Megan Malloy grew up in Bloomington/Normal, IL. She received her bachelor’s degree in advertising from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005, graduating with highest honors. After working at a pharmaceutical advertising agency for 3 years in Chicago, she decided she wanted to go back to school to become a teacher. She graduated with her master’s in elementary education in 2008 from Loyola University in Chicago. She student taught in second grade at Burley Elementary, was a teacher’s assistant for 3 weeks at Trumbull Elementary in the early childhood special education classroom, and then started in the first grade position at Hamilton in September of 2009. During the summer of 2010, Megan completed the State of Illinois Gifted Education Seminar. Megan loves teaching at Hamilton and is so happy she made the decision to change careers!
Megan married her husband, Dan, in 2008 and their daughter, Gia, was born in December of 2010. When Megan is not teaching, she enjoys spending time with family and friends as well as running, reading, and shopping.
Welcome to 1st/2nd Grade!!!
Room 203
Classroom Information Packet 2011/2012
Homework Calendar & Reading Logs
Computer Center Games for Students
See How Room 203 Got an Updated Listening Center
5/18/2012
We have been working hard on writing our rhyming poetry. This week, students published their best poems and we had a publishing party with Miss Busch’s class! For more details of what we did in the classroom this week, check out the weekly newsletter!
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5/11/2012
It was an exciting week in Room 203 as we hatched 12 fuzzy ducklings! It was interesting to compare the experience of hatching ducks this year with the experience students had last year hatching chicks. For more details on what we did in the classroom this week, check out the weekly newsletter!
5/4/2012
It was inclusion week at Hamilton. We worked a lot on appreciating our differences and making each other feel great! Ask your child to tell you something they learned. Check out the weekly newsletter for more details on our week.
4/27/2012
Ask your child about what went on in the classroom with our duck eggs this week! It has been quite the learning journey for all of us! For more details on what we did in the classroom, check out the weekly newsletter link above.
4/20/2012
Our Chicago field trip was so much fun! We braved the cold on the top of the double decker bus to see all the great sites in the city and bring to life everything that we had studied. Students loved the deep dish pizza! Ask your child to tell you more about it! Check out the weekly newsletter link above to see what else we did in the classroom this week.
4/12/2012
We had a great first week back from spring break in Room 203! Students are excited about our upcoming Chicago field trip next Friday. Please make sure the permission slip is signed and returned by Monday. Also, please make sure you’ve signed up for a time to meet with me for parent teacher conferences next Wednesday, 4/18. I have a lot of great news to report and am looking forward to meeting with you! Check out the weekly newsletter for details of our week in the classroom.
3/30/2012
The only spring break assignment is for your child to work on their April reading log and homework calendar. Have a wonderful week! To see what we did in the classroom this week, check out the weekly newsletter.
3/23/2012
As a reminder, the Chicago research assignment is due on Monday, 3/26. Also, plese note that March reading logs and homework calendars will be due next Friday, 3/30. The April log and calendar will come home next Friday as well. Completing activities from those two items will be the only spring break assignment. Check out the newsletter to see what we did in the classroom this week!
3/16/2012
Students earned enough compliments from other teachers for good hallway behavior that we will be having a movie and a popcorn party next Friday! Yeah for Room 203! To see what we did in the classroom this week, click on the weekly newsletter link above.
3/9/2012
We started something new this week in class called contracts for a change of pace from literacy centers. Students worked really hard on their activities and seemed to enjoy doing them. Students also excelled while reading their “just right” books. Ask your child to tell you more details about contracts! Don’t forget to check out the weekly newsletter to see what else we were up to in the classroom!
3/2/2012
Happy March! Hopefully Spring is right around the corner! Students were given a sight word test this week and their results were sent home on Thursday. Any words that they missed were circled in green, so please continue to practice those at home. To see what we did in the classroom this week, check out the weekly newsletter.
2/24/2012
Students had a wonderful time on our field trip and loved the play, How to Survive a Fairy Tale. It brought together everything we’ve learned about fairy tales! Thank you to the parents who joined us. Also, a big thank you to Sarah Makela (Oliver’s mom), who put together bulletin boards of pictures of the students in action, which are now hanging in the classroom. Come check them out! And don’t forget to check out the weekly newsletter!
2/17/2012
Students did a great job on their first in-class group project about fairy tales! After the presentations, students pointed out that working together and getting along was one of the most important things for a successful end result. Great thinking, 203! For more details on our week, check out the weekly newsletter.
2/10/2012
We started our unit on fairy tales this week and the students are very excited about them! Next week, we will be completing an in-class group project about fairy tales. To see the assignment and the rubric, click here. We will end our fairy tales unit with a field trip to see the performance of How to Survive a Fairy Tale. Make sure you turn in the permission slip and $7 fee by Tuesday! As always, don’t forget to check out the weekly newsletter!
2/2/2012
Report cards and updated information about your child’s reading level were sent home on Wednesday. Please contact me if you’d like to set up some time to discuss your child’s progress. We’ve had a fantastic first half of the year. I’m looking forward to just as much progress and success in the second half! For details of what we did in the classroom this week, check out the weekly newsletter!
1/26/2012
We already have the new listening center up and running! The students used the iPods for the first time during centers this week. It’s going to take some practice, but they are already doing a great job getting the hang of using them. The students are so excited, there is a waiting list to use them during free choice time! To see what else we did in the classroom this week, check out the weekly newsletter!
1/20/2012
Hooray! The Donors Choose grant for a new listening center has been funded. Room 203 will soon be the proud owner of 4 iPod Nanos for students to use at the listening center in the classroom! Thanks to those who helped fund the project. The students are super excited. Stay tuned for updates on the new materials. For details of our week in the classroom, check out the weekly newsletter!
1/13/2012
Did you know that we celebrated Alexander Hamilton’s birthday this week? Ask your child something they learned about him! As a reminder, there is no school on Monday due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We studied him this week too! To see what else we did in the classroom, check out the weekly newsletter!
12/23/2011
Have a wonderful winter break! Please make sure your child continues to read, read, read, and read!!!! Check out the weekly newsletter to see what we did in the classroom this week!
12/16/2011
Only one more week until winter break! Students had a great week. One of the highlights was getting to play Oregon Trail on the iPads to learn more about a pioneer’s journey west. Ask your child about this! Don’t forget to check out the weekly newsletter!
12/9/2011
Students had an amazing time on our field trip to the Shedd Aquarium this week. Ask your child to tell you one new thing they learned! For more details on our week in the classroom, check out the weekly newsletter
12/2/2011
The December reading log and homework calendar was sent home this week. Look for it in your child’s BEE book! Students are excited for the field trip to the Shedd Aquarium next Thursday. Make sure the permission slip and $4 fee is turned in by Tuesday. For details on what we did in the room this week, check out the weekly newsletter!
11/23/2011
Have a fun and safe Thanksgiving break! Make sure your child turns in their Library Reading Challenge log on Monday, November 28th!! For more details on our short, but busy week, check out the weekly newsletter.
11/18/2011
The end of November is right around the corner! Please make sure your child is working to complete their November reading log and November homework calendar. Both are due December 1st. For more details on what we did in the classroom this week, check out the weekly newsletter!!
11/10/2011
Report card pick up day and parent/teacher conferences are next Wednesday, November 16th. I look forward to meeting with everyone to discuss their child’s progress! For details on what we did in the classroom this week, check out the weekly newsletter.
11/4/2011
How is it November already? We’ve had 41 fantastic days in school. Students in Room 203 have already made so much progress since the beginning of the year. Don’t forget to keep working on the November homework calendar! For details of our week, check out the weekly newsletter.
10/27/2011
Have you visited the classroom lately? Our published stories are on our writer’s wall. Our group plant projects are up on the bulletin board. The Smart Board Center is officially open. Ten students published spooky stories, which are hanging outside the room. There are lots of great things going on in Room 203. Stop by and see them if you have time! Check out the weekly newsletter for more details on our week!
10/21/2011
Students earned a pajama party this week because they got 7 compliments from other teachers for great hallway behavior. Way to go Room 203! I can’t wait to see what they decide to work for next! For more details of our week, click on the weekly newsletter link!
10/14/2011
Thanks to all those families who collected donations and attended the Walkathon this week. It was a great success for Hamilton and the kids had a blast walking the route! Fore more details on what we did in the classroom , check out the weekly newsletter!
10/7/2011
Literacy Centers are underway and the students are loving them! For access to the games that students play at the computer center, click on the link above. For more details on our week, check out the weekly newsletter!
9/30/2011
We’re officially starting literacy centers next week. We opened each center this week and spent two days practicing at all the stations. The students are so excited about them! Ask your child which center is their favorite! For more details on our week, check out the weekly newsletter.
9/23/2011
We’re zooming along! Encourage your child to raise money for the upcoming Hamilton walkathon. For details of what we did in class this week, check out the weekly newsletter!
9/16/11
Another great week in Room 203! We did a lot of turning and talking to neighbors about our thoughts as well as produced two different group projects: one using this week’s vocabulary words and the other making collages with the short a sound! Come visit the bulletin board outside the room to check out the collages. For more details about our week, check out the weekly newsletter!!
9/9/11
Thank you for visiting the website. We had a great first week getting to know each other and learning classroom routines and expectations. For more specifics on what we did this week, check out the weekly newsletter!
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