Recount Posters - Dreamy Space Theme

Recount writing guides young learners to retell personal experiences in a structured way, improving sequencing, sentence development, and early narrative writing skills. But for many students, remembering what details to include—like who, what, when, and where—can be tricky without proper visual support.

This Dreamy Space Recount Posters set supports early writers with visual prompts and simple guiding questions for each key element of writing. With calming pastel-pop colors, space-themed headers, and child-friendly visuals, this English poster set is both eye-catching and simple to understand. It’s ideal for displaying in your writing center, ELA bulletin board, or as part of your narrative writing anchor charts.

The posters are ready to print and display, saving you planning and prep time. The included editable template also lets you translate or customize prompts for bilingual classrooms or differentiated instruction.

What’s Included in the Dreamy Space Recount Posters:

• • 18 “Recount” Header options in full and half-page (Printable PDF)
  • 7 Recount Writing Posters with prompts (Printable PDF):
    • Who? – Who came with you? Who took you? Who was there?
    • Where? – Where did you go? Where did it happen?
    • What? – What did you do? What did you see?
    • When? – When was it? When did it happen?
    • Why? – Why did you go? Why did you do it?
    • How? – How did it make you feel?  (Emotions like happy, sad, angry, scared)

• • US and UK/AU spelling versions included
  • Text-editable Canva Template: Blank headers and posters for adding your own text, font, bilingual needs, or custom lessons.

Why You’ll Love These Dreamy Space Recount Posters:

• • Customize easily with Canva’s free version – No paid subscription needed to edit
  • Print-and-go format – Saves valuable prep time during writing lessons
  • Editable & bilingual-friendly – Adapt prompts and text to meet your learners' language needs
  • Supports early writing development – Encourages structured storytelling and expressive language
  • Visual prompts for scaffolding – Helps students organize thoughts and build independence in recount writing
  • Designed for young learners – Friendly illustrations and soft color palette keep students focused and engaged
  • Flexible classroom use – Perfect for your writing wall, ELA bulletin board, literacy station, or writer’s workshop area

This teaching resource is part of the Dreamy Space English Posters Bundle and coordinates beautifully with the Dreamy Space Classroom Decor Bundle for a calming, organized, and imaginative learning environment.

How to Use These Recount Posters in Your Classroom:

• • Display on your writing wall, narrative anchor chart space, or literacy center
  • Refer to them during whole-class modeling, mini-lessons, or small group writing
  • Print mini versions for student notebooks, folders, or reference rings
  • Customize in Canva to match grade-level vocabulary or add dual-language translations
  • Use to introduce or review key elements of recount texts and build writing confidence

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Please note, this is a downloadable, digital file that you can access immediately after purchase.

To open the files you will be required to have a PDF Reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. 

To edit: If the product description stipulates that the file is editable, it will be editable only in Microsoft PowerPoint. You will need to have access to Microsoft Powerpoint to be able to type in your text. You can access a free trial here. 

‘Editable’ refers to the *text* within the file being customisable. Images and colour palettes are not editable. Simply type into the text boxes provided or add in your own to edit.

Please ensure your PDF reader and MS PowerPoint software is up to date to avoid compatibility issues.

Purchase of this resource entitles the purchaser to reproduce pages in limited quantities for single classroom or homeschool use only, and strictly prohibits any commercial use.

Duplication for a friend, another staff member, or the entire school without the purchase of an additional license is not permitted.

Copying any part of this resource and/or placing it on the internet in any form (even a personal or classroom website/school server) is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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