Exit+Slips

Exit slips is a post reading strategy that is a useful, informal assessment tool.   ·  Brief—middle school students appreciate that. · Easy to assess. Will help me inform my instruction for upcoming lessons. · Incorporates writing to learn. Students have to organize their thoughts and put them down on paper. · Can be a support for discussion—encourage quiet students. · Supports the students role in the classroom. Again, the best part of this strategy is its brevity. No learning style is taxed for too long. I think for special education students or ELLs this is a non-threatening form of assessment and I can quickly put supports into place if I see they have confusion or questions. Conversely, my gifted students will have the same benefits from quick assessment.   1. Students spend a couple of minutes at the end of the hour responding to prompts. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">2. These are not graded (though, I do grade mine for completion/participation). <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">3. According to Fisher, Brozo, Frey, and Ivey (2007, pgs. 24-25), prompts generally fall into three categories: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">--Prompts that document learning --Prompts that emphasize the process of learning --Prompts to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction. 4. According to Wilhelm (2007, pgs. 96-96), prompts generally ask: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; msolist: IgnoremsoFareastFontFamily;">--What have I learned that is important? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; msolist: IgnoremsoFareastFontFamily;">--What do I want to learn more about? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; msolist: IgnoremsoFareastFontFamily;">--I wonder what would happen if... <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> 5. Collect the exit slips and use them to plan discussions, lessons, reteaching, or wrap-ups. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> **<span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Potential Issues: ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> **<span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">References/Materials: **<span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 1. Fisher, D., Brozo, W.G., Frey, N., & Ivey, G. (2007). //<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">50 content area strategies for adolescent //<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> //<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">literacy. //<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">2. Wilhelm, J.D. (2007). //Engaging readers & writers with inquiry//. New York, NY: Scholastic.
 * <span style="font-size: 24pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Strategy Name: ****<span style="font-size: 24pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Exit Slips **<span style="font-size: 24pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">
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 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">8th grade Applied Communications --9 week writing class that all 8th grade students take as part of their Fine/Applied Arts rotation. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1 class of 30 students. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">I occasionally have students who don’t give me enough information in their answers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">I occasionally have students who forget to pass these in and the turn around is so quick, it doesn’t help when they turn it in late.
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