The Unteachables Podcast

#106: Steal these 10 exit tasks for better engagement, behaviour, and calm end to the lesson.


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Exit tasks
Exit slips
Plenaries
Whatever you want to call them...
...they are SO much more than just a tool to consolidate learning or tick off reflection and self-assessment boxes.

When used effectively, they:
👉 Reinforce engagement and behaviour expectations.
👉 Encourage work completion by becoming part of your routine.
👉 Show students you care if they engage or finish their work!!

However, in reality...
Students can quickly become bored of them because the language is the same.
It can feel a little forced, especially as an exit routine if you’re trying to think of plenaries every day.
It adds extra work to our plates coming up with these exit tasks and then checking them!

That's where this episode comes in. I'm sharing 10 of my no-prep exit questions you can use immediately. These ideas are fun, flexible, and designed to help you feel calm and in control, while keeping your students engaged.

THE EXIT TASKS:

Here are my 10 exit tasks that you can copy and write up on the board at a moments notice. And of course if you like these, you can grab my teacher favourite 'Exit Doors' presentation with a bunch of other exit routine goodies inside of The Behaviour Club, or at the-unteachables.com/exit

1. Teach a Teenie - Imagine you had to explain what you learned in today’s lesson to somebody much younger than you. How might you explain it in the simplest way possible so that they would understand?

2. Hi-5 facts - Draw an outline of your hand. On the palm, write down what you think the main idea or main takeaway from the lesson has been. On each finger, write down one small fact that you learned

3. $3 Summary - Imagine each word that you write is worth 10c. Write a $3 summary of what you learned in today’s lesson. For example, this sentence is worth $1.30 because it is 13 words long! (Change the currency to whatever your local currency is)

4. Catch-up Notes - Imagine one of your friends was absent from class today. Write a list of 5 main things they would need to know from today’s lesson to be all caught up.

5. Beat the Teacher - Based on what you learnt today, come up with a quiz question that you think can stump the teacher! Write it down and be ready to test it out.

6. One Word - If you had to sum up everything you learned in today’s lesson in just one word, what would it be? Then, explain why you chose that word.

7. Rock, Paper, Scissors - Write down:

YOUR ROCK: The toughest thing from the lesson

YOUR PAPER: The three most important things to make a note of

YOUR SCISSORS: Something least important you’d cut out.

8. The Shoutout - What is one big thing you learned this lesson? Write it on a post it note. Hashtag

Have a question, comment, or just want to say hello? Drop us a text!

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  • The Low-Level Behaviour Bootcamp
  • Free guide: 'Chats that Create Change'

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