Sue G in PA Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 We completed our portfolio, had our evaluation and now I'm left wondering...should I keep all the papers from last year or toss them? Our portfolio has a "sampling" of all the work each dc did this year. I tried to choose the best examples for each subject. I honestly don't have the room to save everything but I hate to throw everything away that the dc worked so hard on. WWYD? What DO yo do? Is the portfolio enought? Sorry if this has been discussed! Oh, and what about workbooks like ETC, LLATL, SWO, etc. Toss them? Keep them? Photocopy some pages and leave it at that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I am terrible, but I keep it ALL. I still have my 19 yo's preschool papers :blush: Sorry I am no help LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Well, my house looks like it keep it all. But i just threw a stack of all of DD's 5/4 stuff away, and i'm still HERE to type about it. So i'm thinking that i'll try another one and see how IT goes.... I just can't store it all.... i don't have to keep it for anything either. So i'll keep favorites and such, but i'm going to work on the garbage can..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in MO Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 but sometimes I've thrown things away in the past that I wish now I had kept! My oldest wrote some darling books in preschool (you know, illustrated and with simple words) that I can't locate! When I was in college, I threw away some old papers and all of my blue books and tests and notebooks. Now I wish I had kept some of that stuff to share with my kids! So---keep the best, but perhaps think twice before you toss? (Sorry, I may be more like Jean---perhaps I'm not helping you!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I don't think I have *any* papers that my dc did...not that they did very many, being the unschoolers and all :D But you know, you just can't keep all that stuff. Really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie in AR Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I'm a tosser, but I would probably keep the portfolios since you have their best things organized already and toss everything else. Definitely get rid of any workbooks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I'd keep the portfolios and recycle the rest. I was a keeper, but now I'm more choosy as the work load isn't so cute and storage is more than I want to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 For math, I keep quizzes and tests. Other than that, I don't keep any worksheets. I keep writing samples, to show where they started from and where they ended up (for the year). We do notebook pages for history and I'll keep those. I take pictures of 3-dimensional projects. Other than that, I'm tossing them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I'm so glad you mentioned this. I am cleaning off my desk for next year, and I have my youngest boys' math papers. I just want to toss them, but I haven't been able to. I threw out Aaron's stuff a few months ago. I kept drawings and some special things for my memory box. I have a huge plastic tub in the garage with the boys' art work to sort through. I cannot possibly keep everything -- there's just not room. I am tossing those math papers today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I keep certain things. I try to keep one small container, it's about 5" deep, for each year. I have a hard time purging right after the school year. I keep things for a year and then purge what seems less important after some time has passed. Then I place them in a larger tote with previous years material. My ds does ask for things from previous years. Sometimes I reference back to things as well. My goal is to have one larger tote for all of his elementary work. I put a few things in there today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I keep a portfolio of work samples and the paperwork from the state showing that they have signed off on dd's progress report for the year. The rest gets recycled. We just don't have the space to store all that paper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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