The recap that makes students realise how much they've learned
Templates to recap your lessons
A lesson recap is the single highest-impact, low-effort habit a tutor can build.
Tutors who recap consistently retain students at significantly higher rates, yet you might not be doing it - not because it's hard, but because it's easy to skip when you're wrapping up and running out of time.
This template makes it impossible to forget and takes less than 5 minutes.
Choose your language and download the template, then upload it to Preply Canvas to fill it in live with your student.
How to use the template
Let the student fill it in
Before you write anything, ask: "What do you remember from today?" Let them answer first. It activates recall, shows you what actually landed, and makes the recap feel like theirs.
Make it concrete
Don't write "practised grammar." Write "practised how to use the past tense to talk about weekend plans." Specific recaps give students something to think about between lessons.
Open your next lesson with it
ull up the previous recap together before you start. It takes 2 minutes and does three things at once: it warms up the student's memory, it shows you track their progress, and it creates a sense of continuity that makes the tutoring feel like a journey rather than a series of disconnected sessions.