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  View Winners

  Winning posters
  are on display  
  in the school lobby

 

  Book Club

  Brown Bag Readers
  " Hunger Games"  
  Feb. 23 - all lunches

 

  Poetry Notebook

  Email poems to
 surice@irvingisd.net  
  Deadline March 5

 

  Suggestion Box

  Can't find titles or
  subjects you want?  
  Let us know!

 

Library Notes

 
"Hunger Games" by Susanne Collins is the book for our February 23 Brown Bag Readers discussions.  Open to students and faculty. Click here for details.
 
 
  Calling all poets and artists! Submit your creations to surice@irvingisd.net for our Poetry Notebook. Deadline is March 5.  

 
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Rock and Roll with Reading -
Teen Read Celebration

Challenge: Convince a friend to check out and read one of your favorite books
Rewards:  Java Jungle bucks for free cappuccino or cocoa

"Trick your brain into learning vocab while listening to slamming music"--

Check out this new book and CD set

Reading is more fun if you boost your vocabulary Try the Visual Thesaurus
See meanings, hear pronunciations, view images, play "Spelling Bee", use "VocabGrabber" to analyze online text and generate lists of the most useful words, see examples in context
 
Strategic Collaborative Reading
Multiple copies of popular titles are enticing students to read and reflect on books together.
Ask a librarian for our extensive list of books with 6 or more copies, or use inter-library loan requests
Looking for a good book? Check out this online bookshelf of great young adult titles! 
Want to share your favorite books and see what your friends are reading? Use Shelfari!

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Get Caught Reading with a Friend!  

 
  Earn extra credit with TAYSHAS books
Read a book from the
TAYSHAS Reading List for Texas Teens

Discuss the book with a librarian.  We'll issue you a coupon to take to your English or Reading teachers. Click here for 2010 Tayshas Preview video. 
jj Start your day with a cappuccino!
The library's coffee bar is open from
7:30 to 8:05 a.m. for students.
Cappuccino or cocoa ..... $1.00
Regular coffee or tea ........$.50.

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