Irving, TX
Joined August 2024
Fueling up for an amazing school year! Big smiles, great coffee and best school! Thank you for treating us to a little caffeine 🩷 @ASJohnston1 @ASJLibrary @travelin_toms
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Don’t miss this new #futurereadylibs podcast dropping tomorrow with my amazing @IrvingLibraries friends @Erika White and @la_teacherTX ❤️
Sneak peek! This #FutureReadyLibrarians podcast episode with @follettcontent is for librarians ready to break free from expectations and redefine leadership in today’s learning spaces. 🎧 Tune in tomorrow with @shannonmmiller, @la_teacherTX & Erica White from @IrvingLibraries.
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Let it grow! 🌷🌻💚
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Love to see the community come together @irvingisd @PFE_IISD and build up our families home libraries 📚❤️📚
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Join us ✨TOMORROW✨at 3pm for our pre-#TLA webinar “Lunch Bunch: Building Community One Bite at a Time”! 🍎📚 Walk away with practical, ready-to-use ideas to strengthen connection and engagement in your library. Don’t miss it! ✨ urldefense.com/v3/__https:/u…$
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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💥🧠🤍📚
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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 ✨
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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.
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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!
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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!❤️
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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!
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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
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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!🧑🏽‍💻🕵🏽‍♀️🔎📖
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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
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If you aren’t at STEAM summer 🏕️ where you at @IrvingISD @IISD_iLearn @IrvingLibraries 🕵️ 🕵️‍♂️ #CommunityLearning 🍪 mystery
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5th 6️⃣ weeks stats @ASJohnston1 @ASJLibrary & @stipesstallions @stipeslibrary 🐆 used our @IrvingLibraries @IrvingISD PREMIUM resources over 350K times 👀 🐎 increased our ebook ✔️outs by over 10K 😊
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🐎 @stipesstallions this week built their own 🌙 lander @NASA #MargaretHamilton 🧑‍🚀 @Learn360 📺 moon landing & played 🎾 like @BillieJeanKing @rebelgirlsbook # WomensHistoryMonth @IrvingLibraries @IrvingISD @la_teacherTX
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📚We surpassed our goal over Spring Break, and now @IrvingISD hit ✨1️⃣MILLION✨minutes 🥳 How many @zoobeanreads minutes will we have by the end of the month?! #IrvingReads #ReadersAreLeaders
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🎉 Week✌🏼winners are here! Spring Break didn’t slow them down one bit—our top campus @NimitzVikings, students, & staff member kept logging those minutes on @zoobeanreads! We’ve already met our district MONTHLY goal with 6️⃣3️⃣7️⃣,3️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ in just 2 weeks🤯🤩📚🤍! #IrvingReads
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