These exit tickets are appropriate for any secondary content area in grades 6-12.
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There are over 70 original prompts included in this bundle as well as free choice options that encourage students to reflect on their learning. This digital journal on Google Slides enables students to reflect back on classroom lessons either in class or at home through distance learning. If you’d like to have a ready-made exit ticket journal for the entire school year, I have compiled one that contains 180 prompts. That makes it easy for me to keep track of whose journal I’m reviewing. I have my students name the Slideshow something like: “LAST NAME, FIRST NAME- CLASS PERIOD”. That’s what I like to do because I can keep them organized by class. In order to check these slideshows, you can have students submit them at the end of the class period and then unsubmit the next day to continue working on them.Īlternatively, you can opt to have students share their slideshows with you, and you can keep them in a class period folder inside of your Google Drive. For each day that you have have students complete an exit ticket, they can simply add a new slide to the slideshow, date it, and then answer the prompt- or just simply reflect on the day’s lesson. Here are three strategies for making exit tickets work for you! Strategy #1: Use a Google Slideshowįor this option, you can have students keep an online exit ticket journal using Google Slides. So, how can we make exit tickets work in an effective way that won’t take up more of our time than needed but will also give us valuable feedback to guide instruction? Instead of a helpful tool to wrap up a class, they can be a hindrance of extra grading time. They will truly be able to reflect on their learning.Exit tickets are not a new concept, but making them work for you can be time consuming and feel like a chore. They will never become bored of a prompt or rush through, since they think they know what you want to see. Why the Exit Ticket Journal?īecause there are 275 different prompts, students will be assessing themselves in different ways. Or, they will be able to redirect misconceptions or look for alternative methods to understand what they missed. The next day, they will be able to build upon what they previously gained. After an exit ticket, they will understand what they learned from a day’s lesson. Strengthening students reflection and self-assessment skills can improve how they perform in class, overall. Students will be practicing problem-solving skills and using their creative minds in the process. They will be writing, creating, scaling, taking notes, and so much more. Students will be practicing a variety of skills during this assessment process. It will help THEM understand what they know/don’t know. This will not only help YOU understand what they know/don’t know. Reflection is a skill that students will benefit from in all areas. With an exit ticket rubric, you will be able to easily “grade” student responses. Plus, it is an easy way for you to check your students’ understanding. The routine will allow students to focus on the task at hand, and truly reflect on their learning. Reflection is imperative and providing students with the daily routine of responding to an exit ticket will be mutually beneficial.Įach day, your students will know to grab their exit ticket journal during the last 5-7 minutes of class.
If you are going to be assessing your students each day, anyway, using this journal will take the work out of the process. But, they are also challenging, so they will prompt critical thinking and assess student comprehension. The prompts are generic so that they can be applied to any subject or lesson. The exit ticket journal contains 275 unique and creative exit ticket prompts that are designed to help students reflect on each lesson they are a part of. This will allow students to see how they feel about the concept or skill. Students need to reflect on their learning after each lesson. This is just as important as introducing the skill (with a learning target or outcome).
So, that is why, today, I am writing about WHY you should use an Exit Ticket Journal in your classroom!įirst, reflection is a major part of the learning process. However, it is sometimes hard to find ways to assess students every day. Do you use exit tickets in your classroom? If not, they are a GREAT way to check your students understanding and redirect your instruction.
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