Supply Lists for Ms. Lisa’s classes
General Supplies Students Need for All Classes are HERE.
Specific supplies for each class are below
MATH 7
Textbook is loaned to students.
(Holt McDougal Mathematics Grade 7)
Basic Math Supplies to bring each week
Three-ring binder with at least one pocket and five tabs.(Pocket is for HW to be turned in. Label tabs: K.I.N./HO, Bluey, Quizzes, HW, Paper)
Small spiral notebook or composition book
Lined paper & graph paper wide ruled is best for doing HW
Calculator (One which handles exponents and grouping symbols. Casio fx-300ESPLS2 or TI-30xIIS are good models for under $15.)
Good pencils & erasers, plus colored pencils or pens for annotation and correcting work,
4×6” Index cards - 500 colored is best but white is fine.
Optional: Protractor (transparent), drawing compass, & small ruler Buy a protractor. Don’t rent a set from a charter school as those rented ones don’t work. A good protractor is a transparent semi-circle and has a swing arm. They are about 5$ and students will use it through geometry.
PDFs for students to print at home
K.I.N. Know-it-Notebook for simpler in-class notetaking. This 2011 consumable notebook is now out of print so I have a PDF of it available: pages 1-60 and 60 to 120, 120 to end. (Occasionally copies are available online: Grade 7 Know-it-Notebook HERE) ISBN 0547687850). Print this out and put it in a three-ring binder if you can’t find a printed copy for a reasonable price.
Homework & Practice Workbook for classwork review (we call this “Bluey”)This notebook helps students review concepts throughout the year and speeds up review because the problems are printed on the page. This 2011 consumable notebook is now out of print. (But there are often copies on Amazon for $10-15) If you don’t buy a copy, print out these sections and put them in your math binder (you can also keep some of it at home if it makes your backpack heavy.) Pages 0-20,
Honors Pre-Algebra + Math 8
Textbook is loaned to students
(McDougal Littell’s Pre-Algebra by Larson, Boswell, Kanold, and Stiff. 2008)
PA Notetaking Guide that accompanies our textbook: McDougal Littell Pre-Algebra: Notetaking Guide Paperback – Student Edition, January 1, 2005 by Ron Larson. ISBN 0618256571 Price is usually between $10-15
Basic Math Supplies to bring each week
Three-ring binder with at least one pocket and five tabs.(Pocket is for HW to be turned in. Label tabs: K.I.N./HO, Bluey, Quizzes, HW, Paper)
Small spiral notebook or composition book
Lined paper & graph paper wide ruled is best for doing HW
Calculator (One which handles exponents and grouping symbols. Casio fx-300ESPLS2 or TI-30xIIS are good models for under $15.)
Good pencils & erasers, plus colored pencils or pens for annotation and correcting work,
4×6” Index cards - 500 colored is best but white is fine.
Optional: Protractor (transparent), drawing compass, & small ruler Buy a protractor. Don’t rent a set from a charter school as those rented ones don’t work. A good protractor is a transparent semi-circle and has a swing arm. They are about 5$ and students will use it through geometry.
Poetry Analysis
Binder to store handouts in - can be a section of another binder or accordion folder
Coloring pencils or pens
Good pencils & erasers
Coming soon: link to the Poems for Memorizing booklet -we’ll print a few of these each week to work on.
SHAKESPEARE & CO.
2027 : No Fear Shakespeare Edition of — TBA
Binder to store handouts in (could be a section of another binder or accordion folder)
Something to take notes on such as lined paper in a binder or a notebook
Markers for creating props and posters
Real Life Farm Science
Snack, lunch, water bottle
Gardening gloves
Bug spray
Sunscreen/hat
3-ring binder (or a section of a divider for another class, or an accordian binder)
Composition or spiral notebook for notes.
Writing utensils: pencils, pencil sharpener, eraser, colored pencils or pens (we do a lot of drawing)
Tape or glue stick
Scissors are optional
A note about Farm Work Clothing
Farm School clothes protect your skin from scrapes, scratches, and are easy to work in and can get dirty. You can run, jump, climb, and work with animals and tools in them.
YES: longer shirts, loose pants or longer shorts, sensible shoes you can run in and use a shovel with (closed toed, easy to put on and off, no heels, platforms, can get dirty)
NO clothes that expose a lot of skin that can get scratched/scraped/poked. Thus none of the following: muscle tank tops, crop tops, tank tops, short shorts, sheer anything. Instead during hot weather where loose-fitting light -colored clothes.
NO clothes that make it hard to move
NO Clothes that can get tangled in a steer’s halter, in a tree you’re climbing, in a tool you’re using.
No shoes that have tripping hazards- heels, platforms, loose laces, holes, open toes
RECOMMENDED
Check out these books for physical science work samples. Our classes do NOT cover physical science and most middle school grades require some physics and chemistry.
Science & Language Arts
2026-27
Fall 2026 Book Club Books
SCIENCE FICTION: Alcatraz and the Evil Librarians, by Brandon Sanderson (book 1 of the series)
NON-FICTION: How We Got To Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson
Spring 2027 Book Club Books
HISTORICAL FICTION: Students vote on two of these: White Camel of Fez, Johnny Tremain, Night Diary, Letters from Rifka, Out of the Dust, Esperanza Rising
REALISTIC FICTION: Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
SUPPORTING SCIENCE TEXTBOOK - we will use this for three years: 2026-27, 2027-28, 2028-29.
Everything You Need to Ace Biology in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete High School Study Guide(Big Fat Notebooks - $8 to $9 on sale, reg $17)
Option FOR READERS WHO ARE NOT YET READING AT 8-9TH GRADE LEVEL: Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (Big Fat Notebooks) ISBN-10 0761160957 $8 on sale, reg 17.
NOTE: I provide a consumable workbook for review which is a simplified version of Levine and Miller’s HS Biology textbook. Some students may want a copy of the actual textbook— it is so widely used that copies are readily available and inexpensive.
Other supplies
Snack, lunch, water bottle
Bug spray
Gardening gloves
Sunscreen/hat
Writing utensils: pencil and little pencil sharpener, colored pencils or highlighter
Tape or small glue stick. Optional small scissors
Spiral notebook or composition book for taking notes. Wide rule.
Optional: Small sketch pad for Daily Observation (DO) and Drop Everything and Write (DEW) time OR just write and draw in your notebook/comp book
Small three-ring binder for handouts.
3x5 or 4x6 index cards and something in which to hold those cards (a baggie or pouch is fine)
A note about Farm Work Clothing
Farm School clothes protect your skin from scrapes, scratches, and are easy to work in and can get dirty. You can run, jump, climb, and work with animals and tools in them.
YES: longer shirts, loose pants or longer shorts, sensible shoes you can run in and use a shovel with (closed toed, easy to put on and off, , can get dirty)
NO clothes that expose a lot of skin that can get scratched/scraped/poked. Thus none of the following: muscle tank tops, crop tops, tank tops, short shorts, sheer anything. Instead during hot weather where loose-fitting light -colored clothes.
NO clothes that make it hard to move
NO Clothes that can get tangled in a steer’s halter, in a tree you’re climbing, in a tool you’re using.
No shoes that have tripping hazards- heels, platforms, loose laces, holes, open toes
RECOMMENDED
Check out these books for physical science work samples. Our classes do NOT cover physical science and most middle school grades require some physics and chemistry.