What is an Exit Ticket and Exit Ticket Examples

What is an exit ticket?

An exit ticket is a small task or quiz that students complete as they leave class. The purpose of exit tickets is to ensure that students have learned the material covered in class and to give teachers a quick snapshot of how well students understand the material. Below you will find exit ticket examples and you can download them for FREE in WORD or PDF format at the bottom of the blog post.

There are many different types of exit tickets, but all share the same premise of students summarising what they have learned during today’s lesson at the end of class.

Why are exit tickets important?

Exit tickets are important because they keep students accountable for learning, provide feedback on whether or not students have learned the material, check for a student’s understanding, and help teachers plan for future instruction.

How to use Exit Slips in the classroom?

There are many ways to use exit material, and allow students to know what is expected of them in the future. It helps teachers determine how well the students mastered the topic. The prompts or questions are endless depending upon the subject.

Exit Ticket Questions – Examples

What are good examples of exit tickets in the classroom?

There are a variety of question types. Some examples of well-crafted exit tickets are:

– Exit ticket – What is the main idea of this section?

– Exit ticket – Complete the blank in a sentence.

– Exit ticket – What are three things you learned in this lesson?

– Exit ticket – List two questions you still have about this material.

– Exit ticket – What was the most important thing you learned today?

– Final exit ticket – How well do you feel that you mastered this material?  Circle one – 1. Poor  2. Fair  3. Good

Evaluate the information. Does it answer ALL of the questions in the assignment? Circle one – Yes, No, Some but not all. 

What About Exit Ticket Examples for Related Services?

Perhaps you are wondering how you could use entry and exit slips for related services such as occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, or counseling. 

Just like in the classroom, checking on what a student learned can help to keep them on track and to head toward reaching their goals.

You could choose to use entry and/or exit tickets as an informal measure for IEP goals and progress monitoring. They are also very helpful for students to learn self reflection.

Entry or admit slips are used at the start of the session to review skills from previous sessions or to check if the student has any concerns. Exit slips are used at the end of the session to determine if the student understood the materials or mastered the skills. These questions can be oral, written, or demonstration.

Examples of Questions for Entry and Exit Ticket Prompts for Related Services

The great thing about these slips is that they are quite general so they can be used for any type of related service and can be very specific based on the needs of your students. Not to mention it is a useful learning activity to determine where gaps may be in the student’s abilities. 

The statements or questions are listed below or you can create your own exit ticket template:

1. Explain one thing that you learned today.  
2. Demonstrate a new skill that you learned today.
3. Demonstrate a skill that you learned during your last session.  
4. Did you have any problems in the classroom since our last session? 
5. How can you use what you learned today in the real world?  
6. What would you like to learn more about during sessions?
7. Do you have any questions about what you learned during the last session?  
8. How did it go carrying out the suggested modifications for the classroom?

Be patient because it can take time for your students to get used to this new process of learning. 

Encourage students to track their own progress with My Goal Tracker.

Title: My Goal Tracker: This is an electronic book of data collection forms for students to track their own progress. The student can track his/her goals over time, by monitoring the skills over the course of a day, week, month or quarter. This allows the student to get a visual picture of improvement, decline or maintenance of different skills.

Included in this download is the following: samples of completed forms, goals setting worksheet, improvement ideas worksheet, goal tracking cards (for trials or percentage) and graphs to complete for daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly progress (number of trials out of 10, percentage or minutes). There is also one blank form for you to label if you are monitoring goals in a different manner. Complete the goal worksheet, print the necessary forms and place in a binder. The student can then graph his/her progress accordingly.

By having the students track their own goals they will take ownership of their progress. It doesn’t get any easier than this to track progress. Find out more.

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