Organize Exit Tickets

Exit Tickets are a great way to quickly assess how well students understand a concept. I have had a people ask me how I organize my Exit Tickets after students take them. I know some teachers send them home, unless they are collecting data or intervention. I like to keep them. You never know when a student might struggle later. Plus, they are aligned to all of the Common Core Standards which makes report cards easier, I have a few different ideas for you. Hopefully, one will fit your teaching styles. If you haven’t bought Exit Tickets yet, now is a good time. This year, with distance learning, Exit Tickets are a fast, easy way to assess kids. They do not take much time out of your day and do not need to be given one on one likes other assessments.

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They are a great way to document how a student is doing. The can be used weekly for your entire class or as needed for students receiving interventions.

The easiest way is to give every student a file folder and put them in the folder as students complete them. While it easy, it is also messy. You might have to search for them. I try to do 1-2 exit tickets every week for Math and for Literacy. At the end of the grading period, I will use these to help with grades. If the student is doing well and I do not need any additional documentation, I will send these home.

Do your students have a traveling notebook for Math and Literacy? Have students glue them into their notebook. Then, they are organized for the year. If you print them at 85%, you will actually be able to print two at a time.

Teacher Tip: Did you know you print center recording sheets at 85% as well to glue in their notebook. I check 3-5 notebooks everyday, allowing me to check them all by the end of the week. I can quickly see who understands a concept, and who doesn’t.

Thee next two ideas can be used with a pronged folder or a binder, depending on your preferred organization. I would not put this is a binder or folder that goes home everyday. Instead, I would create a data binder or folder at school for each student. In this top picture, I placed them in a page protector. I put all of the Letter Recognition tickets on the bottom and all of the letter recognition on the top. This is how I store mine and I was surprised that they didn’t slide down. If you are concerned, put a binder blip at the top and then they won’t slip.

Same concept here, except I skipped the page protector and just hole punched them. This is fairly inexpensive and easy to flip through. Hopefully, one of these organizational ideas will help you. Let me know if you have any questions.