Melissa Swallows

My teaching costar, @LProsser15 and students using a digital pan balance to estimate and find mass! #dg58pride #dg58third #fa58share #3SstudentsAreStars

Thanks for your bright efforts, sharp thoughts, and binding forces! Another successful week in 3S- you’d never know they are all just days away from a long break! 🙌 #dg58pride #dg58third #3SstudentsAreStars #fa58share

Palm Pal incentive! The glue to the student who is holding us together this week! The pencil for the student who is sharp, and the crayon for the student with bright efforts! #dg58pride #fa58share #dg58third #3SstudentsAreStars

Dr. Niforatos walking my students back to class from PE on Halloween💕 #fa58share #dg58pride

Someone swam all the way from the Great Barrier Reef for our Halloween math lesson! #dg58pride #fa58share #dg58third

Shout-out to Dr. Niforatos! Thanks for leading the way each and every day! #fa58share #dg58pride

Fantastic learning during our Zoo Explorers class! Thank you @FairmountPta for giving our students these learning opportunities! #dg58pride #dg58third

We learned so much about pumpkin agriculture with @DuPageAITC and we flung some pumpkins around the classroom too! Love these happy faces! #dg58pride #fa58share #dg58third

It’s the little things…Two very happy mathematicians😂#dg58pride #fa58share #dg58third

When you’re in the middle of a lesson and someone decides you deserve a teaching award… #dg58pride #fa58share #dg58third

Another great week in 3S! We had our first lesson with the Department of Ag and celebrated the accuracy of our new clocks! #fa58share #dg58pride #dg58third

@LizStroudLib @MrLucianoDG58 Now we need a meeting of the minds for that bell! I submitted my idea!🤣

Zipped over to Hillcrest during lunch for some collaboration time! 🚗 📖 🗣️ Guess who now knows how to make barcode labels?!! @MrLucianoDG58!! #dg58pride

From lots of weekend classroom prep to the first days of school! 🫶We’ve played games and participated in fun activities to get to know each other! Now, onto what we do best… learn and grow in 3rd! #dg58pride #fa58share #dg58third

@Fairmount58 @main_kmain @LProsser15 @MrsGlennon58 @MrsFalk58

Though the 2025-26 school year has not officially started, our Instructional Leadership Team has analyzed EOY data, drafted instructional goals, & discussed PD sessions for teachers! #fa58share #dg58pride (We are not affiliated with/endorsed by Warner Bros., but wish we were!)

Started my Monday with my little “family!” We needed a name: thankful to the older kids who saw a first grader’s excitement to call us The Gorillas, and they just went with it (dragging me along too😂). 🎶 We are The Gorilla Family…🎶 #dg58pride #fa58share #3sVibes

This week we celebrated our writing with the “big kids!” A compliment from an older student really goes a long way. Many thanks to 6th grade for making time to hear our writing and provide positive feedback based on our leaning goals🎉#dg58pride #fa58share #3sVibes #dg58third

Narrative selfies! Just a part of our publishing celebration! #dg58pride #fa58share #3sVibes #dg58third

I spy a third-grader connecting our knowledge of plot elements from @BenchmarkEdu to her narrative writing organizer from @Schoolwide! Amazing! 🌟 #dg58pride #fa58share #dg58third #3svibes @NicoleRing58 @LProsser15

After a long day, I was glad I decided to check Seesaw this evening. Young students should never be underestimated! #dg58pride #fa58share #dg58third #3sVibes