What supplies does the teacher need?
This is my 1st year teaching and I have a 3 in. catalogue full of supplies for my classroom. I will be teaching in the special Ed class, with the severe and profound kidos. What are some good things that i should order? I have about $250 to spend. Thanks for any suggestions!
I have to spend the $250 now- whatever I don't use, I loose. I will get a gift card to Staples and some more $ from the school a couple of months into the year.
You will need some of the most basic supplies (pens, pencils, paper, glue, etc) that's true. But you will find that you will need things that you haven't thought of yet. For example, file folders to document student work, a telephone/address book to keep parent information on hand, a clipboard to help you remember who is doing what, scheduling, teacher room assignments etc... One of the best things I bought my first year was a carbon copy phone message book. I used it to keep record of the parent phone calls I made---I listed the date, time, phone number, person spoken to OR person I left a message for, and the reason. This way you have good documentation for ARD purposes and for student files.
Welcome to teaching and have fun!
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