Admit Slips

1. Write one (or more) things that you already know about____ . (Useful to begin a unit or lesson)
2. Write one question that you still have about the activity that we did yesterday.
3. Write an explanation of the process you used to solve one problem you did for homework last night.

1. One thing I learned today is....
2. One thing I am not sure about today's lesson is....
3. I can use this knowledge or process again when I....

Student samples have been presented in the same form they were received.  Spelling, punctuation, and syntax errors have not been corrected.  In my class students receive 10 points for completing and turning in their admit/exit slips on time (usually within a 5-10 minute time limit).  If a response is legible, grammatical errors will not devalue the score it receives, although I usually highlight grammatical and spelling errors so students are aware of them.  The responses to a particular question are used to informally evaluate student progress or acquire personal data from students, as such, responses are not considered to be correct or incorrect.  If I am looking for certain key words, phrases, or comments in the responses I will generally award the individual student 2-5 bonus points for their response.  How a particular response was used and evaluated will be included in the commentary on each individual response.

Note: Clicking on the example heading will take you to samples of student work and teacher commentary for that question.  Most admit/exit slips relate to one specific question.  A few examples will have more than one question.

Example 1
You are to write about the following things.
Your completed work should be about one page long.

1. Tell me about at least three things you like in math class.  Be specific about why you like these things.
2. Tell me about at least three things you dislike in math class.  Be specific about why you dislike these things.
3. Tell me how a math teacher can help you learn.  Is there something specific I should know about teaching you math?
4. Complete the following sentence.  Be sure to tell me how you felt about it.  One time in math class...

Example 3
What do you know about adding and subtracting terms?

Example 4
What do you think is true about the rate of change for a horizontal line?  Explain.

Example 5
How can you tell whether two sets of data vary directly?
How can you tell if a line is the graph of a direct variation?

Example 6
Compare and contrast rate of change, slope, and the constant of variation in a direct variation.

Example 7
Tell what you know about symmetry.

Example 8
Every day a radio station broadcasts a Question of the Day concerning the local public school system to which listeners can call in their YES or NO votes.  Will the results provide a true representation of the public's opinion?  Explain.

Example 9
What did you learn from yesterday's activity?

Example 10
Write about using tables when problem solving.