Back-to-School Shopping
Please keep in mind the school's dress code when doing your back-to-school clothing shopping for your child. Closed-toe shoes/sandals (you all have been GREAT about this! Please note that shoes with a heel, cowboy boots specifically, have been problematic in the classroom. I would suggest a sneaker please), no spaghetti straps or shortie shorts/skirts/dresses-they should be longer than the child's finger tips when held at their sides and keep in mind how tight the clothes are-the children work on the floor and need to be comfortable getting up and down.
Backpacks
Same as in the past, Please no backpacks. (Unless your child rides the bus. The backpacks help a substitute teacher locate her bus riders) For non-bus riding students, backpacks are too large and we have no room to store them. I promise, your child will never have enough papers to take home to necessitate a backpack. I am asking that tiny backpacks stay home as well. They cause arguments amongst the children about what is OK to bring to school. We found that those "Sack-style" backpacks, although small and compact, were a pain. Children's things, and limbs, get tangled up in the strings and they hang down to their knees. Small tote bags are best. The dollar store always them! I appreciate your planning when it comes to this item!
Supplies for the Fall
I divide the classroom supplies by each child's year in the classroom. Please use the supply list for you child according to how many years they have been in the classroom.
1st Year Supply List (for students new to the classroom)
1 Small Book Sized Tote Bag (NO backpacks-we simply do not have the room to store them)
1 Metal Fork (no cartoon characters)
1 Metal Spoon (no cartoon characters)
1 Container Clorox Wipes
1 Box/Bag of Penne Past or Ditalini Pasta
1 Package of Paper Napkins
2 Complete Changes of Clothing Labeled in a Gallon Zip Bag
2nd Year Supply List (for returning students)
1 Small Book Sized Tote Bag (NO backpacks-we simply do not have the room to store them)
1 Metal Fork (no cartoon characters)
1 Metal Spoon (no cartoon characters)
1 Bottle of Dish Soap
1 Box of Kleenex
1 Package of Glue Sticks
1 Complete Change of Clothing Labeled in a Gallon Zip Bag
Kindergarten (3rd Year) Supply List(you know who you are-your child is amped to be a Kinder!)
1 Small Book Sized Tote Bag (NO backpacks-we simply do not have the room to store them)
1 Non-Toxic Plant (No Pathos)
1 Box of Kleenex
1 Box Watercolor Paint (8 color tray please)
1 Pack of Cellulose Sponges (please no green scrubby sponges)
2 Primary Ruled (not the regular composition book. We need the dashed lines on the pages)Composition Books (the composition books from Walmart are not good, as we have found out. Try Office Max, Dollar Store, Staples)
1 Complete Change of Clothing Labeled in a Gallon Zip Bag
See you at Back To School Night on July 28 at 4PM!
