Wish List

At Back-to-School Night, the subject of a classroom wish list came up. The students and I have come up with the following wish list:

• The students would like rubber balls to play games like four square and handball at recess. These do tend to go flat easily, which is why I don't have any, so if we have a few of them, it wouldn't hurt.
• Colored pencils for art. We have plenty of crayons and markers, but my supply of colored pencils is running low.
• Facial tissue (Kleenex). We can never have enough of these. Just imagine how many of these you go through in one week, then multiply that by 35. And, honestly, the brand the district provides, Softness, are really coarse and awful. They're more like sandpaper than facial tissue.
• Binder paper. We do a lot of writing and note-taking in fifth grade. We use a lot of binder paper.
• Twister, for rainy day recesses.

The students also asked about donating books to the classroom library, which is acceptable. My wish is that all Lafayette families join our PTA. Did you know that the PTA has provided all classroom teachers with $200 for classroom supplies? It's very generous and the PTA has done so for as long as I can remember, so support your PTA by joining. Thank you.