Tell Me A Story: STUDENT PORTFOLIOS

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/

STUDENT PORTFOLIOS

TELL STORIES

OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

I spent 12 years in Kindergarten and Preschool

at Independence Christian School,

and Timothy Lutheran Early Childhood Center...

as a teacher,

and I had just as much fun as the children.

It was a labor of LOVE

to create student portfolios.

I saved papers and art work

from each student to add to their portfolio,

and took hundreds of candid photos of my students

to include in their portfolio.

I also staged photo shoots each month and brought

props for my students to dress up in.

I emailed some photos to parents;

and printed and then framed some photos as gifts for the

students and their families.

Student Art Work

Never ask a child: "What is that?"

Try this:

"Tell me about your drawing."

Then LISTEN to what they have to say.

Write the story of their drawing.

Drawings children created
on the white board in our class were easily erased,
so I photographed many of the children's drawings.

Their drawings and stories are precious.

I taught the children a simple ballet for our school talent show. It was a great opportunity to take photos. I made tu-tus for all the girls in my class, and the girls in my friend, Tammy's class. Copyright 2008 Marcia Norwood.

A student portfolio is a systematic collection of

student work and related material that depicts a student's

activities, accomplishments, and achievements in one or

more school subjects. The goal is to tell their stories of

school achievement.

http://www.unm.edu/~devalenz/handouts/portfolio.html

PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN

STUDENT PORTFOLIOS

I had ten preschool students,

and made the scrapbooks for their

student portfolios

before class began each year,

using large construction paper.

(It's easier to have the portfolio made before class begins,
and add a few things each month.)

I laminated the design on the cover page

with our school's laminating machine.

Laminating Machine

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I bound the book

with our school's spiral binding machine.

Note:

I didn't use more expensive scrapbook paper.

It would have been cost prohibitive on my teacher's salary.

I glued in student's papers and art work, class calendars,

stickers, alphabet letter cards each month to the portfolio.

I let the children choose what to add to their portfolio,

and shared the work-in-progress portfolio

with parents at parent-teacher conferences

throughout the year.

Students took their portfolios home at the end of the year.

Spiral Binding Machine

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Ellison Letter Machine

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http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/599475/Ellison-Machine-Starter-Set-Prestige-Pro/

DEVELOPMENT SEQUENCES

IN CHILDREN'S ART

I taught the children a simple ballet for our school talent show. It was a great opportunity to take photos. I made tu-tus for all the girls in my class, and the girls in my friend, Tammy's class. Copyright 2008 Marcia Norwood.

GRADUATION

Students added their own drawings

to grad caps that we created from poster board.

I designed a GRAD logo and took my design

to a local store and had T-shirts silk-screened.

Parents and teachers purchased T-shirts.

T-shirt purchases helped pay for

the cost of graduation decorations and supplies.

STUDENT COLLAGES

I photographed my student's profile,

and printed the photo and cut it out.
Then I made ENLARGED copies

using multiple colors of photocopy paper.

I glued the color paper profile photos to poster board,

and added a quote from each student,
and also added stickers, and decorations.....
and finally laminated the poster/student collage.

to create a unique

Andy-Warhol-like collage.

They were huge,

(nearly life-size)

and one of my most favorite

(although labor-intensive) projects.

The children loved seeing their picture enlarged.

Most parents "got it" and were very appreciative.

I wish I could have had each one mounted and framed...

because one father rolled it up

and squished it under his arm.

The student was upset,

and told me her parents threw it away when they got home.

Some parents threw away their children's

papers in the trash can in our room

when they picked up their child.

Some didn't notice the look on their child's face.

That's one of the reasons I started saving

children's art work in the first place,

and why I decided to make

a scrapbook/portfolio for each student.

I wanted the children to know that I valued their work.

I also taught Core Competency III

(classes for teachers)

through the

Christian Early Childhood Association

on how to create student portfolios.

CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser:

www.cecakc.org

My class,

SCRAPS,

stands for:

Save

Create

Remember

Accessorize

Personalize

Share.

A student portfolio is a systematic collection of

student work and related material that depicts a student's

activities, accomplishments, and achievements in one or

more school subjects. The goal is to tell their stories of

school achievement.

Scrapbook/portfolios

are something

parents,

grandparents,

public, private and homeschool

teachers

can do

to help tell stories

of their children's achievements.

Have fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Marcia Norwood

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Tell Me A Story

TELL ME A STORY

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

STUDENT PORTFOLIOS

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