Summer Resources

MY SUMMER HOLIDAYS - Planning and Writing a Recount

For Key Stage One, an ideal start to this work would be a circle time discussion, alongside some partner talk, in which the children talk about their summer holiday experiences. It is beneficial to encourage discussion of the senses involved in their experiences, sights, smells, etc.

Pages 2-3 of this document are planning sheets with three spaces for a drawing and a sentence. The children can fill this in in a preliminary lesson before using the subsequent writing sheets for their recount.

There are four different starter sheets with different spaced lines as well as a follow-on sheet for those that are able to or wish to write more.

Early Years children (at various levels) would benefit from 1:1 conversation about what they did during their summer holidays. Depending on confidence levels, the sheets will allow children to express their thoughts from early mark making attempts (with perhaps an adult scribing what the child has said) to pictures with the beginnings of a few letters, words or even a simple sentence.

Have fun!

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