Top 10 Classroom Amazon Must Buy Items
- Emily Maddock
- Jul 10, 2021
- 4 min read
Updated: Jul 27, 2021
After 8+ years of teaching, here are my top 10 items from Amazon that I have found I cannot do without in my classroom (not in any particular order):
Cost: $12.99
How do I use this item: This is one of the best items I have bought for my classroom! I hate being stuck to my laptop for presentations. I like walking around the room while I present to both keep an eye on student engagment and to keep myself engaged (its easy to sometimes drone on when just reading slides). This clicker and laser pointer has been amazing to free myself up. And the laser pointer has been an unexpected classroom managment incentive for students to play with. LOL. The only downfall to this pointer is that on Google Slides it does not click forward animations. So just for ease I don't add animations in my slides or add a limited amount that I will have to click through my hand.
Cost: $8.84
How do I use this item: These labels are perfect for labeling classroom library books. I have a inkjet printer which these labels are made for. Avery also makes lables for laser printers.
CLICK HERE for my favorite TPT library labels by Molly Mallory @lessonswithlaughter.
Cost: $23.99
How do I use this item: I use these slanted sign holders almost once a week for stations around the room. I didn't want to keep stapling or sticking up my station papers with tape so instead, I use these reusable sign holders. They are easy to use and give my stations a more professional look. Also, they hold up to constant use, and students grabbing/moving them around.
Cost: $19.99
How do I use this item: I use this file holder in a number of ways. The magnet is incredibly strong so I have no issues loading it up with books, papers, or files. Mostly I use this item to keep things I want easy access too on my front whiteboard, such as my "You Will Need" magnetic icons.
**This item regularly goes out of stock, so grab it when you can.
Cost: $4.11
How do I use this item: This staple remover is AMAZING for getting staples out of walls and bullentine boards. Takes half the time of a standard staple remover. Just be careful, mine has "walked off" serveral times. **Teacher Tip: Put your name on it! LOL.
Cost: $11.95
How do I use this item: I put these magnets on almost anything and everything I want to put up on my whiteboard or the other metal items around my classroom (like my storage closet and filing cabinet). One of the things I use these the most for is my grammar parts of speech icons (find them HERE in my TPT store).
7. Toolbox
Cost: $27.10
How do I use this item: Yes, I got sucked into the Teacher Toolbox craze. And as much as it is an Instagram item its also been very useful to me in my classroom. Namely, because I don't have a 'teacher desk.' Instead, I have a kidney table that I use both for small groups and my desk area. Because my table doesn't have any drawers this toolbox has become extremely more useful to hold all those little items like paper clips, magnets, etc that would become a mess if I just put them in my large filing cabinet.
CLICK HERE for my favorite TPT teacher toolbox labels by Confetti and Creativity
Cost: $30.45
How do I use this item: I hope to eventually get two of these laminators. Right now I only have one at home, but eventually, I would like to get one for any classroom as well. I use this laminator for a lot of things around my classroom. Namely for self-printed decor items, my history timeline dates, and escape room/game board items (keeps them from getting torn from one class to another).
Cost: $6.29
How do I use this item: I tend to use these velcro dots on posters and decor items for my walls and door, and also for lettering on my whiteboard. It's a great way to hang something up without damaging walls but keeping it more secure than just tape.
Cost: $18.99
How do I use this item: I use this timer nearly every day in class. One area I always seem to go beyond the time I alot in my lesson plans is on our beginning of class 'bell ringer' activity. So to help with this I have this magnetic timer that I keep on the front of the board and set it to 5 minutes to keep us on target. I also use it for timing out Socratic Seminar Discussion time to make sure all groups have the same amout of time to get their ideas out. It has been an invaluable tool in my classroom. And with the magnetic backing, I don't lose it, it's just stuck to the board in the last place I left it. It is also the perfect size to hold in the palm of your hand if you want to walk around with it.
Honorable Mention:
Cost: $23.35
How do I use this item: Well, I mean you can't have a laminator without laminating pouches. And you WILL use the 200 pouches. No point in getting the smaller packs, it will just be a waste of money, in my opinion.
UPDATE as of 7/27/21: For disclosure reasons, some of these links are affiliate links. I am on a "trial run" per se with the Amazon Affiliate Program, but these are all items I bought with my own money last year, and my opinions are not impacted whatsoever by the affliation.
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