Student Music Portfolios

I am trying a new thing this year and I will let you know later if I decide it is actually a good thing or not. I used a file folder to make a music portfolio for each student in my school. I only have two hundred students that I am doing this with, so the management is easier then at larger schools. I am going to put all work that we do in class in that folder and give them to the kids when they leave 4th grade to go to the middle school. I found at my old school that most kids throw work away from music without ever showing their parents. This will also show the growth over their elementary music education.

I would love to hear how you are using Portfolios in your classroom!