Spotlight Start Portfolio

Virginia EvansJenny Dooley

Nadezhda BykovaMarina Pospelova

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Dear Parents,

Your children are about to begin preparing their Language Portfolios. They are designed to help your

children reflect on and improve their language learning. Language Portfolios are collections of your

children’s work inside and outside the classroom and will follow them throughout their school life.

This Language Portfolio is your children’s property. They can choose what to include in it. It is

a tool to accompany their learning of languages throughout their school life and is suitable for

documenting their learning when they are changing schools, moving to another level with a

different teacher or when you are moving to another country. In practice, portfolios may include

project or other examples of written language work, computer diskettes (with some work or

drawings completed inside or outside the class), video cassettes (with their favourite story or with

performances of songs, school plays, etc), audio cassettes (with songs performed by your children,

etc), certificates, reports from the teachers, or even a collection of objects or pictures. It is a

collection of what your children want to keep as evidence of what they are learning through the

medium of the English language. The main emphasis is on the process of learning. As a result,

while compiling their portfolios, your children develop the skills to be able to work independently.

Your children will need some guidance during the first level, as it is likely they are not able to

read and write yet. They need a dossier where they will keep all the work of their choosing. It is a

good idea to guide them in keeping their work neat and tidy so that their work is well organised and

will endure for the remainder of their school life. Every time something new is added in the dossier,

help them to record it. When they start working on a new level, guide your children on how to make

a new section in the folder.

Thanking you in advance for your cooperation.

Virginia Evans Nadezhda Bykova

Jenny Dooley Marina Pospelova

To help your child’s teacher, please read the sentences below and tick (✓) the relevantboxes.

listens to something.looks at something.does/makes something.

1 My child learns best when he/she

alone.in pairs.in groups.

2 My child prefers playing

reading books, magazines, comics, etc.watching TV, video, etc.drawing, playing games, dancing, etc.

4 My child prefers

English friends.relatives who speak English and/or other languages.extra English lessons.

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My Selection

In your Language Portfolio, you can include anything of your choosing tokeep and show as evidence of your progress in the English language. Makesure you keep it neat and tidy. Every time you include something new,record it in this table. Ask your teacher or your parents to help you.

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Title of the activity

Colour and say their names.Make a crown!Now I know!Complete the puzzle.Write the numbers and say.Now I know!What’s missing? Draw.Draw and colour your favourite toy.Now I know!Colour the pets and name them.Draw the same number of animals.Now I know!Colour the food items you wantto buy from the supermarket andname them.Look and match. Then say whatyou like/don’t like.Now I know!Look, match and say.Draw or stick a picture.Now I know!

To be completed at theend of Module

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5 Playtime! Playtime! Playtime!

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My Work Schedule

Here are some activities you can do and will show your progress in theEnglish language. Every time you do one of these activities, tick (✓) therelevant box. Ask your teacher or parents to help you.

We hope you enjoy doing these activities!

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Colour and say their names.

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Make a crown! Then sing the ‘Red, blue ...’ song.

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How much did you like Module 1? Colour. ❤❤ ❤❤ ❤❤ ❤❤

Colour and say the names. Then draw or sticka picture of yourself. Say what your name is.

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Complete the puzzle and name the school items.

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Write the numbers and say.

55 7766

88 110099

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Colour and say. Then draw yourfavourite school item. What is it?


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What’s missing? Draw and name the items.

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Draw and colour your favourite toy. Then say what it is.

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Colour, count and say.


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Colour the pets and name them.

Draw the same number of animals. Then say.

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How many? Count and write. Then say.

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Colour the food items you want to buy from the supermarketand name them.

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Look and match. Then say what you like/don’t like.

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Colour. What are you going to take ona picnic? Draw, colour and say.


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Look, match and say.

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Draw or stick a picture of somebody playing a musicalinstrument. Then say.

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Draw yourself in the picture. Then colourand sing the song ‘Are you ready to sing?’

How much did you like Playtime? Colour. ❤❤ ❤❤ ❤❤ ❤❤

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