Exit Ticket Template: Printable Exit Slips, 2 to 6 a Page

An exit ticket is the cheapest piece of information a lesson produces. Three minutes, a quarter sheet of paper, and you know who to sit with tomorrow. The hard part has always been having the slips ready, which is what an exit ticket template is for.

This post walks through the eight formats in the free exit ticket maker, how to print a class set on a few sheets, and what to do with the pile once it is in your hand.

Which exit ticket template should you use?

Start with 3-2-1 if you are not sure, because it works in any subject on any day. The other seven each answer a narrower question.

Format	What the student writes	Best moment
3-2-1	3 things learned, 2 found interesting, 1 question	Any lesson
Learning target check	Got it, nearly there or not yet, plus one worked example	When the lesson had one objective
Muddiest point	The most confusing part, and what would help	After a hard lesson
Show your work	One problem, every step, and the answer	Math
Traffic light	Color in green, amber or red, and say why	When you have ten seconds
Vocabulary check	Meaning, a sentence, and a similar word	Word of the day
Bell-ringer	A blank ruled box, no name line	The start of the lesson
Reading response	What happened, one line of evidence, and an opinion	After reading

Each format has its own printed heading, and most carry a default prompt, so a sheet works even if you type nothing. The muddiest point slip also gives students three boxes to check for what would help most: another example, a go at one themselves, or hearing it again.

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How do you print a sheet of exit slips?

Pick a format, type the prompt, set the class size, and download. The maker shows the sheet as you change things, so what you read on screen is what prints.

1. Choose a format from the list. The line under it says what the format is for.
2. Type today's prompt, such as "Today: solving two-step equations". It prints on every slip.
3. Set slips per page (2, 3, 4 or 6) and type your student count, up to 360.
4. Pick a theme and a cut guide style.
5. Decide on the name line and the date line, then download.

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How many slips per page, and how do you cut them?

Two, three, four or six per page, and the choice is about writing room. Six per page suits a traffic light or a vocabulary check; a show-your-work slip with six ruled lines wants a half sheet.

• 2 per page: half sheets

  For show your work and reading response, where the writing is the point. A class of 30 is 15 sheets.

• 3 or 4 per page: thirds and quarters

  The everyday sizes for 3-2-1, learning target and muddiest point. Four per page turns a class of 30 into 8 sheets, and the maker shows that count beside the student box.

• 6 per page: small slips

  Traffic light and vocabulary check, where a student ticks a box and writes a line. Five sheets covers a class of 30.

Cut guides come in four styles: dashed lines for scissors, faint solid lines, corner marks for a paper trimmer, or none. The name line can follow the format's default, be switched off, or run extra long to the edge for students with long names, and a date line can be added to any format.

Eight color themes sit on the same panel, from a plain Classic to Chalkboard. They change the border, heading band and typeface, not the slip's content, so pick one per class and the piles stay easy to tell apart.

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What do you do with thirty slips?

Sort them into three piles at the door (got it, nearly, not yet) and do not write on any of them. The piles are tomorrow's grouping, and that is the whole return on three minutes of class time.

A slip that gets marked and handed back has turned into a quiz. Grading it costs an evening, and the information arrives too late to change what you teach next. Exit tickets belong to formative assessment, the kind that shapes tomorrow's lesson rather than the gradebook, and the teaching resources at Edutopia are a good place to read more about keeping them low-stakes.

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What is free, and where does Classroom come in?

Every format, every layout and unlimited printing are free, and the download needs no account. Free PDFs carry one small "Made with PuzzlePage.app" line.

The extras are cosmetic: your own accent color, a running header, your name on the sheet, and the credit line removed. Those come with a $2.99 day pass or with the Classroom plan at $19 a year, which also covers the answer sheet generator and the other classroom makers. Nothing about the slips themselves is behind it.

For the other end of the hour, the free quiz maker prints a short multiple-choice check with its own key, and the flash card maker turns the week's vocabulary into a deck for the same students to take home.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is an exit ticket template?

An exit ticket template is a short printed slip with a fixed structure, such as 3 things I learned, 2 I found interesting and 1 question I still have, that students fill in during the last few minutes of a lesson. The structure stays the same and only the day's prompt changes.

How many exit tickets fit on one page?

Two, three, four or six, depending on how much writing room the format needs. At four per page, a class of 30 takes 8 sheets, and the maker shows that count as you type the class size.

Should exit tickets be graded?

They work best as information rather than marks. Sorting the slips into three piles at the door tells you tomorrow's grouping, and a student who knows the slip is not graded is more likely to say what confused them.

Can I write my own exit ticket prompt?

Yes. Type today's prompt once and it prints on every slip on the sheet. Leave it blank and the format uses its own wording, such as Today's lesson or What was the most confusing part of today.