September Bell Ringer Questions

This collection of September Bell Ringer Questions will help engage your students in a simple, but meaningful morning routine.

***You can download this free set of September Bell Ringer questions & resources by clicking on each of the BOLD “September Bell Ringer Questions” links at the bottom of this post. (A black & white version has also been provided for those who don’t want the background color formatting.)**

For those who aren’t familiar with these, Bell Ringers are daily posted questions that you pose to your students as they enter your classroom each morning. Students are expected to reflect on the question and then respond by placing their name card under one of the answer choices.   These September bell ringer questions can be an engaging part of your students’ daily morning routine and are a simple way to get students reading and thinking from the moment they enter the classroom in the morning.

Bell Ringer questions are great discussion starters for your morning meetings or class gatherings, and they truly help you to get to know your students better.  They also help your students to find things they share in common and get to know each other better.

To use these September Bell Ringer questions, print all the pages and laminate them for durability. Cut the questions apart and then add magnetic tape, sticky tack or whatever works best for you so that pieces can be taken down daily and moved around. You will need wall space, such as a white board area or bulletin board, designated for your daily questions.

We have included a “September Question” sign as part of this collection that you can display as well.   In addition, there is a set of response cards which are the words you will post underneath each daily question based on how students are supposed to respond. In this collection you will find:

• Yes/No/Maybe Questions
• Always/Sometimes/Never Questions
• Multiple Choice Questions

You will also find a download of matching name cards that you can choose to print for your students. These are editable so you can type names on them or simply print them & write names on each one. Laminate and add magnetic tape/sticky tack to get them ready for student use. (NOTE: To add names you will need to insert a “text box” into each frame to type on the cards.)

Place the cards in a basket or arrange them on the board with magnets next to the question. Don’t forget to add your name! Students will enjoy seeing how you respond each day!

This set includes bell ringer questions that may or may not be centered on the month of September. (Some are just fun or funny questions for students to ponder!) You will also find questions based on birthdays of well known people or nationally designated weeks or days in September in the United States.

(NOTE: These days may or may not be “officially” recognized days. Some are just fun calendar days and their origin can’t necessarily be found.)

There are a wide variety of questions so that you can choose one for each and every day in your classroom for the month of September. Because there are so many question cards, you will be able to choose what fits your school and class best, or use different cards depending on the school year and days you are in the classroom.

We have also included one blank matching template so that you can write some of your own questions if you wish (or have students help to come up with questions).

You can download this set of September Bell Ringer Question resources here. Click on each link separately:

September Bell Ringers ~ Questions

September Bell Ringers ~ Questions – Matching Name Cards

September Bell Ringers ~ Questions (black & white version)

September Bell Ringers ~ Name Cards (black & white version)

Need a set with more open-ended questions? 

Try our Intermediate September Bell Ringers.

Be sure to bookmark this page so you can easily find it each year. Not sure how to bookmark? Check out this tutorial we created: Bookmarking in Chrome.