3rd Grade Supplies By KcK

We send home a supply list for the students. On it is basically every supply, kleenex, wipes, ziploc bags, and paper towels.

Before the year starts, I buy them all the same pencil box. This ensures that they will

fit in their desk and I won't get any gargantuan boxes. They can keep 3 pencils, their scissors, and one set of colors (either crayons colored pencils, or markers...all 3 are on their list) in their box. I collect all their other supplies and keep them in a bag for each student. When they need another pencil, they have to ask at an appropiate time for me to take out the extra supply box.

We keep the glue in a basket for them to take as needed.

I also have a tub of pencils by the sharpener. I put the address labels around the top as a flag to show it is a class pencil. Any pencils left on the floor at the end of the day become class pencils if not claimed the next morning. I used to stress myself out over pencils, but chose for it to be a little battle that I did not want to fight. What I noticed was that without me stressing over it and always pressuring the kids, they got to be much better with it. Last year I only used 1 box of 24 class pencils and then filled in with any of the stragglers that were not claimed. It worked out and I was a heck of a lot less stressed by no worrying about pencils!

I also have a tub of scissors, and tubs of crayons, markers, and colored pencils. The kids mostly take their pencil boxes to art or any other place they have to "travel" to work on something like when we are in small groups all over the room.

I use my own money to buy most everything. We are given 75 dollars each year, but I use that for other things like name tags and velcro and plastic folders for the side of their desks.

I get everything at Walmart when it goes on sale. The boxes are 47 cents usually and the markers and things are 87 cents to a dollar.

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