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[IISD Libraries @IrvingLibraries]

📚✨ 6 Weeks of Literacy, Learning & Library Impact! 💙

From books flying off the shelves 📖 to engaging lessons 💡&digital resources 💻, our libraries are building readers, thinkers & lifelong learners @IrvingISD !

Every checkout, lesson & click counts! 🚀

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🐻The future is BRIGHT for our Grizzlies! 🌟

Today, our students had the opportunity to explore exciting careers, ask questions, & dream BIG at Career Day! A HUGE thank you to all of our presenters for inspiring the next generation of leaders, dreamers, and doers! @IrvingISD

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📚🦎 They didn’t just read a little…they read ALOTL! 🎉

Celebrating our 2nd 6 Weeks🏆 Top @beanstackapp Readers & Campuses🏆 for leading the way! Every page, every book & every minute counts as we build a community of readers @IrvingISD 📚❤️

3.5M down…6.5M to go!

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📚 BIG things are happening in the @fmgilbert Library! 🐻

Our 2nd six weeks was filled with reading, STEM challenges, coding & creativity!

📖 4,597 Book Checkouts
💻 14,870 eBook Checkouts
📚 181,139 Beanstack Minutes

@IrvingLibraries

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The storybook pumpkin patch is growing in the @fmgilbert Library! 🎃 @IrvingLibraries

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🏚️👻 Future architects in the making! After learning what it means to be an architect, our students put their creativity and engineering skills to the test by designing and building their own haunted houses using a variety of materials! Spooky STEM fun! 🎃🏗️ @IrvingLibraries

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Our @fmgilbert 4th graders had a hauntingly good time reading There’s a Ghost in This House! 👻 Inspired by the illustrations, they layered tracing paper over their pictures to create their own ghostly scenes! 🎨📚 @IrvingLibraries

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Starting our Library PLC with some hands-on fun using @Sphero SNAP! 🤖✨ Learning, creating, and exploring together! @IrvingLibraries m

[IISD Libraries @IrvingLibraries]

✨6 Weeks of Literacy, Learning & Library Impact📚

From books flying off the shelves 📖 to engaging lessons 💡 and digital resources 💻, our @irvingisd libraries are building readers, thinkers & lifelong learners!

Every checkout, lesson & click counts! 🚀

[𝙵𝚊𝙻𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚑𝚊 𝙴𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 @esslinger5]

@fmgilbert Kinder had a blast learning all about the State Fair of Texas! 🎟️ They put their creativity to work designing and constructing their very own fair games and rides! Roller coasters and haunted houses were definitely the crowd favorites! @IrvingLibraries

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🐻🐰🎡 @fmgilbert First graders read The Bear, the Hare and the Fair today, then brought the story to life with a little coding fun! Students coded their Bee-Bots to travel around the fair and stop at all the rides! 🎢🎟️ @IrvingLibraries

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@fmgilbert 1st graders read Menudo Sunday and explored the family traditions that bring us together! 🥣❤️ They crafted their own bowls of menudo filled with love, family, culture, and cherished memories! 📚✨ #HispanicHeritageMonth @IrvingISD @IrvingLibraries

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🎶📚 Music meets STEM in the library! Students read Adela’s Mariachi Band and then made some music of their own using @makeymakey bongo drums! 🪘🎵 They loved exploring how technology can bring music to life! @IrvingLibraries

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The 1st Six Weeks in the @fmgilbert Grizzly Library were BUSY! Students were reading, creating, coding, building & exploring through Beanstack, Sora, Sphero Indi, LEGO SPIKE, STEM challenges & more! We’re building readers, creators & problem-solvers! ❤️ @IrvingLibraries

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Way to go @fmgilbert Grizzlies!!!

[IISD Libraries @IrvingLibraries]

📚Our 1st 6 Weeks results are in, & our readers have logged 1.5 MILLION MINUTES toward our @irvingisd 🔟million-minute goal👏

Celebrating our 🏆 Top Readers & Top Campuses for leading the way! Every page, every book & every minute counts as we build a community of readers 💙📖

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🎶 ¡Azúcar! 🎶 @fmgilbert Students learned about Celia Cruz and her contributions to salsa music! 💃🏽🎺 Then they explored the science of sound by creating their own harmonicas and learning how vibrations make sound. A perfect mix of music, culture, and STEM! ❤️ @IrvingLibraries

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📚🎉 Ending the six weeks with our @beanstackapp winners! These awesome readers earned gift certificates to spend at the Scholastic Book Fair! 📖🛍️

Way to track those reading minutes and keep crushing your reading goals! 🌟👏
@IrvingLibraries @fmgilbert

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🚨 STEM CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! After reading The Antlered Ship, @fmgilbert 4th grade students teamed up to BUILD, TEST & COLLABORATE! 🤝 Using STEM materials, they engineered their own boats and put them to the ultimate test—WILL IT FLOAT?! 🛶🌊 @IrvingLibraries

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🔨💡 1st graders became ENGINEERS today! They collaborated with their teams to design and create a brand-new toy or tool. 🧰✨ Creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving in action! ❤️🐻 @IrvingLibraries

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Inquiry-based learning in action! 🔎Today, our 2nd grade students explored the amazing world of axolotls using @LightboxEdu! They discovered some fascinating facts—and the best part? Each student went home with their very own axolotl “pet”! 🦎🩷 @IrvingLibraries