What Does a Bell Ringer Do

A bell-ringer is a person who rings a bell, usually a church bell, by means of a rope or other mechanism.

What is the purpose of a bell ringer?

Teachers use bellringers to help present a concept discussed in class and to measure students’ familiarity with the concept. Bellringers also assess the level of understanding that students have on a certain concept discussed in a previous lesson.

What does bell work mean?

Bell Work, as the name implies, is the schoolwork that students are doing when the bell rings. It is always the first task of the class period. When you describe Bell Work to your students on the first day of school, instruct them never to ask you whether there is Bell Work today.