This short 4th grade grammar resource repeats one exit ticket three times, so a single copy serves three students. Each ticket has two questions on modal auxiliaries. First, students add can, may, or must to show a strict rule in "You _____ wear a seatbelt in the car." Then they write their own sentence with can to show something they are able to do. A row of five faces lets them rate how they feel about the day. The tickets check L.4.1.c.
L.4.1.c
“Use modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must) to convey various conditions.”
The seatbelt question tests must for a strict rule, and the second question asks students to use can for ability.
Each ticket has a name line, the seatbelt fill-in, and a prompt to write a sentence using can for an ability.
Five faces, from angry to very happy, for students to circle before they hand the ticket in.
End of the lesson
Hand these out in the last five minutes of a modals lesson. Students who write may for the seatbelt question have not yet linked must with rules.
Saving paper
Cut the copies apart so each student gets one ticket. The name line keeps them sorted when you collect them.
Checking mood
Look at the faces before you look at the answers. A student who circles the frown and gets both questions wrong may need a check-in more than a reteach.
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