Upper 8th Grade Pod Team
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
In order to do your best in school, we ask that you obtain the following materials for classroom and home use. It would be best if you could get these materials by Monday, August 30. If, for any reason you are unable to buy these items, please see your teacher as soon as possible so we can see that you get what is needed. It is expected by all of us that you bring these materials with youeach and every day. A plumber wouldn’t come to your house to unclog a drainpipe, and ask you, “Sure, I can fix it. Do you have a wrench, a plumber’s snake, and some washers?”
MATERIAL NEEDED / BRIEF DESCRIPTION / TO BE USED IN…2 PENS / Blue and/or Black; erasable would be good, too! / ALL CLASSES*
2 PENCILS / ALL CLASSES
HIGHLIGHTERS / 3 Colors would be optimal / ALL CLASSES
LOOSE LEAF BINDER PAPER / ALL CLASSES
SPIRAL NOTEBOOK / 8.5” X 11”; with inside pockets; not too many pages: 150 would be best / History
3-RING BINDERS (2) / English and Science
DIVIDERS (2pkgs) / One Set each (package) / English and Science
COMPOSITION BOOK / You know, the black and white “speckled” kind / English
FLASHDRIVE / A 1gb flashdrive can be bought for under $20 / ALL CLASSES
GLUE STICKS / We glue many of the assignments into the Notebook / History
POST-ITS / A package of the 3” / History
TWO-POCKET FOLDERS / Two of them / Math
GRAPH PAPER / 4 Squares per Inch / Math
ERASER / Math (because you don’t make mistakes in History, English or Science!)
HAND-HELD PENCIL SHARPENER / The kind that collects the shavings / Math
RULER / 6 inches long, with inches and centimeters
SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR / Math
… and some kind of pouch, box, etc. to keep all of this stuff!
* (ALL CLASSES): You only need what is listed, not, for instance, 2 for each class.