Comprehension Strategies
Exit SlipsDescription: Exit Slips are a tool used to check students understanding of the material read/learned. This strategy incorporates students responding to a proposed questions either at the end of a lesson or end of a class period.
Purpose: Exit Slips are a quick showcase of the students’ knowledge as they reflect what and how they are thinking about the new information they just learned. Procedure: 1. At the end of a lesson or end of at the class, the teacher should ask the student to respond to a provided prompt. The prompt should be categorized in one of the three ways: • Prompts that document learning • Prompts that emphasize the process of learning • Prompts to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction 2. When students are done answering the prompt or leaving the class they should turn in their slips. 3. After all the slips have been turned in the teacher should review the exit slips to determine how the instruction may need to be altered to better meet the needs of all the students. 4. Collect the exit slips as a part of an assessment portfolio for each student. Class Integration: • To review a specific concept taught after the lesson • To check student understanding about a concept taught • To get positive or negative student feedback about how they felt about a lesson Variation: Allow students to work with partners or in small groups, let student verbally give their answers, or even provide a variety of exit sleeps to meet the needs of each students at their multiple academic levels. ("Exit Slips," 2007) ("Exit Slips," 2001) Exit Slip ResourcesExit Slips
• This resource provides a detailed description of Exit Slips, the procedure of how to integrate it into the classroom, differentiated instructional ideas, and downloadable templates to use ("Exit Slips," 2001). Classroom Strategies: Exit Slips • This source offers the reasoning behind the strategy, the benefits is produces, and the steps in how Double-Entry Journals are implemented into a classroom setting ("Exit Slips," 2007) How Writing Ties into the Strategy Standard: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.2.f
• Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented. How Writing is Tied into the Strategy: The strategy of Exit Slips is a process that has students answer prompts that either a document their learning, emphasize the process of learning, or evaluate the effectiveness of the teachers instruction. Writing can be tied into this strategy by having the students produce written responses to the prompts, which would require students to think critically about the lesson concept. (Common Core State Standards, 2010, p. 42) |
Videos of Exit Slips (TeachLikeThis, 2013)
Video: This is a teaching video that explains the Exit Slip strategy. It provides the steps for correct implementation along with suggestions for how to use the strategy in the classroom. Instruction: This video is provides a step-by-step procedure guide for the use of exit slips in the classroom. It can be used as a resource for teachers working to incorporate exit slips into their lessons. Student Engagement: This video helps students understand the rationale and process for using exit slips to gather data that will guide instruction. By publishing exit slips, students learn that their voice matters. Assessment: The teacher could assess student knowledge and understanding after presenting the video. The assessment could include questions about the rationale behind this teaching strategy and could ask students to explain how exit slip data can be used. (Foil2011's Channel, 2011)
Video: This video defines the purpose of exit slips in the classroom. In addition, it discusses the process, benefits, advantages and disadvantages of using exit slips. Instruction: This video provides a resource for teachers who would like to begin using exit slips in the classroom. It explains how the strategy can be used to provide teachers with a snapshot of where students stand in respect to learning the objective and provides students with an avenue to ask questions. Student Engagement: This video could help students understand the importance of using exit slips when teaching. It provides students with a simple model that can be used with every lesson. Assessment: The teacher could assess student knowledge and understanding after presenting the video. The assessment could include questions about the purposes, benefits and disadvantages of using exit slips. |