Plan and reflect
Plan My Drawing
Before you draw: choose your idea, shapes and colors. After you draw: look back and set a goal.
Thinking sheet · Plan and reflect
Art Exit Ticket
A quick 3-2-1 after any art lesson: three things learned, two liked, one question.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 10 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- recall, self-assessment, asking questions
What kids do
“Before you go: three, two, one!”
- Today’s lesson:
- 3 things I learned
- 2 things I liked
- 1 question I still have:
- I feel…
- A tiny sketch from today
How to run it
- Use it in the last five minutes of a lesson.
- Sort the tickets by the “I feel” circles to plan the next lesson.
- Answer the best questions at the start of next time.
Talk about it
- What was the most important thing you learned?
- Which question did lots of people ask?
- What do you want to try next lesson?
Take it further
Swap tickets and answer a classmate’s question.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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