Back to School - My Summer Memories!
- Grades
- Grades 1–5, Elementary
- Pages
- 2
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Holiday & Seasonal, Holidays, Back To School, ELA, Writing
- Topic
- summer, memories
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
About this resource
What's inside this resource
Summer snapshots, sensory details and a short personal story fill two pages that help students share their break with a new class. Students draw a place they went, a food they loved and something they tried for the first time, then finish sentence starters about each one. A senses card asks what they saw, heard and smelled or touched at one summer spot, and a story box guides a First, Next, Then, Last retelling of a day spent with someone special.
Page 2 closes with a hope for the new school year and a question to ask a partner after trading pages. Every response is personal, so there are no wrong answers. Suited to grades 2–5.
Comes in full color and print-friendly black and white.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Recall and describe personal summer experiences by completing sentence starters
Use sight, sound, smell or touch details to describe a place
Sequence a short personal narrative with First, Next, Then and Last
Teaching tips
Share one of your own summer memories aloud before students begin the snapshot frames.
Pair students for the Share it! card, where they trade pages and write one question about their partner's summer.
Point out the four sequence words printed in bold in the story box before students start writing.
Skills covered
Personal narrative writing: students retell one summer day in order using First, Next, Then and Last.
Descriptive writing: students add what they saw, heard and smelled or touched at a summer place.
Explaining feelings: students name how a first-time experience made them feel and give a reason with "because."
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
How much drawing and how much writing do students do?
Three framed drawings sit beside short sentence starters. The rest is writing, including a five-line story, a hope for the year and a partner question.
Can students who stayed close to home this summer still complete it?
Yes. The prompts ask about a place, a food, something new and a day with someone special, so a backyard, a library or a local park works as well as a trip.
How does the partner section work?
On the Share it! card, students trade pages, read their partner's memories and write one question to ask about that summer, which gives each pair a ready conversation starter.
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
personal narrative
sensory details
sequence words
back to school
reflection
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