You can still give her the gift card and say it's for supplies.

OP here -

Well I asked by email and she said she's fine for now and will let us know if she runs low on anything.


I should have just gotten a gift card and said for supplies. Oh well.

Anonymous wrote:I never felt too awkward to ask: "How are you on classroom supplies? Are you running low on tissues or anything else?"

DC's teacher has no problem letting us know what she needs. Just how quickly do kids go through expo markers anyway?

I received a Staples gift card from a family today. It was much appreciated. Here are some classroom supplies that I regularly use as a middle school teacher, can't put on the individual supply list, but no one thinks about: colored copier paper so your DC can quickly locate high-frequency use handouts, Manila file folders, 2 pocket folders to hold laminated class sets, poster paper.