I just had to post today about the craziness that is back to school shopping. Now many teachers purchase supplies and necessities for their classrooms. Every year I start off with a budget, but I never stick to it. I don't know if it is the thought of shiny new crayons or that most supplies are so much cheaper now than later in the year, but I can't resist it all.
With a class of 25 kindergartners heading my way, I know I will go through a lot of crayons, glue sticks, and pencils. I have some stockpiled away, but I know I will be kicking myself next April when I have to pay regular price for something because we ran out. So I tend to overbuy...
This is our spare room before I did some much needed organizing.
Yep there are 60 notebooks, paint, 25 folders, and 30 packs of crayons so far...there will be more crayons added to the pile before I go back.
And then there are the classroom materials that companies come out with each year- I loved these shape builders from Learning Resources. I couldn't resist picking those up for a math station. They are in one of the bags.
Besides purchasing items for my classroom, I am also prepping materials. The new math program I will be using next year that I mentioned yesterday has a lot of wonderful anchor charts, manipulatives, and activities that I wanted to get a jump on. I printed all the units including the vocabulary and fluency cards. Then I had to cut them.
I'm pleased to say I just finished cutting out the last part! I put all the vocabulary on rings along with other activities. I thought I'd take the time to organize now rather than during the school year.
Tomorrow there may be a Michaels run for my welcome bags and something else which I can't remember now. Hopefully it comes back to me....
Seriously 2 posts! 2 days! I'm so impressed with me!
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