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There are lots of great suggestions online for managing sharpening pencils in class (usually a bin of sharpened pencils and a bin to leave the dull pencils when students trade them in) - except that some of my students bring in their own supplies and others get supplies from school.

I can't ask them to trade in pencils and keep the special ones they own separate from the school-provided ones. Plus there's sometimes a student who puts pencils in their mouth etc - and I wouldn't want to force them to share those.

What works for you - to avoid constant sharpening and interruptions?
Bwilson I also allow students to bring supplies from home like pencils. I always allow time in the day for students to sharpen pencils- usually first thing in the morning. They should always have 3 sharpened pencils to start the day. If they need to" borrow" a pencil after 3, then they ask a friend or use a pen or crayon. I have an electric sharpener that ...See More
Aug 16, 2012
Deb Our grade level (2nd) sends a letter home in June asking for supplies. This includes only yellow pencils (and we specify the brand...we told the pencils the ones from the Dollar Store are too cheap and break). Then I have a sharpened and dull baskets. It works...I do the sharpening as I bought an electric pencil sharpener ( the kids wore out the ol...See More
Aug 16, 2012
Annoys Me Too! I hate when they disrupt my class to sharpen pencils. This year, I put together little welcome packages that included a pencil, an eraser head, a bookmark, and a small manual pencil sharpener. I also have litle baskets at their table with a couple pencil sharpeners in it so they have access to one without the noise annoying me. We've been in school...See More
Aug 17, 2012
KathyB2ndia-retired After teaching for many years I found a gross of pencils that looked like they were covered in dollar bills. Those were my pencils. About 30 or so would be sharp and ready to use every day. I loved those expensive pencil sharpeners, as they stopped when the pencil is sharpened. Morning was used to sharpen their pencils, but during the day, if it wa...See More
Aug 20, 2012
Leanne/CA On 8/16/12, Meghan wrote: > There are lots of great suggestions online for managing > sharpening pencils in class (usually a bin of sharpened > pencils and a bin to leave the dull pencils when students > trade them in) - except that some of my students bring in > their own supplies and others get supplies from school. > > I can...See More
Aug 25, 2012


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