A colleague of mine actually showed me this idea relating to science. In an admit/exit slip students are expected to complete each question/set of questions prior to and after the lesson. Students will be able to write down their thoughts, fill out questions to ensure understanding of the lesson taught, and to give feed back on the lesson/teaching of the lesson. Thus teachers will learn how to adjust the lesson to met certain needs, what needs to be clarified, or what concepts need more assistance. Students can either answer questions being asked on an index card, sheet of notebook paper, science notebook, or even a copy of the questions (which can be a very basic template of questions that can be used with every lesson being taught). This type of strategy can be used with any subject. My colleague just suggested science as a way to see what students are learning and give a grade on their slips. Normally science is very hard to grade since most science activities are hands on. I used the with my classroom and it seemed to work wonderfully. I am excited to use it again with our study of rocks and minerals.
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This sounds like a great strategy! What grade do you teach? I think that my third graders would really like this! Especially the part about telling what they liked and did not like!
I plan to use this strategy!
Posted by Misty Mistretta | March 22, 2009 11:18 AM
Posted on March 22, 2009 11:18