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Year 2 · English · Writing

Writing recounts

Plan and write a recount of something that happened, in order, using time words and the past tense.

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Everything for this topic in one place

  • 3D lesson: Writing recounts — Find who, where and when, put events in order with time words and change doing words into the past with Kiri.
  • Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
  • Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
  • Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.

Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 1 (Years 0–3), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.

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