Bell Ringers
3/2-3/3
Education is not preparation for life, education is life itself.
--John Dewey
Education is not preparation for life, education is life itself.
--John Dewey
- What life lessons do you learn at school?
- How does school life help you understand the world?
- What are the ups and downs of life at school?
2/28-3/1
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2/22-2/23
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2/17-2/21
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2/15 - 2/16
A certain amount of opposition is good for a team. Kites don't rise with the wind, but against it.
--Doris Pickert
A certain amount of opposition is good for a team. Kites don't rise with the wind, but against it.
--Doris Pickert
- Why do kites rise against the wind?
- What makes a team rise to the occasion and give its best effort?
- What situations make you give your best effort? Why??
2/13-2/14
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2/9 - 2/10
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
-- Bobby Hull
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
-- Bobby Hull
- What does it feel like to be angry?
- What are productive ways to express your anger?
- When you feel angry, what can you do to make sure you act in an appropriate way?
2/7 - 2/8
The best hope of solving all our problems lies in harnessing the diversity, the energy, and creativity of all our people.
-- Roger Wilkins
The best hope of solving all our problems lies in harnessing the diversity, the energy, and creativity of all our people.
-- Roger Wilkins
- What problems do we need to solve at our school?
- How could we work together to solve the problems that we have identified?
- Why is there a greater chance of success if students and teachers work together?
2/3 - 2/6
No one can be the best at everything. But when we combine our talents, we can and will be the best at virtually everything.
-- Dan Zadra
No one can be the best at everything. But when we combine our talents, we can and will be the best at virtually everything.
-- Dan Zadra
- What talents do you admire in others?
- What talents can you share with your team?
- Why are the best teams made up of people with different talents?
2/1-2/2
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
-- Martin Luther King Jr.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
-- Martin Luther King Jr.
- When have you had the opportunity to get to know someone from a very different background?
- Why do you have to work a little harder to get to know someone who seems different?
- Why is that extra effort worth while?
1/30 - 1/31
We are more alike, my friend, than we are unalike.
-- Maya Angelou
We are more alike, my friend, than we are unalike.
-- Maya Angelou
- When was a time you felt different and wanted to fit in?
- What feelings do all of the people in the world experience?
- Why do people care about each other?
1/26 - 1/27
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1/24 - 1/25
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1/20 - 1/23
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1/18 - 1/19
Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.
-- Christopher Reeve
Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.
-- Christopher Reeve
- How can you compare staying in the shallow end of the pool to always making the safest choice?
- What do you gain from staying in the shallow end? What do you lose?
- As you venture into unfamiliar waters what strategies can you use to take care of yourself?
1/13 - 1/17
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.
-- Flora Whittemore
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.
-- Flora Whittemore
- What actions do people take that limit their options for the future?
- What doors are you keeping open for your future?
- What can you do today that will have a positive effect on your future?
1/11-1/12
Every great decision created ripples - like a huge boulder dropped in a lake. The ripples merge, rebound off the banks in unforeseeable ways. The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequences.
-- Ben Aaronovitch
Every great decision created ripples - like a huge boulder dropped in a lake. The ripples merge, rebound off the banks in unforeseeable ways. The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequences.
-- Ben Aaronovitch
- How does the decision to always try your best ripple through your life?
- What consequences stem from your choices of friends?
- What conclusions can you draw from this quotation about the importance of making good choices?
1/9 - 1/10
Some of the best deals are the ones you don't make.
-- Bill Veeck
Some of the best deals are the ones you don't make.
-- Bill Veeck
- How do you say no when you don't want to get involved?
- What can you do if you find yourself in a bad situation?
- Who can you call for help?
1/5 - 1/6
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
-- David Lloyd George
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
-- David Lloyd George
- What does it feel like to make an important decision?
- Who do you talk to when you're trying to decide?
- What strategies can you use to help you to decide?
1/3 - 1/4
Though noone can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
-- Carl Bard
Though noone can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
-- Carl Bard
- Explain what Carl Bard meant by this statement.
- Can you relate to the meaning of this statement? How?
- How does this apply to New Year's resolutions?
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12/9 - 12/12
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
-- Indira Ghandi
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
-- Indira Ghandi
- How can people agree to disagree?
- Why is it important to be willing to admit that you are wrong?
- What do you have to do to get over a disagreement and work together?
12/7 -12/8
Bell Ringer today is CNN Student News (with the graphic organizer filled in and glued into your spiral!
Bell Ringer today is CNN Student News (with the graphic organizer filled in and glued into your spiral!
12/5 - 12/6
Don't count the days, make the days count.
-- Muhammad Ali
Don't count the days, make the days count.
-- Muhammad Ali
- What does this quote mean to you?
- Beginning today, if you were going to make a change, where you made all of your days count... what would you do differently? List at least 3 things you'd like to change.
12/1 - 12/2
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
-- Mother Teresa
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
-- Mother Teresa
- Who do you have conflicts with that you care about?
- What can you do to live peacefully?
- What strategies can you use to be a peacemaker with others?
11/29 - 11/30
Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without the abrasive friction of conflict.
-- Saul Alinsky
Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without the abrasive friction of conflict.
-- Saul Alinsky
- Why do people see the world differently?
- What important lesson have you learned from someone you disagreed with at the beginning?
- How do you manage conflict in a positive manner in order to maintain relationships?
11/18 - 11/28
A certain amount of opposition is good for a team. Kites don't rise with the wind, but against it.
-- Doris Pickert
A certain amount of opposition is good for a team. Kites don't rise with the wind, but against it.
-- Doris Pickert
- Why do kites rise against the wind?
- What makes a team rise to the occasion and give its best effort?
- What situation make you give your best effort? Why?
11/16 - 11/17
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
-- Bobby Hull
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
-- Bobby Hull
- What does it feel like to be angry?
- What are productive ways to express your anger?
- When you feel angry, what can you do to make sure you act in an appropriate way?
11/14 - 11/15
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
-- Buddha
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
-- Buddha
- How does gossip hurt people?
- Have you ever said anything you wish you could take back? How did it make you feel?
- Why does everyone benefit when you speak well of others?
11/10 - 11/11
Good communication is as stimulating as coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Good communication is as stimulating as coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- What exciting ideas keep you awake at night?
- Why does some of our best thinking happen just before we fall asleep?
- Why are some conversations difficult but worth having?
11/08 - 11/09
If we are to live and work together, we have to talk to each other.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
If we are to live and work together, we have to talk to each other.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
- If you could talk to anyone past or present, who would you choose? What would you talk about?
- Why are some people harder to talk to than others?
- What strategies can you use to start a conversation?
11/04 - 11/07
The universe is made up of stories not atoms.
-- Muriel Rukeyser
The universe is made up of stories not atoms.
-- Muriel Rukeyser
- What happens in your favorite story?
- If you were to write the most important story in the world, what would it be about?
- What would you pick as a theme for your "life story"?
11/02 - 11/03
The quality of our lives improves immensely when there is at least one other person who is willing to listen to our troubles.
-- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The quality of our lives improves immensely when there is at least one other person who is willing to listen to our troubles.
-- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Who do you go to when you need someone to listen?
- What does it take to listen deeply with your heart and mind?
- Who do you listen to?
10/31 - 11/01
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
-- Kurt Vonnegut
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
-- Kurt Vonnegut
- The heroes we honor tell us what we admire. Who are your heroes?
- Why do you sometimes have to pretend to be brave before you feel it inside?
- Why is it dangerous to pretend to be someone else just to fit into a group?
10/26 - 10/27
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
-- Sam Ewig
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
-- Sam Ewig
- What have you done that is hard work?
- What characteristics make a dependable friend or teammate?
- Why is it important to be worthy of trust?
10/24 - 10/25
Bell Ringer today is a writing prompt. You must write at least 7 sentences in addition to the prompt:
Describe the days of the week as if they were people. How do they look? What are their personality traits?b
Bell Ringer today is a writing prompt. You must write at least 7 sentences in addition to the prompt:
Describe the days of the week as if they were people. How do they look? What are their personality traits?b
10/20 and 10/21
There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that’s your own self.
--Aldous Huxley
There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that’s your own self.
--Aldous Huxley
- What part of yourself are you working to improve?
- Why is it difficult to break bad habits?
- What resources are available to help you make a positive change in your life?