Weekly Teaching and Learning Email - Exit Tickets

Exit Tickets

9th January 2015

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome back, I hope this week has not been too tiring and you have a great 2015.  This week the teaching and learning email is based on an idea from the student survey which was completed before Christmas.  The student said how they liked it when they could ask questions at the end of the lesson and get answers from the teacher at the beginning of the next.  One way of doing this is through an Exit Ticket.

This is suitable for classes of any size as each student receives an exit ticket at the end of the lesson, meaning it works extremely well as a plenary activity. My suggestion on how to use it effectively is to hand them out in the last 5 minutes of the lesson. Make students aware that they cannot leave the class until they have completed their Exit Ticket.  This plenary keeps students seated until the end of the lesson and upon leaving the classroom, students can hand them to you as you stand by the door.  Ask students to write their name on the back of the ticket so after the lesson you can gauge whether students might need some more help on particular aspects of the taught material.  This can be especially useful for planning your next lesson and you can use their questions as a starter for the next lesson.

You can access download copies of Exit Tickets by clicking on the links below, One of these is a Word Document which can be edited so it more specifically meets the needs of your subject and the other is a PDF document.  If you have any questions or suggestions please email me.

Exit Ticket.doc (click to download)

Exit Ticket.pdf (click here to download)