Exit Tickets · Reading · Grades 2-6
Main Idea Exit Tickets
Six ready-to-print exit tickets for main idea, two to a page with an answer key. Three questions, half a sheet, three to five minutes at the close of the lesson.

Main Idea Exit Tickets gives you six ready-to-print exit tickets for main idea, one for each lesson in the unit. Each ticket is a short passage and three questions on a half sheet: three to five minutes at the close of the lesson, no preparation, and an answer key you can sort a class set against at a glance.
Print a page, cut along the dashed line, and hand out one ticket. What comes back tells you what to reteach tomorrow. Grades 2-6. 4 pages, included with a full membership.
What the six tickets cover
- What the whole passage is about
- Main idea and details
- Finding the biggest idea
- Titles and main ideas
- Main idea in a longer text
- Review: main idea
Looking for something longer? The Main Idea Assessment on this hub is a full 24-item check with its own answer key. The exit tickets share no items with it.