Main Idea Exit Tickets

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.

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First page of the Main Idea Exit Tickets printable: two cut-apart exit tickets for main idea, three questions each

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.