• Large three ring binder

• Pencil pouch
  Sharpened pencils (mechanical pencils are fine, but be sure you have lead and a few regular pencils as back up)

• Black/blue ball point pens (not the erasable kind

• Pearl pink eraser

• Ruler

• Small paperback dictionary

• College-ruled paper (put in back of notebook)

• Subject dividers (we’ll write on them in class during the first week of school)

• Scissors

• Glue stick (not the liquid kind)

• Correcting tool (this can be a red ball point or flair pen)

• Highlighter for note taking (a yellow pen works fine for this)

• Colored markers (thin) for art

• Colored pencils  (we use these a lot)

• Spiral notebook (70 pages is fine)

• A book to read (you should always have a book in your desk to read during silent reading in the mornings)

• Box of Kleenex and/or handi-wipes to donate for whole class use

• Two reams of paper for photocopy use (one white and one any other color)

• Inexpensive calculator (optional)

• Small, hand-held pencil sharpener and baggie for shavings (optional)

• Water (no pop/juice) bottle to keep discretely under your desk (optional)

• Thesaurus (optional)

The school will provide a calendar to put in the front of your notebook