Data Folders

My sixth grade cooperating teacher has the students create their own "data folders." The folders have a divider for each subject taught. Throughout the year the students put assignments they are proud of and ones that show their growth in the folders under the correct subject divider. The folders also contain goals the students have set for themselves, as well as graphs the students create to chart their own growth in different subjects. The teacher uses the data folders during parent teacher conferences as a way of showing the parents their child's progress. These folders helped the students keep their papers organized because they had to go through their cubbies often to keep their data folders updated. Traci Newton