You’ve just finished teaching a lesson and want to know how well students grasped the content OR you want to discover how much students remember from a previous lesson.
This is where exit ticket prompts come in.
Exit ticket prompts gauge students’ understanding of a lesson. These open-ended statements encourage students to address their level of knowledge about a subject.
Using exit tickets in the classroom need not be complicated. Simply include time for them at the beginning or end of your lesson plans.
What’s more, the data you accumulate from these exit slips may be used during parent-teacher conferences and also to help you plan lessons that better meet the needs of students.
While there are several good uses for exit slips, the most important task is to use the information to help students progress in their learning.
Ultimate List of Exit Ticket Prompts
Here you will find exit ticket prompts that may be used for all subjects.
1. What surprised me most about (insert subject or topic) was…
2. My biggest desire in (subject area) is to learn about…
3. Today’s lesson connects with the “real world” because…
4. A thought that I didn’t have an opportunity to share today…
5. An idea about (insert subject area) that is still roaming in my head is…
6. One question I have about today’s lesson is…
7. I used to think…but now I know…
8. Two facts I learned about the topic…
9. I wonder…
10. With 1 = terrible and 10 = fantastic, rate your comprehension of today’s lesson.
11. I already knew that…
12. ____ (insert topic, concept, or symbol) represents…
13. To prepare for the upcoming quiz/test, I need to…
14. ____ (insert key concept or idea) means…
15. The most surprising part of the activity/book was…
16. So far, I notice…
17. When someone asks what I did today in (insert subject area), I will say…
18. Based on the information I learned today, I infer…
19. One lingering question I have…
20. This topic relates to the real world because…
21. Draw an emoji that represents your understanding of today’s activity.
22. I would like more information about…
23. My favorite part of today’s lesson was…
24. I now understand…
25. The topic of (insert subject, topic, or skill) relates to the real world because…
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26. I wasn’t aware of the fact that…
27. The best part of today’s class was…
28. I wish my teacher knew…
29. An opinion I have about the topic…
30. The top 3 ideas I remember from today’s lesson…
31. Imagine you’re the teacher. Create a test question (with an answer) related to today’s activity.
32. To summarize the lesson in one sentence, I’d say…
33. Sketch a drawing that illustrates the most important concept you learned today.
34. The most important idea/concept I learned this week is…
35. A key element from today’s lesson…
36. Summarize today’s lesson in 15 words or less.
37. The goal of today’s lesson was…
38. A text message summary of today’s lesson…
39. My group member was absent today. Here’s how I would summarize today’s lesson for her in 25 words or less…
40. The most essential concept we discussed today…
41. The most important idea of the lesson is…
42. One thing I need my teacher to know about my understanding of (insert subject or topic) is ….
43. A way the teacher can help me is…
44. The lesson could have been improved by…
45. One suggestion for how today’s class could be improved is…
46. One part that confused me was…
47. I need more practice with…
48. One area I’d like to improve upon is…
49. I just can’t seem to get the hang of…
50. An unanswered question I still have…
51. Something the teacher did today that didn’t work so well for me was…
52. I really didn’t understand…
53. Of all the lessons I participated in this week, I need the most support and feedback with…
54. I’m not sure about…
55. A weekly low…
56. I need to revisit…
57. Today’s cloudiest point in my mind…
58. I’d like to have more examples of…
59. I’m a little confused about…
60. I didn’t understand…
61. Two questions I still have about (insert subject or topic) are ….
62. I need to research more about…
63. My least favorite thing about the activity was…
64. Two things I learned today…
65. I work best when…
66. What helps me learn best is…
67. A point that’s really clear to me…
68. One thing that squares with what I already know is…
69. I know I’m on the right track because…
70. An idea that made perfect sense to me today…
71. One way today’s learning connects to something I’ve already learned is…
72. A weekly high…
73. Something new I learned today…
74. An activity that we did in class today that best fits my learning style is…
75. I’m very excited to learn more about…
76. One success I had today during the activity…
77. An instructional technique that the teacher did today that aligns well with my learning style is…
78. My favorite thing about the activity was…
79. An example of how the main character changed…
80. A text-to-text connection I have…
81. Two character traits that describe the main character and why…
82. A text-to-world connection I have…
83. An example of figurative language in the text is…
84. Two text features that helped me comprehend the text better…
85. A text-to-self connection I have…
86. While reading, I visualized…
87. Based on the last chapter, I predict the next…
88. The author’s purpose is…
89. Two reading exit ticket prompts I’d like to create for the book are…
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90. My schema before I read was . . . , and now I understand . . .
91. While reading independently, the following text features helped me to understand… because…
92. The first step in solving this math word problem would be…
93. Describe a new strategy you learned.
94. Here’s one way to solve the following math problem…
95. The main concept I discovered in science this week…
96. Exit tickets help students deepen their understanding of math because…
97. One step of the scientific method that I’m having trouble with is…
98. I’m still trying to figure this out…
99. If were I to redo the science experiment, I would change…
100. I would like it if the teacher did a review tomorrow of…
101. To have a growth mindset about this task, I think I need to…
Final Thoughts On Exit Ticket Prompts
Add to your collection of informal assessments helpful exit ticket prompts.
They will provide you with a snapshot of students’ understanding of a lesson or activity.
This useful information can then be used to plan upcoming instruction and to communicate with parents about their child’s academic progress.
Essentially, they support the teaching and learning process in a seamless way.