Supplies Checklist
By: Gwen Smith
If you are a new teacher, use this list to help you compile the supplies you need. Ask first if any of these items are available from your school before you spend personal money on supplies. If you are an experienced teacher, consider making a gift basket of some or all of these supplies to help out your new colleagues. Each person in your department might contribute a few items to make a new teacher much more prepared.
Essentials
- A box each of ink pens & pencils
- Pens for grading in a variety of colors - not red
- Calculator
- Post-it notes
- File folders
- Kleenex
- Hole punch
- Pencil sharpener
- Paper clips
- A stapler & box of staples
- Lined & blank paper
- Scissors
- A grade-book (MS Wizard also has some good PC grade-sheets)
- Erasers
Very Helpful
- Headache medicine
- Apple or a candy bar
- A bottle of waterless hand cleaner
- Markers
- 12" and 3' rulers
- Gummed reinforcements for 3-holed paper
- Pencil erasers
- A pencil holder
- A small clipboard
- A key ring
- A tote bag
- A personal a coffee cup or beverage mug
- 5x8 index cards
- Hanging files
- Push tacks
- Calendar
Nice Extras
- Small size legal pads
- Small screwdriver for glasses repair
- Safety pins
- Small sewing kit and tool kit
- Show boxes to contain things on shelves
- A list of teacher Web sites
- Pins
- Teacher-tack (sticky stuff for bulletin boards)
- Card stock scraps
- A counter-bell (for getting class attention)
- Scalloped bulletin-board borders
- Two or three sets of punch-out letters for displays
- Different lesson-plan formats to photocopy or change to meet needs
- Planner labels that say "PERSONAL PROPERTY OF____"
- Bookends
- In/out stackable trays
- Diary
- Post-it flag tags
- Thank-you note cards
- Little index tabs to put on the edge of a grade book
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