Here the same exit slip prints three times across 2 pages, so one copy cuts apart for several students. The text is four sentences about frogs, from tadpoles in the water to long, sticky tongues that catch bugs. Students choose the main topic from Bugs, Frogs or Water and write one key detail. A row of five faces lets them show how they feel about the day. It is a quick 1st grade check on Common Core RI.1.2, and the only fixed answer is Frogs.
RI.1.2
“Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.”
Question 1 names the main topic and question 2 retells one key detail from the frog text.
Four sentences on frogs: they start as tadpoles, grow strong legs, hop on land and catch bugs with sticky tongues.
Question 1 offers Bugs, Frogs or Water. Question 2 asks for one detail in the student's own words.
Five faces, from angry to very happy, for students to circle.
End of a nonfiction lesson
Hand these out in the last five minutes after an animal read-aloud. Collect them at the door and sort them into got it and not yet.
Watch the distractors
Bugs and water both appear in the text, so students who pick them are choosing a word they saw. Pull those students for a short reteach on what most sentences are about.
Cut before class
Cut the repeated slips apart ahead of time and hand one to each student.
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