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[quote=Anonymous]Ask the teacher directly if he or she needs supplies like whiteboard markers (they're expensive!) or Sharpies or whatever. Things that are pricey but also things teachers very, very often end  up buying out of their own pockets. I really would just ask directly and the teacher doesn't need to know the question is related to a gift basket for the holidays. One teacher we knew just loved using color Sharpies for many purposes and having kids use them too, so we gave her big sets of Sharpies a couple of times a year and she liked that!

Bear in mind that many, many teachers purchase stuff for their classrooms.  Not just "extras" but essentials. It's sad, but it's reality. Gift cards to Michaels, Staples/Office Depot, and Oriental Trading Company (which has a ton of very cheap craft supplies etc.) are possibilities for the future. Most teachers will be very pleased to get help with classroom supplies. Schools just can't provide it all anymore.

A tip for next year or even this year as it's still a while until the holidays:

Back in ES, our PTA asked teachers to fill in a very simple form about their preferences. I wish I had a copy now so I could remember precisely how it asked, but the form basically asked what the teacher's favorite food, restaurant, drink, colors, movie, etc. were, and I think may have asked what were the most-needed items for the classroom as well. Teachers liked the idea (I am friends with an ES teacher at the school and she said it helped eliminate things like Starbucks cards going to teachers who don't go to Starbucks, etc.). The list helped our class one year get a gift card to a restaurant the teacher loved but which none of us would have thought about. Of course if your gift is from your family only it's harder to ask all that, but if this is a class gift from all the students/families, it might be good to coordinate asking these things of all the teachers. 
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