What can I say? It's the beginning of the year! I remember last year at around this time, I went shopping for my first-ever classroom (back when Teachers' Choice wasn't an option) - but only spent about $250. How in the world did I manage to spend MORE money for my room my second year of teaching?
Well, it's true what they tell you about teaching. It's expensive. Especially when you're teaching in The Bronx, where many students can't even afford to buy school supplies. I learned a lesson from last year - my students need MY supplies to keep them going! So, I worked out some deals with local stores and big stores, and got all the following for my students:
- 1.5" binders
- Highlighters
- Graph paper
- Notebook paper
- Mechanical pencils
- .7 lead
- Wooden pencils
- Erasers
- Highlighters
- Notecards
- Divider tabs for their binders
- Tissues (a BIG must for all teachers!)
- Folders for each of my five classes for when I have to take home work to grade
- Post-it notes
- Two calendars -- one for the room and one for my desk
- Personal time planner to keep track of everything in my busy life
- Some new classroom posters
- Dry erase markers, overhead markers, erasers, etc.
- Batteries for my timer (another must for teachers!)
- A kit of back-up lesson plans
- Tape
- Grading pens
- Air freshner (some middle school students do not smell too good...)
- File folders for each of my students
- Bulletin board designs - I created a new bulletin board called "While You Were Out...", where I plan on putting missed work and class notes for absent students so that they can easily pick up their materials without all of them lining up to ask me at the beginning of class :)
While looking over my stats today, I noticed that one of my search links that lead to my blog was "mini fridge for my classroom nyc". Actually, I didn't buy a mini fridge this year, though I do know some teachers who stay "late nights" here and do... maybe next year? hmmm...
4 days!
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