Three copies of the same exit ticket fit on this 2-page 3rd grade sheet, so you can cut them apart for a group. Each ticket has a three-sentence text about hummingbirds, which fly backwards and beat their wings up to 80 times a second. Students say what is special about how hummingbirds fly and copy the exact words that explain why they drink nectar. A five-face feelings scale closes each ticket. It checks RI.3.1. There is no answer key.
RI.3.1
“Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.”
Question 2 asks students to copy the text's exact words, and question 1 asks for an answer taken straight from the passage.
A name line and the short hummingbird passage about flying backwards, fast wing beats, and drinking nectar every day.
Question 1 asks what is special about how hummingbirds fly. Question 2 asks for the exact words that explain why they drink nectar.
Students circle one of five faces, from angry to very happy.
Last five minutes
Hand it out at the end of an informational text lesson. Sort the tickets into three piles: exact quote, paraphrase, and no answer.
Next-day regroup
Students who paraphrase question 2 instead of copying "This fast wing movement takes a lot of energy" join a small group the next day.
Feelings check
Look at the faces before you read the answers. A frown next to a correct answer often means the student guessed.
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