A Little About Myself.My name is Mrs Moe. I am very excited and honored to be working with you and the children of Woodland and Edinbrook Elementary Schools. I have been in the education field for over 25 years. Some of the capacities in which I have worked with students, parents, educators, administration and the community are PTO President, Middle School Alternative Education Teacher, Middle School Special Education Aide, Kindergarten Teacher, Reading Specialist, First Grade Instructor, Third and Fourth Grade Combination Classroom Teacher, Fourth and Fifth Grade Gifted Instructor, and Director of Gifted Education.
Prior to living in District 279, my family and I resided in Phoenix, Arizona for nearly six years. At that time, I was blessed with the opportunity in which to instruct multi-grade gifted classrooms at two elementary schools. Educating children is my passion. I believe parents, teachers, and volunteers are imperative to the success of a school and its children. It will be a sincere pleasure to work with and serve the children of the Osseo School District. |
Characteristics of Gifted Learners
Gifted children or students may exhibit many, but not all, of these characteristics in any one list. Those who consistently exhibit the behaviors have a strong possibility that they are "gifted".
There are many lists of characteristics that help to identify "giftedness". Some of those are:
There are many lists of characteristics that help to identify "giftedness". Some of those are:
- General Characteristics
- Creative Thinking
- Thinking Traits
- Feeling Traits
- Advanced vocabulary for chronological age
- Outstanding memory; possesses lots of information
- Curious; asks endless questions ("why?" "and then what?")
- Has many interests, hobbies, and collections
- May have a "passionate interest" that has lasted for many years
- Intense; gets totally absorbed in activities and thoughts
- Strongly motivated to do things that interest her; may be unwilling to work on other activities
- May be reluctant to move from one subject area to another
- Operates on higher levels of thinking than his age peers; is comfortable with abstract thinking
- Perceives subtle cause-and-effect relationships
- Prefers complex and challenging tasks to "basic" work
- May be able to "track" two or more things simultaneously (example: her daydreams and words)
- Catches on quickly, then resists doing work, or works in a sloppy, careless manner
- Comes up with "better ways" for doing things; suggests them to peers, teachers, and other adults
- Sensitive to beauty and other people's feelings and emotions
- Advanced sense of justice and fairness
- Aware of global issues many age peers are uninterested in
- Sophisticated sense of humor; may be "class clown"
- Transfers concepts and learning to new situations
- Sees connections between apparently unconnected ideas and activities
- May prefer the company of older children or adults
- May prefer to work alone; resists cooperative learning
- Bossy in group situations
- Needs to constantly share all he knows; impatient when not called on to recite or respond
- May be "street smart" while not doing well on school tasks
- Displays original ideas
- Sees endless possibilities for various situations or uses for objects
- Says what she thinks without regard for consequences
- Brilliant thinker, but absentminded about details or where his work might be found
- Outstanding sense of humor; loves to play with words and ideas
- Passionately interested in some topic or field of endeavor
- May be talented in the fine arts
- Fluent in idea generation and development
- Able to elaborate on ideas
- Experiments with ideas and hunches
- Great imagination; frequent daydreamer
- Values nonconformity in appearance, thought, etc.
- Standardized test scores may be significantly better than class performance
- Advanced vocabulary
- Ability to generate many solutions
- Can memorize easily
- Learns rapidly
- Questions critically
- Keen observer
- Possesses and retains a large storehouse of information
- Wide range of interests
- Limitless supply of questions
- Loves experimenting and doing things differently
- High energy levels
- Shows curiosity and originality
- Tendency to put together in ways that are unusual and not obvious
- Sensitivity to expectations and the feelings of others
- Keen sense of humor
- High level of self-awareness
- Sense of justice
- High expectations of self and others
- Risk-taking
- Enjoys fantasizing and daydreaming
- Prefers complexity
- Totally immerses self in an area of interest
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Contact Information
Mrs. Moe
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