Today I want to share with you one of my very favorite creations. For one of my literacy and language classes, I had to create an autobiography to share with the kids I would teach. I went all out! I really enjoyed sharing my autobiography with my field based and student teaching classes. The kids are so fascinated to see pictures of you as a kid and learn more about you. After I read my autobiography, I always added it to the classroom library for the kids to reread. It was usually the first book chosen : ) It’s also I great way to introduce yourself if you will be teaching a workshop or staff development or something like that. Teachers love this kind of stuff!
Here are some of the pages in my autobiography:
This is the cover.
Have to throw in some text features!
I made a page for each grade level since I didn't know what grade I would teach. Kindergarten is of course my now favorite page. The little picture is from my kindergarten journal. It says, "I play school."
This is one of my very favorite pages! The kids love looking for books they have read.
The last page.
To make my autobiography, I used half sized sheets of poster board. I HATE having to cut poster board because I am so OCD about the cuts being perfect and straight, So, I bought precut half size poster board, way worth it to me : ) I just bought the primary scrapbook paper pack from Hobby Lobby to use with the pictures and titles. I cut out all of the title letters using my Cricut machine. Then I put together all of the pages, laminated them and bound it together. One thing I would really suggest for binding is book rings. This way it is easy to add or remove pages at any time. If you have lots of pages, try these.
To make my autobiography, I used half sized sheets of poster board. I HATE having to cut poster board because I am so OCD about the cuts being perfect and straight, So, I bought precut half size poster board, way worth it to me : ) I just bought the primary scrapbook paper pack from Hobby Lobby to use with the pictures and titles. I cut out all of the title letters using my Cricut machine. Then I put together all of the pages, laminated them and bound it together. One thing I would really suggest for binding is book rings. This way it is easy to add or remove pages at any time. If you have lots of pages, try these.
Fun Ideas of Things to Include in your Autobiography:
- Pictures of you in different grades
- Report Cards
- Award Certificates
- Work that you may have done in elementary school (My mom saved everything! So my autobiography is filled with old pictures I drew about wanting to be a teacher! )
- Pictures of family and friends
- Pictures of Pets
- Places you’ve traveled
- Pictures of past classes
- Favorite Books
- Other Favorite Things
I can’t wait to share my autobiography with my first precious class of kindergarteners on the first day of school. Just typing that brings tears to my eyes. I can’t believe how blessed I am. If you make an autobiography (or if you already have one) please, please, please share it with me! I would love to see it : )