Creating and Using Writing Scrapbooks

By

Penny Ann Cline

Writing Scrapbooks

Scrapbooks vs Portfolio Assessment How they work

What are they?

A sequential collection of student writing Pictures and other memorabilia Timely self reflection

Why use them? Place to organize

student work Watch student growth Readily available for

conferences, SST, etc.

Create pride in his/her own work

Easy way for students to reflect on their work

Getting Started

Create a cover page Explain to students how the scrapbook

works Start collecting

student work in files Explain to parents

during Open House

Projects I have used

Color Poem Journals Student Books Content writing Penpals Response to Literature

Writing across the curriculum

Social Studies Science

End of Each Trimester

Pass out folders with work Sequence and glue

on writing projects Review all work Teacher/aide adds

pages to bound book Students self-reflect

End of the Year

Add work Do self reflection Teacher/aide binds Plan a meeting day

with next year’s teachers Share one-on-one

with teachers Take home

Writing Scrapbooks:

are a source of pride for students

are readily available for conferences, open house, student study team meetings, or self-reflection

are a memento of the year

Writing Scrapbooks

Teachers love them. Parents love them. Students love them. Try them, you’ll be glad you did!