Feel free to download and share with your Spanish students this printable list of school supplies in Spanish and English that I put together. It is as an example of how diverse the Spanish vocabulary can be. 
Look at some of the simple items that has different names in Spanish. For example: in some countries the phrase “school supplies” can be translated to materiales escolares, but in other countries it is known as útiles escolares.
List of School Supplies in Spanish: 36 Basic Items
____ back pack (bulto, mochila, morral)
____ binder (carpeta)
____ calculator (calculador, calculadora)
____ construction paper (papel de construcción, cartoncillo, cartulina)
____ crayons (crayones, crayolas)
____ dictionary (diccionario)
____ drawing book (libreta de dibujo)
____ envelopes (sobres)
____ eraser (borrador, goma de borrar)
____ filler paper (papel de argolla, hojas sueltas, repuesto, hojas de carpeta)
____ folder (cartapacio, archivador)
____ glue (pega, pegamento, cola)
____ highlighter (resaltador)
____ index cards (fichas)
____ lead refills (minas, puntitas)
____ liquid corrector / pen corrector (corrector)
____ lunch box (lonchera)
____ marker (marcador, plumón)
____ mechanical pencil (porta minas, lápiz mecánico)
____ modeling clay (plastilina, plasticina)
____ notebooks (libretas, cuadernos)
____ paint brushes (pinceles)
____ paper (papel)
____ pen (bolígrafo, pluma, birome, esfero, lapicero, lápiz tinta)
____ pencil box (cartuchera)
____ pencil sharpener (sacapuntas, tajador)
____ pencils (lápices, lapicero, lápices de grafito)
____ poster board (cartulina)
____ protractor (transportador)
____ push pin (tachuela, chinche, chincheta)
____ ruler (regla)
____ scissors (tijeras)
____ stapler (grapadora, engrapadora, corchetera, cosedora)
____ subject notebook (cuaderno de resorte)
____ tape (cinta adhesiva)
____ tempera paint (témpera)
____ watercolors (acuarelas)
Check out these other English Spanish articles.
