Monthly Self-Portrait

My students do a monthly self-portrait because it is fun to see their progress in their drawing and how they view themselves. It is neat to see how more exact the kids become and how they pay more attention to the fact that they don't have purple hair like in the first month.

I added a writing piece this year to show their progress throughout the year with writing to keep as part of this book.

Seasons Porfolio

Throughout the year, my students do a Seasons Portfolio to show their growth physically and academically (writing). Plus they get to do some art!

At the end of the year, their pages are compiled and they've made a memory book from their Kindergarten year.

Seasons Tree art project
Student Picture Growth
Writing Sample about their favorite parts of the season

Download My Seasons Portfolio

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Sensory Table: finding letters in the sand/rice

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Letter Book: paint in letters with paint pens

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Class Book: Student pictures and names (counting and letters)

Coconut Tree Cookie Sheet and magnetic letters: Students retell the story or tell the story their own way

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Video from schooltube.com

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom letter match cut and paste

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom File Folder Game

Colors

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Book: Shared Reading 
Kindergartner, Kindergartner What do you see? Color Book - trace and color
Color Days: Students wear the color of the day (I like to dress to my fullest degree of color)
Color Mixing Experiments (primary to secondary)
Crayon Color Graphing (download from TPT)
Color Songs (Heidi Songs) - teaches the spelling of the color words

Brown Bear Activities:
Match Book: words and pictures
Letter Tiles: spell color words
ABC Dot to Dot: shrink and make into little book - students choose 1 picture from pile
Number Dot to Dot: shrink and make into little book - students choose 1 picture from pile
RIDICULOUSLY GOOD - FREE DOWNLOAD: I only used 1/2 and am still quite impressed!