Quicky Sticky

The kids are loving the "Quicky Sticky"! 

I love my Exit Slip bulletin board, but the procedure is quite time consuming. I have to pass out papers, students have to read the questions, they have to answer the questions, and finally they have to get up and put the paper in the appropriate folder. The procedure can take up to 15 minutes...time that I just don't have.

So...in comes the Quicky Sticky.  Students are armed with sticky notes ready to respond and stick...it's that easy!

I post a question on the smart board that reviews the daily lesson or skill...

The students write the answer on a sticky note...

They stick it to the space in the chart with their corresponding classroom number...

I use a clipboard with a class grid to assess the results. Any students who answered incorrectly are brought back for a follow up question and a possible intervention.

It's that easy!  

When I say it's time for a Quicky Sticky the students all cheer. This is a keeper!

Cheers!

Exit Slip, Exit Ticket, Ticket out the Door

No matter what you call it, the exit slip is a super, quick, little assessment.

I had to come up with a plan for how to administer and check the exit slips in my science classes.

So, I designed a bulletin board to house the materials. I'm actually not finished. It seems that everything I do needs some revision.  I always come up with a new idea and have to change things. OK...I don't have to change things, but my compulsive personality makes me do it!

Currently, I pass out the slips and the students place them in the red folders.  Each student will be responsible for some meta-cognitive thinking.  Do they know what they know?  The 4,3,2,1 folders would assume that they do.  

After answering two questions that appear on the smart board at the conclusion of a lesson, each student will place his/her exit slip into the appropriate folder. I love looking on as they place their slips. It's really a quick way to evaluate my lesson.  Did most students understand the concepts?

Or I should ask, did they think they understood the concepts? If there is a large portion of the students putting their slips into the "1" or "2" folder, I'm in trouble. That's a sure indicator that it's time for me to design a new lesson and present the material again. If it's early on in a unit, I try not to get too excited over a lot of 1 and 2 responses.  We will be working on the same skills and concepts for many days to follow.  At the end of a unit, the 1 and 2 responses are somewhat alarming.

That being said, it has been a very enlightening experience to evaluate the exit slips.  Only two students in my first period class missed both questions.  Twelve of the students missed one question and eight of the students answered both questions correctly. This does set the tone for my next lesson. Enough of the students missed at least one question that I feel a review lesson is warranted.

As far as the display is concerned, I am going to add another folder to hold the blank exit slips. The procedure for students will be to grab a slip on the way to your seat at the beginning of class.  Then, I don't have to waste time passing out fresh slips each period. The students can just pull them out when I display the questions on the smart board. Currently, I have a folder on my computer with exit slip questions that I can pull up quickly and save for next year.

Cheers!