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This posting develops a hypothetical list of items to include in a kindergarten or first-grade student's portfolio. It further discusses how the ownership for maintaining the portfolio is shared between the teacher and the student.

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As you develop a hypothetical list of items to include in a kindergarten or first-grade student's portfolio, you might add some of these broad areas/items:

Samples of students' letter writing practice, scribbling, or drawings are important to showcase to demonstrate emergent literacy. Drawings of shapes are also important to reinforce emerging math recognition skills.

If students learn new vocabulary ...

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