Presented by Ellen Ronning & Matt Landry Entrance / Exit Slips Presented by Ellen Ronning & Matt Landry Today’s Entrance Slip Writing Prompts: Please write a response to each of the following items onto the slip you received when you entered the room. 1. What was the highlight of your summer? 2. What do you think the purpose of an entrance and/or exit slip is?

What is an entrance / exit slip? Quick writing strategy Completed prior to, at the beginning of, and/or at the end of a lesson Students respond to a writing prompt and submit their response to the teacher These responses are typically NOT graded

Why are they important? Entrance (Admit) & Exit Slips do the following: Establish the climate for the day’s activity Activate and/or reinforce prior knowledge Provide FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT that is easy to incorporate daily Allows for student to reflect on, summarize, evaluate, synthesize, etc (all higher order thinking skills we strive for)

Why are they important (cont.)? Entrance (Admit) & Exit Slips do the following: Provide a routine opening/closing structure to a lesson Provide an opportunity for constructive feedback between students and/or between student and teacher Writing prompts can be used to help establish a positive classroom environment (look at today’s 1st ?)

Admit / Exit Slip Example

Admit / Exit Slip Sample Prompts Of the three main causes of the Civil War, which do you think is most important and why? After reading the scoring guide for speeches, what elements will you need to work on the most to perform well? Pick one problem on page 5 and write down in words the steps you’d take to solve it. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the metric versus English system of measurement

Effective Uses of Admit Slips Use as a daily homework assignment and require slip to enter room next day. Collect, read several, and discuss. Hand out randomly and have students read response anonymously. take volunteers to read slip aloud Have students pass their slips onto somebody else, who writes a comment about the response, and passes to another student to repeat the process.

Effective Uses of Exit Slips MUST make time (1-5 minutes) at end of class period. Use simple, open-ended prompts (could offer options) Use as a diagnostic tool to help evaluate student understanding and attitudes of content & identify misconceptions Use as a ticket out the door (usually results in 100% completion rate)

More Admit / Exit Slip Sample Prompts What did you learn today? How is this unit going for you thus far? What was the most difficult or confusing idea we learned today-and why? What are some questions you have about today’s lesson? What should I review tomorrow and why? What can I do to help make you a better student in this classroom? Summarize today’s lesson in 25 words or less.

Our exit slip from 2008/2009 Daily Exit Slip Name one thing you learned in today’s class (be specific).   2. Name one thing you still have a question on after today’s class or an additional thing you learned in today’s class (be specific).

Our experience with admit and exit slips Admit slips – Matt Exit slips – Ellen QUESTIONS?

2. How could you use these techniques in your class? Exit Slip for Today (please respond to each of these questions on the back of your admit slip) How are admit & exit slips formative assessments? How does formative differ from summative? 2. How could you use these techniques in your class? When finished you may read the provided articles, reflect on how to use this in your classroom, discuss with your neighbor, ask us questions, or complete your exit slip and turn it into one of the presenters as you leave. Have a good day! GO SPARTANS!