At the end of the school day, or at the end of an important learning activity is an excellent time to use exit slips. Simply distribute an index card (approximately 3 x 5cm) to each student.

After each student has a card the teacher poses a question for the students to respond to. The question must be short and should take the students a maximum time of 5 minutes to complete.

As the students leave the classroom they are to drop their exit slip into some sort of container. Essentially, the exit slip is their ticket to leave.

The classroom teacher now has a quick assessment tool. By assesssing the responses on the exit slips the teacher can better differentiate the instruction in order to accomodate students' needs for next class.