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Post by TankTop on Jul 30, 2014 1:41:55 GMT
Update:
I want to thank you all for the wonderful ideas. I am researching my options and looking at where I can cut out.
I also want to thank the Peas that have Peamailed me with very generous offers to adopt my classroom. I am so touched by their offers.
As I told those who offered, I really appreciate your offers. At this time I am going to respectfully decline. It is not clear if we will be allowed to run more than 5,000 copies, so I would hate to waste your resources. I just can't believe that you cared enough about my kids to even offer. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
The sad thing is I am not alone in this. If you are interested in helping another teacher in need, I encourage you to call your corporation/district office and ask which school has the highest free and reduced rate. That will be the school with the highest need in your area.
Thank you all!
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We were told today that we will only be given 5,000 sheets of paper per teacher/per year. We do not have student laptops, IPads, etc...
We are in school for 180 days. With my class of 27 that is one copy per student per day.
We are not allowed to include copy paper on our school supply list.
We do not have a math textbook.
We do not have a language book.
No workbooks.
We are 86%+ free and reduced, so we do not get parent donations often.
We do not have smart boards.
I do have a projector and document camera.
How do I make this work? Any suggestions?
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Jul 30, 2014 1:44:04 GMT
Office Max has a rewards program where often, if you buy, say, a box of paper reams for $30, they credit your reward account $30 (store credit). So you'd have to have a little cash outlay, but you'd be able to use the credit to buy things for your own kids (if you have them) or other things for your classroom or home.
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Post by christine58 on Jul 30, 2014 1:44:29 GMT
I'd be finding my own cheap on sale paper....I think it's pretty undoable to be honest.
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Post by TankTop on Jul 30, 2014 1:48:05 GMT
My dh will flip if I start spending money on school paper. All the other stuff for school he tolerates, but this would send him over the edge.
I will look into the staples thing. Thank you!
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Jul 30, 2014 1:51:16 GMT
My dh will flip if I start spending money on school paper. All the other stuff for school he tolerates, but this would send him over the edge. I will look into the staples thing. Thank you! Office Max. Here's the link. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, it says there is a special teacher version, although I personally don't know how it compares to the original program. I always turn them down when they want me to sign up. |
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Post by Judy26 on Jul 30, 2014 1:53:40 GMT
Get a set of small dry erase boards. A board, a sock ( for an eraser), and a dry erase marker per student will last a long time. Project work on wall and do lots of group work. What suggestions did admin give you? This sounds so typical of schools these days. High expectations and no support. Good luck. I feel for you.
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 30, 2014 1:54:13 GMT
Perhaps at Christmas you could mention to the kids you would like a ream of paper. I would die with this expectation. We use dry erase boards a lot, but only one sheet a day? Ouch.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 30, 2014 1:55:04 GMT
I would break down and buy it as well.
Until then, use your paper to create a master copy and project it as much as possible. Have them do the work and then you can have them go to the master (with a clear sheet over it so you can use it next year) and show their work. Talk about the answers.
Are spirals on the school supply list? Maybe try and use those.
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Post by sacteach on Jul 30, 2014 1:55:50 GMT
Are you limited on just paper or copies also? Because even if you buy more paper, if you only get 5000 copies, it doesn't help much.
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Post by Merge on Jul 30, 2014 1:56:54 GMT
We are a "green" school. We are strongly discouraged from using copies/worksheets of any kind, particularly in grades 3-5 - it's more common for teachers to post problems/prompts/whatever on the board and students respond in their notebooks. If only half a page is used for the work, the next day's work goes on the bottom of that page. The front and back of each sheet is used. If the work done in class isn't going to be graded or kept, it can be done on a dry-erase board instead. Students copy problems or prompts or assignments from the board into their notebooks and take them home for homework.
Do your students generally come with some school supplies? If you end up supplying some of those yourself, it might be easier to buy a big stack of notebooks while they're cheap this time of year. It works best if they have one for each subject area.
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Post by mcscrapper on Jul 30, 2014 1:59:04 GMT
Some of my dd's teachers have asked for a "supplemental" list of supplies if parents are able to help. One teacher asked for students with names ending in A-G to bring a pack of copy paper; names H-M were asked to bring big bottles of hand sanitizer, and names N-Z were asked to bring something else.
As a parent, a $7 or so pack of paper is nothing in terms of helping my child's teacher survive and I don't think it is too much to ask really. I think one teacher even asked for $10 gift cards to Office Max for ink cartridges, etc. I was more than happy to give the teacher $20 for her classroom! It is pitiful what the "board" thinks is an acceptable amount of money to give each classroom.
Maybe you and another teacher or two could combine resources and come up with a decent list of extra classroom supplies.
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Post by nyandnc on Jul 30, 2014 2:02:25 GMT
Students buy their own notebooks. Use every inch of the paper. Think how to get three or more subjects on that one sheet of paper front and back. I agree about the dry erase boards
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 30, 2014 2:02:34 GMT
Ditto the whiteboard idea! It works well for individual practice as well as a lot of cooperative learning activities.
Another thing you could do is have the kids use transparency sheets over handouts/practice and then reuse them/clean them.
I'd focus on lots and lots of cooperative learning activities with as much practice stuff in class as possible.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jul 30, 2014 2:05:58 GMT
My daughter's school is similar to MergeLeft. Lots of dry erase boards and all classes have notebooks where they work their problems. They do still have textbooks, so I'm sure that will complicate things. I did wonder when the school supply list included not just a ream of plain copy paper, but an additional ream of bright paper from each student. That's a whole lot of paper for a school that never uses worksheets ever. I suppose the tests are copied - but I did wonder if they were reselling the bright paper. I never saw a piece come home last year, and that stuff is expensive!
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Post by christine58 on Jul 30, 2014 2:07:22 GMT
My dh will flip if I start spending money on school paper. All the other stuff for school he tolerates, but this would send him over the edge. I will look into the staples thing. Thank you! Office Max. Here's the link. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, it says there is a special teacher version, although I personally don't know how it compares to the original program. I always turn them down when they want me to sign up. Sign up for Max Perks...it's for teachers. There are some great rewards~~ Sometimes they even give you FREE paper.. |
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Post by TankTop on Jul 30, 2014 2:07:38 GMT
I do have dry erase boards. I will be getting good use out of those. However, I have to buy the markers myself.
We get $50.00 for school supplies a year. This is to cover all consumables.
Student supply lists can't be more than $15.00.
The kicker is we found this out today. We start school on Tuesday, so supply lists have already gone home.
For now it is 5,000 sheets of copy paper. I don't think they have realized we are charged per click on the copy machine.
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Post by TankTop on Jul 30, 2014 2:10:02 GMT
The funny thing is the allotment is not enough to cover the copies needed to copy the assessments my kids take monthly so the corporation can use the data to determine my pay.  |
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Post by Merge on Jul 30, 2014 2:13:35 GMT
The funny thing is the allotment is not enough to cover the copies needed to copy the assessments my kids take monthly so the corporation can use the data to determine my pay.  That sucks. I'd be sure to bring that up with admin. |
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Post by M~ on Jul 30, 2014 2:16:28 GMT
Soooooooooooooooooooooo, let me ask you a question?
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Post by TankTop on Jul 30, 2014 2:18:08 GMT
Soooooooooooooooooooooo, let me ask you a question? Yes? |
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Post by M~ on Jul 30, 2014 2:19:18 GMT
Well, several actually.
So what you're saying is that you need to teach a bunch of low-income kids?
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Post by TankTop on Jul 30, 2014 2:19:51 GMT
I just saw an idea on Pinterest to use a Popsicle stick with A, B, C, and D written in marker on each end/side. Students can read off of the board and then give their answer with their stick.
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Post by M~ on Jul 30, 2014 2:19:56 GMT
Who I'm assuming are probably minority kids, right?
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Post by chrissy321 on Jul 30, 2014 2:20:33 GMT
Try to ask for some on donorschoose.org
You can request things for your classroom and people can donate to your project. When the project is completely paid for, they send your classroom the items requested. You can request nearly anything for your classroom. I've been able to build my classroom library, get an ipad, a 3D printer, supplies for my newspaper club, etc. over the years. They have matching codes all the time and all of my projects have been funded, even though some of them took a little longer than others. It does require you to do a few things like take pictures of the students using the items requested and sending a few thank you cards but it is nothing that over the top.
I hope that helps you get through this year.
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Post by M~ on Jul 30, 2014 2:20:50 GMT
And so the parents of said children can't really contribute to your classroom. So that you can teach their kids?
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 30, 2014 2:21:47 GMT
The funny thing is the allotment is not enough to cover the copies needed to copy the assessments my kids take monthly so the corporation can use the data to determine my pay. My hope and expectation is that the district or school should provide those papers. I know that at the elementary level, our DIBELs score books were mass printed at the district print shop and distributed. |
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Post by TankTop on Jul 30, 2014 2:22:26 GMT
Well, several actually. So what you're saying is that you need to teach a bunch of low-income kids? What I am saying is I am blessed to teach the kids I do, but due to their financial situations they do not have money for a lot of extras. I never want them to feel like they are doing without, but the situation is their parents are not able to donate reams of paper and other supplies to supplement a slim school budget. |
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Post by M~ on Jul 30, 2014 2:24:12 GMT
Ok, so. I'm being serious now. Can I help somehow?
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Post by TankTop on Jul 30, 2014 2:24:13 GMT
Who I'm assuming are probably minority kids, right? No, my students are not considered minorities. |
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Post by M~ on Jul 30, 2014 2:25:42 GMT
Ok, well, that doesn't matter. They're kids, right?  |
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That sucks. I'd be sure to bring that up with admin.
