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Jumping into Multiliteracies (JiM) Class

A reading enrichment program funded by Oak Park River Forest Youth Services, called Jumping into Multiliteracies (JiM) Class, is designed to engage 9-11 year old students in literacy activities through meaningful, interactive and academically challenging learning experiences. Students will have the opportunity to research, write, create and engage with topics of their interest though digital technology, visual and performing arts and community advocacy.

For more information and to provide consent for your child’s participation, please see the CONSENT FORM.

 

D.E.A.R. Program – Born to Read at Irving!!!

In September the whole school will participate in an uninterrupted D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) for eight minutes. Each month the number of minutes will increase by eight. Our goal is to increase our amount of sustained reading so that by the month of May each student can read uninterrupted for 64 minutes. Be on the lookout for monthly reading exercises!

D.E.A.R. FLYER

SEPTEMBER D.E.A.R. FLYER

 

Irving Book Fair – Monday, October 7th through Friday, October 11th

Hours:  M-Th from dismissal until 6:30 p.m., Friday from dismissal until 11:45 a.m.

It’s a Reading Oasis! An amazing selection of books is headed our way! We will be accepting pre-orders for Diary of a Wimpy Kid 8, which will be released on November 3rd (students will receive forms and book fair flyers the week before the sale). On Tuesday, October 8th we will be receiving the latest in the Percy Jackson series, The House of Hades.  Teacher wish lists will be available at the sale to help build classroom libraries.
On Thursday, October 10th at 1:00, our very own Queen of the Nile, Ms. Noonan will grace our fair with a special book reading for students. Enter a land of pyramids, deserts, and palm trees. All participants will be entered in a raffle to win a free poster from Scholastic.

If you can’t make it to our fair, the online book fair runs from October 10-October 30. It’s a great way to get your holiday shopping done early or find a special gift for a special teacher! http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/washingtonirvingelemschool1

We need volunteers to help work the fair during classroom preview hours and the sale.  We’d love to have you, even if you only have 45 minutes to spare at dismissal!

Thanks!
Stephanie Hartman, Book Fair chairperson, gremlin44@gmail.com
Meredith Farster, Book Fair co-chair

Love to cook? Want to find a way to jump into Irving?
In October parents get together and provide staff a Soup/Chilli lunch. This year it will be on October 10th (first day of conferences).
Below is the sign up for the event…please remember we try to make everything homemade, it is such a gift to the staff that we take the time to do this, while they take the time to talk to us about our kids.  Please consider helping out in any way you can…we need help from buying stuff, to making stuff…anything will work…

Here is the sign up:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0845A8AB23AA8-irving2

Thanks,

Talley Hann, 847-567-3517 or talleyhann@gmail.com