ALL ABOUT ME PORTFOLIO (Gr.4-6)
Portfolios are a great way for students to tell their story by purposefully selecting the artifacts they want to include in their portfolio. It encourages students to be reflective of their own learning and growth.
Teacher Led Requires Computer X Requires myBlueprint.ca
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
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Students will learn and practice reflecting on their choices and decisions.
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Students will learn to set a goal and monitor their completion progress.
MATERIALS
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Computers, iPads, BYOD
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“The Name Jar” by Yangsook Choi
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Anchor chart paper and markers
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Sample portfolio (Handout A)
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Student Instruction Sheet (Handout B)
GETTING STARTED
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Schools will be provided with students’ log in information
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Please visit www.myBlueprint.ca/aam , and enter the email and password to log in.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Before the lesson
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Show or hand out to groups the sample portfolio (Handout A)
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Think-Pair-Share: Based on what they see, what do they know this student?
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Have students share their ideas with the class.
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Introduce portfolios and why they are going to create one.
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During the Lesson
NOTE: This lesson is broken down into mini lessons for each section of the All About Me portfolio (see
Appendices for mini lessons).
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Do the mini lesson for the appropriate section (About Me, School, My Goals, My Future)
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Give the students the instructions sheet (Handout B) and let them work through the activities for that section
After the lesson
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Think-Pair-Share – have student discuss:
 what they learned about themselves through the activity
 what did they find easy/difficult about constantly reflecting on their choices
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Ask a few students to share their answers with the class

ALL ABOUT ME PORTFOLIO (Gr.4-6)
APPENDICES
Appendix A: About Me Mini-Lesson
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Read aloud - “The Name Jar” by Yangsook Choi
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Think-Pair-Share – discuss the importance of names (“Why are names important? What does it tell other about you, your background and your family? How can a name tell a story? Why should you be proud of your heritage?”)
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Class discussion – have students share their ideas to the whole class and encourage them to them about their own family and background
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Work with students in adding their ‘About Me’ artifacts (my background, my family, my interests) and writing their reflections
Appendix B: School Mini-Lesson
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Talk about your classroom agreement and expectations – encourage students to brainstorm ideas for what they expect or hope to experience/learn in your class
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Introduce 1 star, 1 wish and give some examples to students, then ask a few students to give examples themselves to ensure that they understand the concept
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Class discussion around subject interests and personalities: Have some students share to the class what their favourite subjects are and why – prompt and guide them in sharing their reasoning and give them some examples of what that tells others about them (i.e. if a student likes art because it’s a lot of fun and they’re good at it, it could mean that they are a creative person)
Appendix C: Goal Setting Mini-Lesson
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Introduce SMART goals – on chart paper, write SMART vertically and write out what each letter represents (be sure to leave enough space for some examples below each letter)
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Go over each letter one at a time and provide students with some examples (i.e. S if for specific.
A good example is ‘Exercise for 30mins every day to be healthy’ and a bad example if ‘Be healthy’) and ask them to try and create some examples of their own (good or bad) and write it underneath the letter on the anchor chart
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Once you’ve gone through all of the letter, put up the anchor chart where students can easily see it
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Ask students to create 2 goals to add to their portfolio – work with them to ensure it’s
S.M.A.R.T
Appendix D: My Future Mini-Lesson
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Pose the question “What is a job” and allow students to brainstorm with a partner or as a class.
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Ask students to share examples of different jobs that they know off (hint at your own as an example and try to prompt them to think of jobs in their community)

HANDOUT A: SAMPLE PORTFOLIO
ALL ABOUT ME PORTFOLIO (Gr.4-6)

ALL ABOUT ME PORTFOLIO (Gr.4-6)
HANDOUT B: STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS
Getting Started
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Please visit www.myBlueprint.ca/aam , and enter your email and password to log in.
About Me
1. Add the following artefacts to your portfolio and write a brief reflection by answering the questions listed. a.
My background – What does your background mean to you? Are you proud of it? Why or
Why not? b.
My Family – What is the most important thing to you about your family? Why? c.
My Interests (add as many as desired) – Why did you choose these interests?
School
1. Add the following artefacts to your portfolio and write a brief reflection by answering the questions listed. a.
My Teacher - Give 1 star (something you like about your teacher) and 1 wish (something you want your teacher to do – i.e. more music, more visuals, more read alouds, etc.) b.
My Favourite Subjects – Why do you like these subjects?
My Goals
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Add as many goals as desired and answer the following questions as a reflection for each goal: a.
Why is this goal important? b.
How do you plan on achieving these goals?
My Future
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Complete either the Occupation Match or the What They Do mini game under My Future a.
Explore the occupations listed at the end of the game and add any 2 occupations on that list
Personal
(whether or not they liked them) b.
For each occupation you’ve added, write a reflection on why you liked or disliked that occupation.
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Add any personal files that you would like to share with others and write why you chose this file and why it is important to you as a reflection.