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Free exit ticket templates

Pick a format, add your own question, and print one, two or four to a page, or copy it into Google Docs or Google Forms. Free, no sign-up.

Updated October 2026

1. Pick a format

After a reading, a video or a new topic, when you want a quick picture of what stuck.

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Exit ticket

Name Date

3 things I learned today

1.
2.
3.

2 things I found interesting

1.
2.

1 question I still have

1.

The templates

Not sure which to use? Start with one question on today's goal. The exit tickets guide explains when each format fits and what to do with the answers.

One question on today's goal exit ticket

The default. One question that only a student who met today's goal can answer.

  • Your question, for example: In your own words, explain why the moon has phases.

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3-2-1 exit ticket

After a reading, a video or a new topic, when you want a quick picture of what stuck.

  • 3 things I learned today
  • 2 things I found interesting
  • 1 question I still have

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Rate your understanding exit ticket

Mid-unit, to group students for tomorrow without giving a quiz.

  • How well do you understand today's lesson?: 1 · I'm lost / 2 · Getting there / 3 · I've got it / 4 · I could teach it
  • Why did you pick that number?

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Muddiest point exit ticket

After a hard lesson, to find the exact step where students got lost.

  • What was the most confusing part of today's lesson?
  • What would help you understand it?

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Question + confidence exit ticket

When a right answer could be a lucky guess: it separates the sure from the unsure.

  • Your question, for example: Solve: 3/4 + 1/8 = ?
  • How sure are you?: Guessing / Fairly sure / Certain

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Headline summary exit ticket

At the end of a unit or a discussion, to check whether students can name the big idea.

  • Write a newspaper headline that sums up today's lesson
  • Explain your headline in one sentence

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I used to think… now I think… exit ticket

When the lesson was meant to change a common wrong idea.

  • I used to think…
  • Now I think…

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Traffic light exit ticket

With younger students, or as a ten-second check at the door.

  • Circle one: Green · I've got it / Yellow · I'm not sure / Red · I need help
  • One thing I can do now that I couldn't before

Use this template

Exit tickets in Google Docs

  1. Pick a template above and press "Copy for Google Docs or Forms".
  2. Paste it into a new Google Doc and adjust the wording.
  3. Print it, or assign the Doc in Google Classroom with "Make a copy for each student" so everyone writes in their own.

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Mentora runs the check for you: students answer on any device, written answers are graded against your criteria, and the debrief shows who got it, who almost did, and what to reteach tomorrow.

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Frequently asked questions

Are these exit ticket templates free?

Yes. Print them, copy them into Google Docs or Forms, and use them with your classes. No account and no sign-up.

Can I edit the templates?

Add your lesson or topic and, on the formats that need one, your own question before you print. To change anything else, copy the template into Google Docs and edit it there.

How many exit tickets fit on a page?

One, two or four, on US Letter paper with cut lines. Four to a page is the usual choice for a class set.

How do I make an exit ticket in Google Forms?

Copy the template, create a form, and add each prompt as a question: paragraph questions for the written parts, and a multiple-choice or linear-scale question for the rating parts. Share the link or a QR code in the last five minutes of class.

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