The Thoughtful Classroom Portfolio Series is ideal for administrators looking for cost-effective professional development tools; school, grade, and department teams and self-directed learning clubs interested in raising student achievement; and individual teachers seeking to expand their teaching repertoires, the Thoughtful Classroom Portfolio Series will help you get results quickly—without breaking your budget.

Each Thoughtful Classroom Portfolio consists of:

1. A six-panel folder 
    The six-sided portfolio, in file-folder
    format, provided as a handy tool
    for quick reference during lesson planning, as well as a convenient location
    to store student work samples for later evaluation. The ultimate quick
    reference tool!

2. A Resource Guide 
    The comprehensive Resource Guide, which contains worksheets, templates,
    and examples to be used during teacher training sessions. Everything your team
    needs to master a strategy in four self-directed sessions.

3. A classroom poster
    A matching poster for use when presenting to students in the classroom.
    The ideal resource for helping students master and make independent
    use of new strategies and  techniques.

The Notemaking Portfolio
Making good notes is essential to academic success. Unfortunately, in too many classrooms making notes involves little more than copying what the teacher writes or says. We call this note taking. Notemaking is something else entirely. It is an active process that requires students to identify important details, analyze big ideas, raise questions, note personal reactions and feelings, and make connections to their prior knowledge and experiences. Notemaking is powerful because it helps students achieve so many different learning goals. In this portfolio we will explore the five most common purposes for Notemaking: studying, planning, summarizing, writing, and reading comprehension.

Thoughtful Classroom Portfolios can be purchased with or without training, and volume discounts for school-wide and district-wide implementation are available. Call 800-962-4432 for details.

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  NOW AVAILABLE!
  From Note Taking to Notemaking™
  Professional Learning Club Kit
  with Professional Development Video (DVD)
  Click here for more information and pricing.

  View sample video clips:
  • Notemaking Introduction_clip >>>>
  • Notemaking Classroom Footage_clip >>>>

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Portfolio Series, click here.

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