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When your lesson notes don't support a recap

Write parent recaps that only claim what the lesson actually showed — every progress sentence tied to the observation behind it, no invented grades. But what happens when the notes are too thin for even that? A recap written from guesses is worse than no recap: it sets an expectation the next three lessons have to answer for. The honest move is the missing-info checklist.

The checklist that replaces the recap

Before any recap sentence exists, each claim needs its observation: what the learner did, with what material, in this session. Anything without an observation behind it does not become a sentence — it goes on the missing-info checklist instead. The tutor recap prompt carries that checklist alongside its fact-to-note map and its explicit no-prediction review, so the tutor sees exactly which observations are missing before deciding whether a recap can be written at all.

The supported case: what a recap looks like when the notes hold

This is a real output from the tutor recap prompt — the parent-facing email, followed by the evidence line for every claim in it:

**READY TO REVIEW.**

**Subject:** Fractions session update for Learner K

Hello,

In our 8 October session, K compared halves and quarters with paper strips and explained why two quarters equal one half after checking the strips. Thirds were still confusing in the final example. The assigned practice is to draw three sets of equivalent fractions.

Best, Alex R.

**Evidence:** "compared halves and quarters" supports activity; "described why" supports explanation; "mixed up thirds" supports difficulty; "draw three sets" supports practice. No grade prediction.

Sample data above is fictional, shown so you can judge the output before buying.

What the evidence lines prove

• 'compared halves and quarters' supports activity — K compared halves and quarters with paper strips
• 'described why' supports explanation — K explained why two quarters equal one half after checking the strips
• 'mixed up thirds' supports difficulty — thirds were still confusing in the final example
• 'draw three sets' supports practice — the assigned practice is to draw three sets of equivalent fractions

And the line that matters most: no grade prediction. The recap reports a session; it does not forecast a grade, a test result or a timeline. 'Thirds were still confusing in the final example' is a fact a parent can act on. 'She will be fine by the exam' is a promise nobody can keep. The assigned practice is restated exactly as set — the recap adds no exercises of its own — and the draft is marked ready to review, not ready to send, because the tutor's judgement is the last check. The evidence-map method itself is covered in our earlier guide, Tutor Session Recaps for Parents: Report Only What the Lesson Showed.

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