BECKY'S PICKS | retired math teacher & Patterned sales girl
Arguably the best part of the year, back-to-school supplies!! Isn’t an obsession with school supplies why teachers become teachers? Kidding kidding.
School supplies are in fact the quickest way to a teacher’s heart though and we have the hookup on adorable, personalized school and office supplies that will make you and your kids the teacher’s favorite this year! Get the inside scoop on teacher’s favs from an actual teacher, retired math teacher and Patterned sales girl, Becky.
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What office supplies do you feel most excited to shop for while setting up your classroom and your desk each year? “As a math teacher, I used the white board a lot so I always had different colored pens and markers to show the different steps in a math problem. I also used a lot of small notepads to write little things down during my day-to-day.” Becky also mentioned pens, highlighters, post-its, notepads, a desk calendar and a yearly planner.
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Do you typically take items from your classroom and desk home with you each day? If so, what? “I had a tote bag to carry folders of papers to grade, highlighters, pens, pencils and my teacher planner. My planner was like my bible! Plus, my trusty EZ-grader for the old school teachers.”
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What 3 items on your desk would you consider most essential for a successful day in the classroom? “Definitely paper clips. Plus a stapler, my planner and pens. Oh oops, that’s 4!”
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BECKY'S RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS: Early Bird or Night Owl? Early bird. Notepad or Notebook? Both! Coffee or Tea? Coffee. Pen or Pencil? Pencil (because math). Cats or Dogs? Dogs. Gift Wrap or Gift Bag? I like to receive a gift bag but I love to gift wrap boxes for holidays.
