Portfolios + Communication

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 Our Agenda

An introduction to Portfolios Activities + Worksheets + MORE on Communication

How might you use Portfolios Engage students by assigning work Take your classroom community
in the classroom and they can complete from any device! to families (wherever they are)
remotely?
Engage students with Portfolios
Check out these ideas for engaging students
wherever they are!
Engage students

Bring the classroom home

Portfolios engage students in the
classroom and at home
● Choice and flexibility with creative upload tools like
photos, videos, files, journaling, and drawing

● Students can explain their thinking with voice

notes, captions, and annotations

● Logging in is simple with QR code, class code, or

Google logins

+ Portfolios follow students year to year!

 Ideas 💡 for engaging with Portfolios
Upload files Video presentations Whiteboards

Pair with apps like Flipgrid, by Recording themselves encourages Students can share their thinking
encouraging students to upload speaking skills (and they’ll feel like + share their screen in Zoom live
files to Portfolios YouTubers 😜) lessons!
Engage students

Engage students
Share out Activities for student
completion
● Choose how you want students to respond and
create learning activities to keep them on track,
even when remote!

● Assign Activities to individuals, groups, or the

entire class - meaning you can provide “just-right”
practice for every student, from math groups to
meeting IEP’s!

● Share this Portfolios & Activities overview with

your students
 Ideas 💡 for engaging with Activities
Running records Use manipulatives Pre and post writing

Take a picture of a page in your Use found objects to show Completing writing assessments in
book and use the voice note to understanding and add their Portfolio means they can go
record your reading annotations (from math to art!) back and view their growth

I made a rainbow using pencils, pens, rulers, and scissors!

Engage students

Engage students
Share out Worksheets for student
completion
● Upload any .png, .jpg, or even .pdf and students
select where to add text/draw

● Students can complete worksheets with creation

tools designed with students in mind. They can
zoom, move about the worksheet, add text, draw,
and even add stickers!
 Ideas 💡 for engaging with Worksheets
Word Study Emotional Check-ins TPT & student created

Word searches, letter tracing, word Create a routine of checking in You just need a png! Challenge
building, etc. with students students to create worksheets you
can share with the class!
Class Story as your classroom
Coming together to create something amazing
Create a school community

Share moments & lessons

Class Story

● A private feed to share photos of field trips, video

lessons, and files with students and families (and
see who actually viewed your post!)

● Turn on student comments to engage students in

video lessons and more

● You can view how many students (and parents)

have actually viewed your lessons!
 Ideas 💡 for engaging students with Class Story
Check-ins Video lessons Choice boards

Captions that encourage Read alouds or math lessons, check for Share challenges for students to
emotional check-ins or exit tickets comprehension & students can ask complete in the comments or on
clarifying questions their Portfolios
Connect with every family
Improve communication between teachers and
parents
Connect with every family

Build 1:1 Connections

Messaging (without giving out your phone
number)

● Automatic translations mean language is never a

barrier

● Read receipts let you know when parents view your

message

● Scheduling allows you to set up reminders and

updates ahead of time

● Send files and photos to differentiate and provide

resources for specific families

+ Quiet hours!
Connect with every family

Translations
Communicate with ALL families
● Translations in over 35+ languages mean every
family is a part of your school community

● See which language families prefer when you view

read receipts in messages
Oh, and there’s MORE!
So much more to explore 🤩
Engage students

Social-Emotional Learning
Help students develop social-emotional
learning skills
● Students love learning about empathy, growth
mindset, and more alongside Mojo and Katie!

● Teach social-emotional concepts through video

series, discussion guides, and meaningful follow up
activities
Classroom Management

Tools you’ll ❤
Toolkit helps keep you organized (all in one
tab 😉)

● Tools include a timer, random, group maker, noise

meter, directions, think-pair-share, today, music

● Keep track of attendance and tardies

● Group students in seconds, and set standing “don’t

group together” groupings for those chatty Cathy’s
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