1) a blackboard & chalk or whiteboard & markers

2) paper, lined & not, lots

3) crayons, pencils, pens, colored pencils, markers

4) glue, scissors

5) buckets to hold things like above supplies

6) file folders to hold student papers

7) a lockable file cabinet for your papers & files & (purse)

8) 9×12′ manila envelopes, to send notes home to parents

9) stickers or little toys, for rewards for things or to put on good-nots home to families

10) a computer, at least for you

11) assorted books for the students to read & check out

12) a book shelf, for those books

13) one comfy chair, for quiet reading away from the group

14) one nice rug or scrap, for floor work & games

15) plastic manipulables, for Math

16) index cards, to keep student’s home info & grades & other info on, and to make flash cards

17) old magazines, for art work & to make vocabulary flash cards

Also, since individual students use the Kleenex in the teacher’s classroom, it is NOT unreasonable to ask students to supply one box of Kleenex for everyone’s use throughout the school year. Otherwise, the teacher will also pay for Kleenex out of pocket — or have a bunch of sniffling kids on his/her hands. I know I’m certainly grateful that all parents are NOT like eharrah!!!