Reading Exit Tickets – Printable Slips by Skill

How it works

These reading exit tickets are blank slips for the end of a lesson, four to a page with cut lines. The page opens on a slip for a story: Title, main character, setting and problem.

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Print the exit tickets

Press Print the exit tickets and cut along the dashed lines. No passage is printed.

Exit tickets for reading comprehension, by skill

The Sheet menu has a slip for each skill: main idea, theme, inference, context clues, character trait, summarizing, cause and effect, and point of view. There is also an exit ticket for text evidence and one for nonfiction.

Exit tickets for ELA in older grades

Three slips suit an English class: quote and comment, an exit ticket for literature with a claim and its evidence, and a choice the author made. They double as exit ticket ideas for high school English.

The last sheet is a filled-in sample for a made-up story, to show a class what goes under each heading.
One short slip prints six to a page: Title, Pages and three lines under Today I read about.

Questions and answers

What are some exit ticket questions for reading?

The slips here ask about the day's text: who the main character is, what the problem is, what the main idea is and which detail supports it. Most slips ask two or three things.

What goes on a main idea and details exit ticket?

A Title line, three lines for the main idea and two lines each for two details that support it. The sheet is named "Main idea exit ticket with two supporting details."

Is there an exit ticket for figurative language?

Yes. It has a Page line, two lines to copy the words from the text and three for what the writer really means. No kind of figurative language is listed, so the slip fits any example.

Are these language arts exit tickets free to print?

Yes. Every sheet prints from the page on Letter or A4 with no sign-up. For a PDF, choose Save as PDF as the printer in the print window.

Do they work as exit tickets for high school English?

The three in the group "Exit tickets for English class" were written for older readers: a line worth quoting, a claim with its evidence and a choice the author made.

All 17 sheets

Exit tickets for a story 5

Character trait exit ticket with proof from the text A Character line and a Trait line, then lines for what the character says or does and why that shows the trait. Four slips to a page.
Point of view exit ticket: who tells the story Two lines for who is telling the story and three for the words that told the reader so. Four slips to a page.
Story slip: character, setting, problem Four slips with cut lines. Each has Name, Date and Title lines, then lines for the main character, the setting and the problem of the story.
Summarizing exit ticket: beginning, middle and end Two lines each for how the story starts, what happens in the middle and how it ends, under a Title line. Four slips to a page.
Theme exit ticket: what the story teaches Three lines for the theme or lesson and three for what happens in the story that shows it. Four slips to a page.

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Exit tickets by reading skill 8

Cause and effect exit ticket: what happened and why Three lines for what happened, the effect, and three for why it happened, the cause. Four slips to a page.
Context clues exit ticket: a word I worked out A line for the word, three lines for the clues around it and two for what the reader thinks it means. Four slips to a page.
Figurative language exit ticket: the words and what they mean A Page line, two lines to copy the words from the text and three for what the writer really means. Four slips to a page.
Inference exit ticket: a clue plus what I know Lines for a clue from the text, for what the reader already knew and for the inference the two make together. Four slips to a page.
Main idea exit ticket with two supporting details Three lines for the main idea and two each for two details that support it, under a Title line. Four slips to a page.
Nonfiction exit ticket: topic, two facts, one wonder For an article or a chapter of facts: a Topic line, two lines for two facts and two for one thing the reader wonders. Four slips to a page.
Short reading exit ticket: today I read about The shortest slip: Name, Date, Title and Pages lines and three lines under Today I read about. Six slips to a page.
Text evidence exit ticket: my answer and the proof A Question line to copy from the board, two lines for a short answer and three for the sentence in the text that proves it. Four slips to a page.

Exit tickets for English class 3

Author's choice exit ticket for older readers A Text line, two lines for a choice the author made and three for its effect on the reader. Four slips to a page.
Claim and evidence exit ticket for literature Lines for a claim about the text, for the evidence and for how the evidence backs the claim. Four slips to a page.
Quote and comment exit ticket for English class A Text line, three lines to copy a line worth quoting and three to say why it was picked. Four slips to a page.

Filled-in sample 1

Sample: the character, setting, problem slip for a made-up tale Sample. A full-page copy of the story slip filled in for a story made up for this page, to show a class what goes under each heading.

How this list was compiled: Laid out and worded in-house on October 3, 2026. Every prompt is ours and no published ticket is copied. The sample is made up for this page. Licence: own work