Daily Warm Ups

 

Use TeacherVision's library of daily warm-up activities to get your students' brains engaged for class discussions ahead!

 

Daily Warm-Ups for All Subjects

These daily warm-ups will prepare your students for class discussions ahead! Covering all subjects, you’ll find a warm-up for all your needs.

What are daily warm-ups?

These daily warm-ups are designed to prepare your students for the day’s lesson. They’re short, engaging activities or worksheets that help activate prior knowledge and set a positive tone for the class.

Daily warm-ups vs mini-lessons?

Similar to mini-lessons, daily warm-ups serve as introductions to subjects that will be covered later in the lesson. However, warm-ups are ultimately shorter than mini-lessons and tend to be activities that each student completes independently at the start of class.

How to use these daily warm-ups

Download and print TeacherVision’s daily warm-ups and hand them out to your class at the start of a lesson. Ask each student to complete the warm-up independently, and go over answers as a class once they’re all finished.

Daily warm-ups can cover new material that will be taught later in the class, or act as a reminder of previous lessons to reactive prior knowledge.

Want more warm-ups?

For dedicated reading and math warm-ups, visit our dedicated reading and math bell ringers pages!

Reading Daily Warm-Ups

Math Bell Ringers

Looking for longer lesson plans? Visit our lesson plan hub or search by subject and grade!

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Science Reading Warm-Up: Earthquakes

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Geography Reading Warm-Up: Mountains

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Albert Einstein Biography: A Reading Warm-Up (Grades 5 & 6)

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Albert Einstein Biography: A Reading Warm-Up (Grades 5 & 6)

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Geography Reading Warm-Up: The Ocean

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Elementary Grammar Warm-Up Packet

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Nonfiction Reading Warm-Up: Colonial Gardens

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The Bald Eagle Reading Warm-Up

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The Bald Eagle Reading Warm-Up

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