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📚4th 6 Weeks #ExcellenceInAction @IrvingISD librarians have been busy! From teaching engaging, collaborative lessons to circulating books & eBooks & guiding Ss to premium resources, their work continues to drive student success & a💙of learning across our campuses💥🧠🤍📚

Join us tomorrow at #TCEA for “One Language, Many Bridges: Bilingual Support for Monolingual Librarians”! 🌍📚 We’ll share practical strategies &resources to build inclusive library spaces &strengthen language supports for emergent bilingual students📍Jan. 31 2:30-3:30 214C ✨

PreK & Kinder students @ASJohnston1 explored community helpers through pretend play and nonfiction text features—focusing on labels! 🩻🩺🚒📚 Learning through play + informational text = strong early literacy foundations.

What an incredible opportunity to attend @FILGuadalajara! The festival expanded our global perspective on literacy&publishing, connecting us w/ inspiring leaders from around the🌎. We’re returning energized, w/ 🆕💡& a deeper commitment to bringing high-quality 📚 to @IrvingISD!

Exciting news🎉Thanks to our amazing partners at @JoeVsSmartShop & @SuperiorText, @ASJohnston1 now has its very own book vending machine! 📚✨Students can choose books to build their home libraries & celebrate the joy of reading. Partnerships like this keep literacy thriving!❤️

The power of sound in storytime!🔊📚 Kinder students @ASJohnston1 listened to different noises to infer what might’ve caused the dinosaurs’ extinction🦕then used think-pair-share & sentence stems to express their ideas. A masterclass in curiosity, language, and critical thinking!

We introduced Optimus Lime to Ms. Murray’s kinder class at @ASJohnston1, & the excitement was contagious! 🤖💚 Students had an amazing time engaging in the Sensory Circuit—learning, moving, and exploring through play and sound! 🎶✨ #ExcellenceInAction @ASJLibrary

Students @ASJohnston1 got a peek behind the pages today! 👀After learning how I Spy books are created, they became illustrators and authors—designing their very own I Spy pages in @CanvaEdu. Creativity, design, and storytelling all rolled into one engaging library lesson!🧑🏽‍💻🕵🏽‍♀️🔎📖

@zoobeanreads @ASJohnston1 @nothingbundt @Sorareadingapp @IrvingLibraries @IrvingISD @la_teacherTX Benny needs a fit for each song!!!

@ASJLibrary @ASJohnston1 @nothingbundt @Sorareadingapp @IrvingLibraries @IrvingISD @la_teacherTX Love seeing the "The Life of a Benny" image being used here 😍

Calling on the 📣 @ASJohnston1 🐆 grownups team up w/ @nothingbundt @Sorareadingapp @zoobeanreads #TLOAS 🫘 📚 🍰 @IrvingLibraries @IrvingISD @la_teacherTX

@zoobeanreads @ASJohnston1 @Sorareadingapp @nothingbundt @IrvingLibraries @IrvingISD Wanna donate some cutie Bennys 🫘?

@ASJLibrary @ASJohnston1 @Sorareadingapp @nothingbundt @IrvingLibraries @IrvingISD

@ASJohnston1 grownups team up w/us next week to turn ALL of our 🐆 into readers with @zoobeanreads @Sorareadingapp @nothingbundt @IrvingLibraries @IrvingISD #TLOAB 🧡

@Ozobot That Ari looks amazing!!!

October brings a new wave of curiosity and creativity to the classroom, kicking off a month of spooky STEAM adventures! From trick-or-treat challenges to monster dance-offs and constellation discoveries, these standards-aligned lessons build STEM skills through hands-on exploration. 🎃👻 Explore our featured Evo and Ari activities in the October Lesson Spotlight: ozobot.com/october-lesson… #STEMeducation #STEAMlearning #ClassroomFun #HalloweenSTEM

Did you know that scary stories are packed with benefits?👻 Check out our new infographic + 🎧to this recent podcast episode from the School Librarians United Podcast featuring author Jose Cruz to learn how scary books can empower young readers!🎃 ow.ly/xu0b50X5ULM

🐆 learned about 📕 care, 🐝bots, @Sorareadingapp, @worldbookinc and @NGKids & @BookCreatorApp can’t wait for what 2025-26 will bring @ASJohnston1 @IrvingLibraries @IrvingISD @la_teacherTX

@KirkusReviews @netflix @thedavidrapp @penguinrandom Loved the 📕 loved the 🎥

THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB, a @netflix film based on the Kirkus-starred mystery by Richard Osman, premiered this week. It stars Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, Pierce Brosnan, and Celia Imrie, and Kirkus editor @thedavidrapp has a review ◆ ow.ly/4rOl50WNBmL @penguinrandom

Everything is bigger in TX even our kindergartner’s 🧡 of 📚 Here’s an @ASJohnston1 🐆 rocking Lola at the library by @AnnaMMcQuinn and proving that library 💳 are basically superpowers 💫 #LibrariesMatter @IrvingLibraries @IrvingISD

@Novel_Effect @la_teacherTX definitely The sour 🍇

@JudyBBoone @worldbookinc We 🩵 @worldbookinc

❤️ collaborating with @worldbookinc to highlight how we support student background knowledge with trusted resources. As a child, I pored through World Book print editions, and now I get to partner with them to support today’s learners! 🌟📚❤️ #IrvingReads tinyurl.com/d7mmuhsf