Welcome to Kindergarten! I LOVE to teach Kindergarten! I am currently teaching my seventh year at Lumberport Elementary. I previously taught first grade and Music/Health to PreK-second grade at LES. I am in my 17th year of teaching. I was a substitute for two years, and I taught for 8 years at a local private school. While I was there I taught Kindergarten for 5 of those years. I am a West Virginia native. I have lived in West Virginia my entire life. I am a graduate of Washington Irving High School in Clarksburg and a 1995 graduate of West Virginia University. I currently live in Clarksburg with my husband, Tim, and four children. Three of my children are in school. I enjoy reading and spending time with my family. We like to spend our summers by poolside and enjoy snow skiing in the winter.
If you ever need to reach me, you may call the school or reach me by home phone number, which was given out at the beginning of the year. At school, I am available from 12:30-1:15 pm daily. You may also contact me via email at mgentilo@access.k12.wv.us The Kindergarten standards have changed. They are part of a nationwide initiative for changing elementary standards. These "Next Generation" standards focus on more hands on experiences in the classroom. The students will be involved in more developmental centers and doing less worksheets. We still want the students to be able to read on a beginning level. They must be able to take early phonics principles and apply them to their reading and writing. Some great websites for reinforcment in reading and phonics are www.starfall.com and www.pbskids.org, the Between the Lions link is especially good. Our students also use the Compass Odyssey learning website at school. The activities are sequential. Students can master the actvities at home or school and move on the next activity on the website. This is an excellent site for language arts and math activities. Students can log on at home using the same username and password that they use at school. irc.harr.k12.wv.us/childu/index.html Welcome to Kindergarten! It is going to be a great year. We are finally seeing our dream of a new school coming to a reality. Our students will be given every opportunity with our school and its state of the art technology. We will be the only Apple school in the state and only one of 52 in the nation! The Kindergarten standards have changed. We still have high expectations for our kindergarteners, but the teaching methods for reaching these expectations will be in line with a nationwide initiative for more creative curriculum in the classroom. Studies have proven that young children learn best through play, and our classrooms will reflect this through the use of more developmental centers and experiences provided to the students. The schedule has changed to reflect these changes. Upcoming Events and Reminders: Please remember to check your child's agenda each evening and sign his/her homework. There are several homework reading books that are not getting signed. This is the only way we have of knowing that your child is practicing his/her decodable reader and words at night. No School for students Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held from 2-5pm Popcorn Sale - Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 - $.50 bag Reading: Animal Babies in the Grasslands Students will set a purpose for reading; students will review the elements of non-fiction and fiction; students will classify and categorize information; they will will introduced to the sound of /p/; students will review the names of the vowels; students will begin to blend words; students will continue to segment words; students will review the alphabet and practice matching letters and putting the letters in order; students will continue to discuss character and setting; students will be introduced to main idea Additional reading: Animal Babies, Close to You, Whose Baby?
Math: Continue to review the numbers 1-12; students will be introduced to the numbers 13-16 and count sets and write the numbers 1-16
Social Studies/Science: Students will learn about pigs connection to /p/; identify grasslands on the world map (North American plains, Africa, Australia); students will identify grassland animals and their country of origin
Art: Students will make ghosts out of paint blobs and make pig puppets
Homework: Monday - decodable reader My Map, quick as a wink words, quick as a wink alphabet Tuesday - decodable reader My Map, quick as a wink words, quick as a wink alphabet Wednesday - decodable reader, quick as a wink words, quick as a wink alphabet, Letter Notebook P Thursday - decodable reader, quick as a wink words, quick as a wink alphabet, Find an item for Show-n-Tell Friday (letter p) Friday- no homework Planning Schedule: Monday - music Tuesday - library Wednesday - no school Thursday - gym Friday- music
Schedule:
Mrs. Gentilozzi’s Schedule 7:50-8:00 Morning Work 1:15-1:50 (M-W-F) Integrated Instructional Block (developmental centers-PBS, Sci., S.St.) 1:15-2:10 (T-Th) Integrated Instructional Block (developmental centers-PBS, Sci., S.St.) 1:50-2:10 (M-W-F) Math Intervention 2:10-2:45 Snack/Rest Time 2:45 Early Bus 2:50 Walker Dismissal 2:55 Late Bus
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