The Staples - These can be left in your teaching bag
- A whistle
- An extra sweater or light jacket
- Tylenol or Advil
- Kleenex
- Lifesavers or cough drops
- Extra hair elastics (for those with long hair)
- A healthy lunch with snacks
- Lots of water
- A notebook to jot classroom ideas down in
- Pens and pencils
- A book or magazine to read yourself incase you have downtime (during prep).
Specific to Primary Classrooms
- 2 or 3 great children's books
- Stickers
- Colouring and game sheets (30 of each)
- 1 or 2 Extra Activities - Consonant Bingo Game
Memory Game
Magic School Bus Video
Tape or CD of Children's Songs
- Small prizes or treats (enough for a typical class size)
Specific to Junior or Intermediate Classrooms
- A book appropriate for the grade level (picture book is ok for grade 4, short stories for 5 and up)
- A couple of different work sheets like crosswords or word searches (30 of each)
- 1 or 2 Extra Activities - Blank Bingo sheets
Math flash cards
Trivia Questions
- Small prizes or treats (enough for a typical class size)
Specific to High School Classrooms
- Materials for specific subjects you will be covering (ex. clothes for Phys. Ed., apron or old shirt for Art or Home Ec.)
- 1 or 2 Extra Activities - Word Searches or Crossword Puzzles
Trivia Questions
Riddles, Sudoku, Mind Bogglers
Specific to French or Spanish Teacher Coverage
- A simple children's book in French or Spanish, particularly a translation of a well known English book
- Work sheets in the appropriate second language, like word searches and crosswords (May need up to 90 of each)
- A kid-friendly French or Spanish video or CD for emergencies, and in case there are no plans
- 1 or 2 extra English activities or work sheets for emergencies
- A French or Spanish Dictionary
- Small prizes or treats (enough for a typical class size). This is particularly useful for second language teachers!