Halloween treats from our amazing staff and admin 👻🎃 !! My advisory kiddos were so excited to have won the door decorating contest for 6th grade 😂👍🏽 Joe Straus III Middle School #HappyHalloween

Loved seeing all the ofrendas Ann Marjorie Huerta’s class made. Had a great time at our Dia de Los Muertos event 💀💃🏽

We’re working on our Lightning Thief Book Talks to convince others to read it, too! ⚡️📕🤨 Joe Straus III Middle School NISDMSELA

I had my students show off their illustrating and writing skills while I was out for a day. There were some funny guesses! 😂 These were a few of my favorites. ✍️🎨 Joe Straus III Middle School NISDMSELA

A few of us in Marvel Club kicked off our Thanksgiving break by watching Black Panther: #WakandaForever together! We’re already excited for the next movie meetup. Joe Straus III Middle School

A gallery walk review before our test tomorrow. 🧠📝 As always, so proud of our awesome ELLs doing such a great job writing their responses. NISDMSELA Joe Straus III Middle School

This week was busy, busy, busy! Students searched through non-fiction books as they did a Text Feature Scavenger Hunt. 🔍📰 They continued their research for their argumentative writing as they looked at infographics (from our NISDMSELA Inclusive Practices work). Joe Straus III Middle School 😁

#MLKDay

It was great to walk alongside thousands of San Antonians at today’s MLK march. 🤎🖤 The largest in the nation! #MLKDay

Thank you to our Science teachers for planning a fun graphing activity! 📈🤪 We enjoyed it! Joe Straus III Middle School

Busy days in ELA as we incorporate more SSR responses and continue to work on our multimodal projects. Students had the chance to illustrate based of their SSR books and take a look at some “old” technology as they continued researching! ✍️💻📱📟📠 Joe Straus III Middle School NISDMSELA

Monsters Are Due on Maple Street week in 6th grade ELA! An EdPuzzle to help wrap up the week and our practice with drama texts. 👾🧩 Joe Straus III Middle School NISDMSELA

One of my students gifted me with a bunch of snacks for Teacher Appreciation! 🥹😋 #TeacherAppreciationWeek2023

Thank you to my amazing students & their families for the gifts/thank yous 🥹🫶🏽 Thank you Joe Straus III Middle School for the gifts and treats throughout the week! It means so much. #TeacherAppreciationWeek

A few of the girls from our Marvel Club and I went to see #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Vol. 3 for a club movie meet up! 🪐🚀👩‍🚀🦝 It’s an emotional rollercoaster, but a great movie! (One didn’t like the picture but said I could post with an emoji 😅😂) Joe Straus III Middle School

Alright, who wants to go honking downtown? 🥹🏀🤣 #NBADraft

In our L&L class, we’ve been doing a close read of “My Name” by Sandra Cisneros. Today, we began investigating our own names! 🔎💻 BurroughsMS

Gimkits are always a fun warm-up to start our class! 👾🎯 This week, we’re playing one in connection to our text, “Barrio Boy.” BurroughsMS

Researching icons for our Hispanic Heritage Month wall in the class 🔎💻 BurroughsMS

From academic discussions, to incorporating vocabulary from our text into Frayer models, to gallery walks - it’s been a busy week in this ELA/ELD classroom! 📝🔍 BurroughsMS