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Exit Tickets

  Exit tickets are a great tool to use in your math classroom. Exit tickets can be used as a diagnostic tool to determine if students have the necessary knowledge and basic understanding of previous content before you move onto a new concept. By doing this basic diagnostic you can determine where to start and how much review you need to do from previous grades or lessons. Exit tickets can also be used to determine if students understood a lesson. After you teach a lesson, a exit ticket can help you determine if students are ready to move onto the next concept or if you need to spend more time on the current concept. Exit tickets can also be used as a self-assessment. Students can express how they feel about certain topics and their understanding of them. Exit tickets are a great and simple tool to use in any math classroom. 
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The Importance of a Growth Mindset in Math Class

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  As teachers, we have all seen students struggle in math class. As an intermediate teacher, I see that by the time students reach grade 7 or 8 they have already labelled themselves as either “good at math” or “bad at math” based on their performance in earlier grades or simply based on their mindset. One of the most heartbreaking struggles I see is when students reach this age and simply believe that they will never be good at math, so they stop trying. I feel that a great way to combat this is to instill a growth mindset in students from a very young age, especially when it comes to math. In math class, we need to embrace every small victory and students need to see making mistakes as learning opportunities that they can grow from. Here is a list of ways to help students develop a growth mindset in math class. 1.        Embrace the word yet. Instead of “I can’t do this” encourage students to say “I can’t do this yet.” This means even thought we...
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