Margo Gentile
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Venice, Florida, United States
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I am a veteran teacher of 25+ years. The majority of my teaching was done in the Shelton Public Schools. I taught grades K, 1, and 2 as a regular education teacher. If I had to choose, I would say that first grade was my favorite grade level, but I really enjoyed them all.
Also, I worked as a special education collaborative teacher for grades K-6. From a teacher's perspective, that job had so many benefits that it's hard to list them all. Not only was the population broad and diverse, but I also had the rare opportunity to witness grade transitions and see how students "phased into" the next grade level. It was interesting to see how students adapted to and met the expectations of the next grade and how their new teachers facilitated this change.
As the director of a 5-town Head Start program, I learned many administrative, organizational, problem solving, and people skills.
I met the challenge of this job and made a positive impact on the program, but I really missed the kids! I wrote a discretionary grant which awarded our program with the funds to start a "homeschool
type" branch of the existing organization. This was a pretty new concept at the time!
I was an Odyssey of the Mind coach for 2 years. My responsibilty was to guide and be a facilitator for a group of 5th and 6th graders.It was one of the most interesting jobs I've had. Our groups had to select one problem from a group of given problems and solve it by thinking "outside of the box". The solutions were presented as a "performance" to a group of judges. It took several months for the creative solutions to be worked out.
I started a young childrens' line of clothing called "Little Yarns". Each outfit featured a character that I made up and the outfit came with a matching cloth book. Of course the main character of the book was the one on the outfit. Both clothing and books sported braided yarn--as suspenders on the outfit and as a binding on the
book.
My latest venture is a product called the Color Coded Multiplication program. It is a revolutionary way of memorizing the multiplication facts. The CCM combines the memory power of color, best teaching methodologies, and associative learning for amazing results. Great for "balancing out" those curriculums that are top heavy in concept but have little time for fact memorization. Very helpful to those who are struggling with fluency of the multiplication facts. Being sold at my website: www.margosmathandmore.com
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Jump Rope Chants for Skip Counting/Multiplication
Got fidgety kids? Is it the end of the year? Here's a great way to practice multiplication facts and to get those energy jitters out! You will get a jump rope skip counting chant for each times table (2-9) . Multiples up to x12. (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24) What's better than to have the students practice their facts, have fun, exercise, and get some fresh air and sunshine? Use this activity during recess, gym time, anytime! Directions on how to play as individual jumpers or as a
2nd - 5th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Mitten Math Game- Glove/Mitten Prompts for Counting U.S. Coins/Math Center
Mitten math gives students the opportunity to learn how to count by 1’s, 5’s, 10’s and 25's so that they may apply this knowledge to counting pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Many children find it difficult to transition count from tens to fives. They also struggle with counting on a ten to any number that doesn’t end in zero. This resource is meant to be used as a learning activity for a small group/ guided math and as a game that students can play independently in a math center. These t
K - 3rd
Applied Math, Arithmetic
Mega Bundle Multiplication for All Seasons
fallingfordealsbundles Incremental multiplication couldn't be more fun! Mazes, puzzles, games, arrays, hidden products, worksheets...and much more. These activities and worksheets will last you throughout the year with their seasonal themes. The focus is on all single digit multiplication facts for 2x-9x tables. Very versatile- can be used for introduction of these facts or intervention or review. Also, because of each worksheet's nature of building upon what was presented last, students can eas
2nd - 5th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Distance Learning Math Fact Triangle Spinners Spin It to Win It
Fidget spinners could serve as terrific little moving math triangles. If used in an organized,purposeful way, these spinners could help students be motivated, meet challenges, embrace competition, and memorize the math facts for all operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)! It’s simple and its fun! Similar to "Minute to Win It"...an activity to see how much can be done in a limited amount of time. Like math triangles, math triangle spinners can be used to learn the commutativ
2nd - 6th
Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Multiplication Flappy Flashcards for Interactive Notebooks B&W
“Loose”multiplication fact flashcards can be messy and become “missing”. These notebook non-flashcards with attached movable parts have much less chance of becoming lost, mixed up, or being an incomplete set. Students will love putting together & coloring in the pieces, as well as studying from these really cool “flippable,flappy” flashcards. All of the single digit facts are represented (2x-9x). You will see them 2 ways: The entire fact with the product (answer) missing. The entire fact wit
2nd - 5th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Multiplication Flaps Flashcards-Interactive Notebooks(in Color)
“Loose”multiplication fact flashcards can be messy and become “missing”. These notebook non-flashcards with attached movable parts have much less chance of becoming lost, mixed up, or being an incomplete set. Students will love putting together the colorful pieces, as well as studying from these really cool “flippable,flappy” flashcards. All of the single digit facts are represented (2x-9x). You will see them 2 ways: The entire fact with the product (answer) missing. The entire fact with the f
2nd - 5th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Under the Big Top Fact Family Fun Plus/Minus To/From 10 or Less
This is a fun way for students to remember the inside-outs and the turn-arounds of math facts in a fact family. Elephants, the largest animals in the circus, are the “reminders” for the placement of the largest numbers in the facts of a fact family. There are “elephant” worksheets for all fact families having sums and differences to and from 10, plus all of the smaller fact families under 10. More practice with fact families is provided in the “Big Top” pages. Once again, a little scaffolding
1st - 3rd
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
3's A Charm 3x Facts Multiplication Game-level 1 Only
This is the level 1 card game from the resource "3's A Charm St. Patrick's Multiplication Leveled Card Games". This game is good for all abilities and ages, so it can be played without the other leveled decks. The only difference is that the original resource has 3 more decks of cards. Thus, the original has many more opportunities for differentiation and uses the WHOLE-PART-PART-WHOLE method plus pictorial representations for increased automaticity. However, this little game is a big hit with k
2nd - 6th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Multiplication Hint-Tables for the Toughest Facts
Just as the name implies, this is a way to memorize the most difficult multiplication facts with the aid of “hints” that will eventually be removed because they will no longer be needed! Isn’t that great? This method of memorizing is painless, uncomplicated, and effective. It’s painless because the activities are fun and varied. It’s uncomplicated because the minimalistic parts and directions are easy for both teachers and students to prepare and implement…it’s mostly print and do. It’s effecti
2nd - 5th
Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Distance Learning FREEBIE Under the Big Top Fact Families Addition
These worksheets/task cards are meant to be used after the student has a good understanding of the relationships between number operations. The purpose here is to help the student remember the mechanics (format) of writing fact families. This works really well for students who need scaffolding. If you'd like to see other resources that cover math fact families like this, please go to: Related Products ⭐ Under the Big Top Fact Family Fun Addition/Subtraction To & From 10 or LessRelated Product
1st - 2nd
Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Bundle:Daily Multiplication Packets for November & December
Need something to supplement your math program so that your students know their multiplication facts like their own name? These multiplication packets provide a wide variety of ways to practice the multiplication facts without a hint of "drilling". Exposure to the facts will be consistent, but not boring. 164 student pages filled with opportunities to get to know the facts much better in a kid friendly way! This product is the first in a series. November & December focuses on the 2x,3x facts.
2nd - 4th
Arithmetic, Other (Math)
Bundle: Daily Multiplication Packets for the Month of March
This bundle is designed to increase a student's automaticity in recognizing and recalling the multiplication facts. To reach this goal, one must provide repitition and practice. However, this product is nothing like the "drill and kill" series of worksheets with rows and rows of math examples to compute. Instead, repetition and practice are provided in a bore-busting way. Practice is provided in such a variety of ways that boredom is rarely realized. the product's novel way of delivering practic
2nd - 4th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Distance Learning Puzzling Products Summer Fun
This is a really great review of the multiplication facts, 2x-9x . If the student colors in only the spaces having the products of the designated times table, the hidden pictures will be recognizable. There is one page for the 2x products, two pages for the 3x products, two pages for the 4x products, one page for the 5x products, two pages for the 6x products, three pages for the 7x products, three pages for the 8x products, and two pages for the 9x products. Can be printed out to use as worksh
2nd - 5th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Distance Learning Under the Big Top Fact Family Fun 6x 7x 8x 9x
These circus themed printables are scaffolded to help students remember how to write fact families. The elephants, giants of the circus, are actually visual clues as to where to write the largest numbers. Switch signs provide reminders about reversing the order of factors, divisors, and quotients. Review boxes are not scaffolded. These fact families are for multiplication and division. (6x, 7x, 8x, and 9x). Can be printed in black and white or colored. Sheets are color coded for easy organizati
2nd - 4th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Read Draw Write Stocking Stuffers Multiplication Concept Worksheet Sneak Peek
This is one page of a larger product. Help yourself to this free worksheet and see how your kids like it. I think Santa's little helpers will have fun filling the stockings. If you're working on multiplication, especially the "4" facts, this worksheet should be perfect. The read-draw-write concept is very similar to my "Martian Multiplication and More" packet as well as my "Juggling Jackolanterns" packet. Have fun! Other Read, Draw, Write multiplication products you might like: ⭐ Juggling Jacko
2nd - 5th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Candy Cane Addition Concept Packet
These 25 addition worksheets resemble number bonds or part-part-total addition exercises. The whole packet contains 28 pages because a cover page, a finished sample page, and a directions page are included. The worksheets are introduced sequentially from the lowest (sums to 3) to the highest (sums to 10). Each worksheet focuses on a particular sum. The number of worksheets/ sum varies, depending on the sum. For example, sums to 3 are on one worksheet whereas sums to 10 are on four worksheets.
K - 2nd
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
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About the store
Experience
I am a veteran teacher of 25+ years. The majority of my teaching was done in the Shelton Public Schools. I taught grades K, 1, and 2 as a regular education teacher. If I had to choose, I would say that first grade was my favorite grade level, but I really enjoyed them all.
Also, I worked as a special education collaborative teacher for grades K-6. From a teacher's perspective, that job had so many benefits that it's hard to list them all. Not only was the population broad and diverse, but I also had the rare opportunity to witness grade transitions and see how students "phased into" the next grade level. It was interesting to see how students adapted to and met the expectations of the next grade and how their new teachers facilitated this change.
As the director of a 5-town Head Start program, I learned many administrative, organizational, problem solving, and people skills.
I met the challenge of this job and made a positive impact on the program, but I really missed the kids! I wrote a discretionary grant which awarded our program with the funds to start a "homeschool
type" branch of the existing organization. This was a pretty new concept at the time!
I was an Odyssey of the Mind coach for 2 years. My responsibilty was to guide and be a facilitator for a group of 5th and 6th graders.It was one of the most interesting jobs I've had. Our groups had to select one problem from a group of given problems and solve it by thinking "outside of the box". The solutions were presented as a "performance" to a group of judges. It took several months for the creative solutions to be worked out.
I started a young childrens' line of clothing called "Little Yarns". Each outfit featured a character that I made up and the outfit came with a matching cloth book. Of course the main character of the book was the one on the outfit. Both clothing and books sported braided yarn--as suspenders on the outfit and as a binding on the
book.
My latest venture is a product called the Color Coded Multiplication program. It is a revolutionary way of memorizing the multiplication facts. The CCM combines the memory power of color, best teaching methodologies, and associative learning for amazing results. Great for "balancing out" those curriculums that are top heavy in concept but have little time for fact memorization. Very helpful to those who are struggling with fluency of the multiplication facts. Being sold at my website: www.margosmathandmore.com
Teaching style
"Balanced Teaching". I like to balance out my lessons with a variety of activities and methodologies. Nothing is more boring than teaching the same way day after day. Children are the center of the universe while I'm teaching, so doing whatever I possibly can to help them feel comfortable and safe, welcomed and wanted, inspired and ready to learn is my teaching style.
My own education history
Undergrad: BS Education
Masters Degree: Education
Additional biographical information
Happy to be a member of a really nice family. Happy to have my mom and great sisters. Happy when I'm teaching, volunteering with the literacy group, gardening, bike riding, meeting with the women's business group, hiking, enjoying nature, listening to music, dancing to music, exercising, reading, traveling, creating art, developing educational materials,meeting with my best friends........... Life is full of blessings!
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