by Dr. Tonja Irvine | Jun 27, 2016 | Backstage Pass to Teaching
Routines and procedures are crucial to a well run classroom. Routines fall under the umbrella of classroom management and they will help your classroom out tremendously! When you have good routines, students know what to expect and how to get from one place to another...
by Dr. Tonja Irvine | Jun 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Every teacher loves a good deal! I know I am constantly looking for great sales and prices on items for my classroom. Today I am going to tell you about my favorite places and ways that I have money on my classroom purchases.Tonja of Smart Puppy Learning...
by Dr. Tonja Irvine | Jun 20, 2016 | Backstage Pass to Teaching
As you enter planning for the first day of school you may think, “Oh my! What in the world am I going to do?!” or maybe you are calm and cool and have it all planned out. Either way, as the start of the past thirteen years has taught me, there will...
by Dr. Tonja Irvine | Jun 12, 2016 | Backstage Pass to Teaching, Featured
Classroom decorating is one of my favorite topics for preparing your classroom! The truth is the sky is the limit in this area. There are so many classroom themes and color ideas to be found on Pinterest and Facebook! Creating a creative classroom environment...
by Dr. Tonja Irvine | Jun 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Bulletin board parts can become so expensive and I hate trying to store all of the punch out letters anyway. Instead, I like to print my own bulletin board letters out on pennants or bunting. Below I will show you how this looks as well as some video tutorials...
