Holiday Recount Writing | Summer Autumn Fall Winter Spring & Diagnostic Tracker

Elevate student writing skills with this Seasonal School Holiday Recount Writing Prompt & Diagnostic Tracker. An engaging resource that combines fun visual prompts, a 2 Star and 1 Wish feedback model and progress tracking for all primary grades. As students return back to school after the holidays, this resource provides a valuable tool for teachers to inform and guide future writing lessons in preparation for assessment. Plus more!

Grade: All Primary Years (1-6)

School Holiday Recount Themes:

Northern & Southern Hemispheres

• Summer Holidays
• Autumn / Fall Holidays
• Winter Holidays
• Spring Holidays (x2) - Bonus Image prompt

Written Prompts:
Short and long versions:

• Write about an event during your school holidays.
• Write about the many events of your school holidays.

Writing Success Criteria:

In my writing I need to show:

• Correct letter formation
• Neat handwriting
• Accurate use of capitals 
• Accurate use of punctuation 
• Accurate spelling/sounding out
• Simple/Compound/Complex sentence/s
• Varying sentence starters
• Uses noun groups
• Correct use of conjunctions
• Paragraphs separated
• Cohesive text: Flows when read

What Can this Resource Be Used for?

• Pre-assessment of students’ writing abilities (Diagnostic)
• Set clear writing goals for the term using the data
• Inform planning for explicit teaching of specific writing skills that need improvement
• Track students’ progress effectively throughout the year
• Assist in writing report card comments based on student abilities
• Provide constructive feedback using the “2 Stars & 1 Wish” model
• Students self-checking their work
• Guiding students in enhancing their writing skills

Whether it’s the start of a new school year or a fresh term, this resource can be a beneficial addition to the back-to-school toolkit for teachers.

It Includes:

• Short and longer writing task versions for different primary levels
• 1 & 1.5 line-spacing options
• Autumn & Fall terms included (American vs Australian/UK)
• Poster/handout - Student writing checklist
• 2 Diagnostic trackers with a comment section
• Writing success criteria for essential writing skills
• BONUS extra SPRING writing image prompt.

Preview PDF & Video:

All versions have been included as a Preview PDF & Video example of the resources in this download. Please take a look for more!

Additional Details:

• In colour
• PDF format
• Printable
• Project or display digitally

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