Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Online Christmas Games


Play some online holiday games. Click on the picture to access them.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Christmas Around the World


Fifth grade will soon be looking at how different countries celebrate the holiday season. Click on the picture to join them on their webquest.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Mancala


This is a great game!!! Try the online version, or visit the media center to play it with a friend.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Happy Halloween


Click on the picture to visit the Pumpkin Nook - a site full of fun for you.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Chocolate Fix

Try out this great game of logic! Click on the chocolate fix picture.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Origami Yoda

5th Grade is busy reading The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger. Make your own Origami Yoda.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

A Cool Art Site

Click on the picture to visit Shidonni, a great art site!

Monday, August 23, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Irving Elementary Celebrates Earth Day!


This year, the kindergarteners and first grade classes at Irving celebrated Earth Day by making a Trashasaurs Rex. This helped to show the students how much trash they create everyday. The student were amazed at the amount of trash they can produce in one school day!

Wendy Mass


Every year the 5th grade students at Irving get to meet a children's author. This year the student got to meet Wendy Mass, the author of Every Soul Has A Star, 11 Birthdays, and Finally.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Tillie Lays an Egg

Watch Tillie and her friends all day long. Click on the book cover above to see Tillie live on her hencam.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid


Have you ever wondered what it's like to be the wimpiest kid in school like Greg? Well now is your chance. Click on the picture above and you to can see what it's like to be a character in Diary Of A Wimpy Kid.



Monday, March 1, 2010

Dr. Seuss Birthday

To Celebrate Read Across America and Dr. Seuss Birthday, we are read many books written by Dr. Seuss.







Saturday, February 13, 2010

Make Your Own Movie


This cool website lets you create your own little movie. Click on the Zimmertwins icon to try it out.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Black History Month

February is Black History Month. In honor of this month, Irving Media Center will be featuring several famous African Americans and the book we have that shares more information about this important person.


Who was Henry Box Brown?

To find out more about this important person click on the picture.


We also have a wonderful picture book about Henry Box Brown's remarkable journey to freedom. Come and check it out!

New Trial Sites from the AEA

The AEA has given us access to some wonderful resources from February 1 - March 15.

Click on the icon below to try these out.





Bookflix partners two stories together that focus on various themes.

Culturegrams is a wonderful resource for studying the states, countries, and other cultures.
User ID for all trials is iec2010
Password for all trials is iowalibrary


Monday, January 25, 2010

The Winter Olympics Come to Vancouver!

Find out more about the Winter Olympics. Click on the picture below.