Class closers

Class closers allow for a quick assessment to see what students have learned and the teacher can connect the ideas back to the stated objectives from the start of the class to review if the objectives were met. Below are some basic examples and following that are some more creative ideas to mix things up every now and then. 

• Exit slips can be used with a couple of problems or questions for students to answer
• Thumbs up/thumbs down (whole class assessment)
•  3-2-1 Three things you learned, two questions you have and one thing you liked;
• Post-its with questions that are placed under the desk to be answered as an exit ticket.  
• Create a Multiple choice question and 4 answer choices
• Go around the room asking students to tell one thing that they learned today. Since each student can only give one thing, this gives more students a chance to respond and may jog the memory of students that do not usually respond.
• Fishbowl: Every student anonymously writes down a question that they have about the lesson. Collect and mix up in a bowl. Draw questions and have students answer.
• 3 whats: What did we learn today? So what? (How is this important? relevant? useful?) Now what? (Follow up? How does this relate to our unit outcomes?)