In honor of Ashley's birthday, this week's post is about our favorite teacher items. Who can resist teacher stuff?!?! One of my absolute favorite times of the year is in August, about 2-3 weeks before school starts. I make my rounds to all the teacher supply stores and big box stores to get the best deals and stock up on things for my classroom. I also enjoy getting little teacher gifts in my mailbox during Teacher Appreciation Week, my birthday, or for no reason at all!!! Who doesn't love getting stuff for their classroom?!?!
Here are just a few of my favorite items...
I LOVE mechanical pencils! These are my favs, but they have to be .9mm, I'm a little tough on the lead. I even let my kiddos use them in class, they love it!
Post-its...enough said :)
Fadeless paper is a MUST for bulletin boards! It can be a tad bit on the expensive side, but I leave the same colors up for two years and just change the borders, as needed.
If you use the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmarking Assessment System, you know how awesome this calculator/stopwatch is!!! With the push of a button it calculates reading rate, percentage of accuracy, and self-correction ratio. Click {here} to check it out!
Last, but definitely not least, is this amazing Jan Richardson Flip Chart! It's a teacher cheat-sheet to Jan Richardson's Guided Reading Comprehension strategies. It offers step-by-step scaffolding of each comprehension strategy. If you could use one in your classroom, simple Google "Jan Richardson flip chart" and look for it in PDF form.
To see what Ashley loves and to enter her Favorite Teacher Items giveaway, click {here}.
Thanks for listening to my rambles!!