It’s official!!! I have successfully finished updating all of my portfolios!!!! I updated Kindergarten and Pre-K last Summer and just finished updating my first grade one!
All of the portfolios include monthly poem divider pages with a place to put pictures from that month, number writing pages for each month, self portrait pages with a place to write their height, writing prompts. Each portfolio also contains a Memory book/All about me section with pages for favorite school lunch, where I live, my birthday, what I learned this year, where I go to school and so, so much more!!!!!!!!!!!!
So….how do I use it?? I make each child’s portfolio at the beginning of the year. I copy them, Laminate the cover for durability and bind them together. Then, I keep them in special mailboxes for each child so that they are easily accessible….I need to be able to find them quick when the kiddos lose a tooth:)
Here are some examples from some Kindergarten Portfolios from this year! It’s soooooo fun to see their progress!!!!
These 3 pictures are all by another little girl! Look at the progress in her pictures and her name!!! AND I LOVE how she labeled her May self portrait!!!

Thanks for reading my entire post!!! Want a portfolio of your very own?? Just PIN your favorite portfolio from my TPT store and leave me a comment with your email address that you did!! I will randomly pick a winner tomorrow night!!! Good luck!
I would love the Kindergarten Portfolio!! I love all the pages that you shared with us, I think it would be such an awesome keepsake for parents!!!
How do you keep track of these pages, do you bind them or have student complete and put into a file?
Thanks!!
http://pinterest.com/pin/153615037262731404/
kmg258@gmail.com
LOVE these! I pinned your kindergarten portfolio!!!
Jennifer
lofgrenj@vail.k12.az.us
Love it! Pinned!
merrittbalding@gmail.com
this is AWESOME! I am always looking for a way to organize and keep meaningful work that shows the kids' progress. LOVE this!! I pinned and would love to win the Kindergarten pack! http://pinterest.com/pin/110830840802610650/
Rachel pcolagal1963@gmail.com
I love your kindergarten portfolio!
kaleyskinders@gmail.com
I love it. I create portfolios for my kinders and firsties but do it rather randomly. I like the idea of having it organized in advance and using it as an assessment tool. I would love to win the Kindergarten one 🙂 danella@cox.net (I did pin it http://pinterest.com/charlie85748/assessments/)
Pinned kindergarten portfolio! Love it teachersrule2@comcast.net
I have pinned the Kindergarten portfolio. It is awesome.
mott@newcastle.k12.ok.us
Love these!! I pinned you "Kindergarten Portfolio" to my back to school board!!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Stacey
swhite@cfc.k12.wi.us
I pinned the Pre-K portfolio. Versana Polidore
http://pinterest.com/pin/208713763953993341/
versana@gmail.com
Thanks so much for sharing your post! I pinned your K Portfolio and would love to win it!!! We just finished our Kindergarten Memory Books for this year but, I would love to use yours next year! Your pages are adorable!!
keefe.courtney@gmail.com
Looks great! I pinned your kindergarten version http://pinterest.com/pin/84583299224401071/ and I would love to win a copy.
yvonneeyrg@gmail.com
Love the kindergarten portfolio!!!! I pinned it!!
~Natalie
nmheard@sbcglobal.net
Love the kindergarten portfolio! Repinned!
-katie
gipperichk@ritenour.k12.mo.us
These are adorable! Pinned the first grade portfolio.
masegian-davila_christy@cusdk8.org
I love the Kindergarten portfolio! I pinned it!
sara_weiss@att.net
I love your prek portfolios. I pinned them and the guided reading organization bucket from your pins. I need to be organized and you give such great ideas. Thank you!
Tamara
teachertammy3w@gmail.com
I pinned the Kindergarten portfolio. It is so cute and such a wonderful idea. Would love to win it. adchism@spsmail.org
The magic number is SIX!!! Congrats, Charlie Danella! Your portfolio is on the way:)
Thank you so much Katie I'm so excited. This will be FANTASTIC for next year. Congratulations on your win to attend the Kinder Conference in Vegas.
My class loved their portfolios!!! I had so many emails from parents! 🙂 Thank you for helping make my job easier! 🙂
Cheryl
Crayons and Curls
I love this!!
I pinned the Kindergarten one, and I would LOVE a copy for myself!
Email– abarry444@gmail.com
Thanks!
kindergarten portfolio is just awesome!!!! I pinned it!!
would love to have for my daughter
abhisek.dey@gmail.com
I love the way you’ve organized your portfolios! They are definitely one of the more creative that I have seen. Recently, I’ve been researching the pros and cons of creating physical copies of portfolios, such as this one, and using an app to store and share portfolio information, such as the one shown here . I believe there are definitely merits to both, such as the physical copy providing the parents with a keepsake, and the app providing a convenient way to see all of the portfolio information. However, I would love to hear your opinion on the subject, from an instructor’s perspective. Could you ever see yourself using the app method in the future, or do you prefer making portfolios this way?