Creating Student Reading Portfolios

Teachers  know that student portfolios can be very powerful classroom assessment tools. They are also useful in helping students keep a record of their learning. I decided to apply this knowledge and worked to help students develop reading portfolios. Student reading portfolios are great for reflecting on learning throughout the year. Often young students have difficulty remembering what they have read throughout the year. Student reading portfolios help keep students engaged in reading because they get to show off how much they have read. It helps quantify independent reading by producing a tangible product.

Procedures that I followed in teaching students how to create a reading portfolio page:

1. After students finish each novel, they create an annotated bibliography using Easybib.com. This tool is free and easy to use. Students can type the title of a book, then select the correct one from a list, and the site completes all of the bibliographic information in MLA format.
2. Students add annotations to each book, in the form of a short summary and or review.
3. Students may add a short book trailer for favorite books using Animoto,
4. Portfolios are produced using Carbonmade, Prezi, or Glogster. 

The assignment information is also presented in the form of a Glog that I created.