Exit Tickets for Teachers
Download printable exit tickets ready for your classroom and ready for that all-important student progress monitoring!
Designed by teachers and curated by our expert teacher team, every exit ticket template in this collection has been created with students — and formative assessments — in mind! Explore ticket templates tied to curriculum and blank tickets you can edit for your individual classroom needs.
New to using exit tickets, or just looking for some fresh ideas? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
What Are Exit Tickets?
Sometimes called a “ticket to leave,” the primary purpose of an exit ticket is to have a quick check-in and see if your students have grasped concepts taught to them in a lesson. Students fill them out after the lesson, and teachers comb through the answers, looking for clues as to how well the lesson was understood, what needs to be reviewed, and how to better teach that lesson and others in the future.
Basically? Exit tickets are like a classroom Yelp review … without all the trolling and screaming capital letters!
As an adaptation of traditional assessment methods such as end-of-lesson quizzes or worksheets, they've gained popularity in recent years due to increased emphasis on formative assessment and individualized instruction.
Types of Exit Tickets
Sometimes, exit tickets focus on the same sorts of questions, such as:
- What have you learned today?
- Did you find anything difficult?
- Would you like to know more about something?
- Circle the face that corresponds to how you are feeling about this lesson — like Teach Starter's fun printable monster-themed tickets!
Other times, exit tickets are content-focused, with specific questions designed to determine just what information students have retained and what needs to be revisited.
Here are a few types you might find on our site — and use in your classroom.
Multiple-Choice Questions
In this type of ticket, students select the correct answer from a set of options. For example, in a math lesson on fractions, an exit ticket might include a question like, "Which fraction represents the shaded part of the figure?"
Short-Answer Response
As the name implies, this exit ticket requires students to provide brief written answers to questions. After a reading comprehension lesson, for example, the ticket might ask students to summarize the main idea of the text in a few sentences.
Reflection Prompts
This ticket prompts students to reflect on their learning experience and express their thoughts. If you led the class in a science experiment, your ticket might pose a question like, "What did you learn from today's experiment? What could you do differently next time?"
Benefits of Exit Tickets
OK, so we've covered the types, but do you really need to use this tool in your classroom? We'll let you decide that, but here are a few benefits you might want to consider before making that call.
Formative Assessment
An exit ticket can gives you real-time feedback on student understanding. so you can immediately assess individual student progress and adjust your instruction accordingly — in real-time!
Student Reflection
Because the tickets are designed to encourage your students to reflect on what they have learned, they reinforcing their understanding and promote metacognitive skills.
Differentiation
By analyzing students' responses on your exit tickets, you can easily identify common misconceptions or areas of weakness and tailor instruction to meet the specific needs of your students.
Classroom Management
Exit tickets are a great tool to use as part of the transition between lessons or activities. They create a sense of closure for students and provide a routine for wrapping up a class.
Data Collection
Collecting and analyzing exit ticket data over time gives you valuable insights into student progress, patterns of understanding and areas that need more attention.
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Decimal Exit Tickets for 5th Grade (Place Value, Rounding, Ordering and Computation)
Assess student understanding of 5th grade decimal standards with this set of 21 exit tickets.
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Natural Resources – Exit Tickets
Assess student understanding of natural resources with this set of exit tickets.
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Growth Mindset Exit Tickets
Assess your student's understanding of everything growth mindset with this set of exit tickets.
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Back to School - Procedure Exit Tickets
Assess student knowledge of classroom rules and procedures with quick and easy exit tickets.
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Comparing Fractions – Exit Tickets
Compare fractions with the same numerator or denominator with this set of 24 exit tickets.
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Understanding Fractions – Exit Tickets
Assess student understanding of basic fractions with this set of 24 math exit tickets.
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Maps and Globes-Exit Tickets
Assess student map and globe skills with twenty exit ticket worksheets.
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Properties of Odd and Even Numbers Exit Tickets
Check for student understanding with these Odd and Even Properties exit tickets for the classroom.
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Skip Counting Exit Tickets
Assess student understanding of skip counting within 1000 by 5s 10s and 100s.
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Addition Strategies Exit Tickets
Assess student knowledge of different addition strategies with these printable exit tickets.
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Exit Tickets Template
Test your students' knowledge at the end of a lesson with this exit ticket template.
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Main Idea Exit Tickets
Check for understanding of the main idea and supporting detail with these exit tickets.
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Objects in the Sky – Exit Tickets
Assess understanding of different objects in the sky with this set of 24 exit tickets.
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Fractions on a Number Line - 3rd Grade Exit Tickets
Assess your students' ability to represent fractions greater than zero and less than or equal to one with a set of printable fraction exit tickets.
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Multi-Digit Whole Numbers and Decimals – Exit Tickets
Assess student understanding of multi-digit whole numbers and decimals with this set of math exit tickets.
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Texas Landmarks Exit Tickets
Supplement your Texas history and geography lessons with a group of Texas Landmark exit tickets.
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Goods and Services Exit Tickets
Assess your students’ abilities to differentiate between goods and services with a set of twenty exit tickets.
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Texas Regions Exit Tickets
Supplement your Regions of Texas lessons with a group of exit tickets.
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World Continents and Oceans Exit Tickets
Determine your students' mastery of Geography concepts with a set of twenty continents and oceans exit tickets.
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Types of Landforms - Exit Tickets
Explore the features of various landforms with this set of 20 exit tickets.
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Countries of North America Exit Tickets
Assess student knowledge of the features and countries in North America with quick and easy exit tickets.
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U.S. Mountain and River Exit Tickets
Assess your students’ knowledge of the major rivers and mountains in the United States with a set of exit tickets.
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3-2-1 Exit Ticket Template
Test your students' knowledge at the end of class with this 3-2-1 exit ticket template.
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Traits of Good Citizens - Exit Tickets
Assess and analyze student understanding of what makes a good citizen with a set of 20 exit tickets.
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Government Exit Tickets
Assess student knowledge of governmental concepts with quick and easy exit tickets.
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Exit Ticket – Editable Google Slide
Assess your students’ understanding of concepts just covered with this editable exit ticket template.
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Action, Helping, and Linking Verbs Exit Ticket
Quickly assess your students' understanding of action, helping, and linking verbs with this exit ticket template.