Thin Air Multiple Choice page 5

Lindberg Baby Vanishes in Thin Air Multiple Choice Key page 6

March, March, March page 7

Wilt Chamberlain Scores 100 Points – Inference page 8

The Telephone – Inference page 9

March 11, 1918 – Flu Pandemic page 10

March in Quotes page 11

Flowers, Flowers Everywhere page 12

Flowers, Flowers Everywhere Answers page 13

Fun Flower Facts page 14

Alex French TikTok Star page 15

Iraqi War page 16

Shaquille O’Neal page 17

Charli D’Amelio– Fact or Opinion page 18

Sleeping Cars page 19

March 5, 1770: The Boston Massacre page 20

Remember the Alamo – March 6, 1936 page 21

Michelangelo and da Vinci Compare and Contrast page 22

What is March Madness? page 23

What is March Madness? Answer Sheet page 24

1921 vs. 2021 – Compare and Contrast page 25

1921 vs. 2021 – Cloze Read page 26

1921 vs. 2021 – Cloze Read Answer Sheet page 27

There’s Pi? page 28

There’s Pi? Answer Sheet page 29

Mulan page 30

Mulan Answer Sheet page 31

How Catherine the Great Changed the World page 32

How Catherine the Great Changed the World Answers page 33

Rosie the Riveter page 34

Marsai Martin page 35

Marsai Martin Answer Sheet page 36

Main Idea and Key Details Rubric page 37

Constructed Response Rubric page 38

Inference Rubric page 39






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