Exit ticket prompts wheel
Twelve quick closing prompts that show you what students learned, in the last three minutes of a lesson.
12 entries
Hide a note behind a slice with a bar: cat | a small furry pet. It shows after the spin. Start a line with an emoji to draw it big. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too.
Who's away today?
Tap anyone who is away. Their slice is hatched and skipped today only; at midnight they are back. Nobody is deleted.
Drag the wheel round and let go to flick it. Your flick sets the show. The draw is already fair: your browser's secure random generator picks the winner before the wheel moves.
Space spin, or stop sooner · R new round · M sound on or off · F full screen · Esc leave it
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How to use it
- The wheel already holds 12 entries for “Exit ticket wheel”. Edit, add or delete lines in the box and it redraws; your changes stay in this browser.
- Tap the wheel, press Space, or drag it and let go to flick it. The winner is drawn first with your browser's secure random generator; the pegs, the clicks and the big reveal only show it.
- Choose Fade the winner or Remove the winner to use every entry once, or Keep everyone in for repeats. “Original list” brings back the starting entries, and Print makes a paper spinner of the list.
Ideas for class
- Spin in the last three minutes, students answer on a sticky note or scrap of paper, and they leave it on the door.
- Sort the answers into three piles that night: got it, almost, not yet. Let the piles decide tomorrow's warm-up.
- Use Rate 1 to 4 for a quick fist-to-five check on understanding with no writing at all.
- Rotate to a new prompt each day. Students pay more attention when they cannot predict the question.
- Mix in one prompt that is not about content, such as “Proud of”, so exit tickets feel less like a quiz.
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Questions
Do I need paper?
No. Students can answer aloud to a partner, on a whiteboard or on a sticky note. Paper helps when you want to look at answers afterward.
Are exit tickets graded?
They work best as feedback for you, not as a grade. When students know there is no grade, their answers are usually more honest.
What does the research say about exit tickets?
Short checks for understanding are a part of formative assessment, which is supported by research on feedback. A single prompt on a scrap of paper is a small version of that idea; the useful part is that you read the answers and change tomorrow's lesson.
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