Classroom Shopping Linky Party

Ladybug's Teacher Files is having a linky party devoted to shopping for your classroom.  Link-up to give and get some ideas from some awesome teachers.  The following products are things I have purchased over the summer. If you would like to view more products I have purchased in the past, click on the label titled Products.

These containers saved me lots of time when passing out manipulatives to the students.  I discovered them at Dollar Tree and bought 5 sets of these 10 mini containers.  I quickly discovered that I use them for EVERYTHING.  For example, lets say we are going to play bingo, I have a container marked, "Sets of Tiles" and I have a student pass out one container per child.  I do this with our coins too.  When we do coin sorts or are just learning about the coins.  You can use them in your workstation activities too.  I basically use these instead of Ziplock bags for smaller things.  

For months, Dollar Tree was sold out and the website was sold out of them too.  I was growing a little impatient, so when they became available online, I bought them.  You can only purchase in bulk on the Dollar Tree website.  SOOOO, 480 mini-containers later......I am one HAPPY teacher =)

I am ready to jump-in head first with BUCKET FILLING for next year!
I purchased these tin buckets from the Dollar Section at Target.  I was super excited because I will be doing a Star Theme next year.

This is another Dollar Tree find.  I purchased the last of the blue and green Locker Bins at my local store.  I bought around 14 of each.  I will use them in my library.  The blue will be for fiction and the green will be for nonfiction.  I will be reorganizing my library this year and was searching high and low for an inexpensive bin.  I love how they are taller and wider than a typical sized shoe box.