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=Welcome to the Fairmount Elementary Spectra Program Wiki= Meet Mrs. Bloom: I am a married mother of three, including twin 11-year-old girls who attend Fort Zumwalt West Middle and a 15-year old boy at West High. I have been teaching for 20 years, with the last 13 years in gifted education. I also teach and develop courses for graduate education at Missouri Baptist and enjoy writing for publication. This is my sixth year in Spectra, but my first year at Fairmount. Go Falcons!

Supply List 2012-13

Identification Process and Program Description
[|Student Identification][|Program Description]

Schedule: The schedule is in revisions and will be finalized at the beginning of the school year.
Students receive 180 minutes of instruction on one day per week. Times do not overlap with specials, lunch or recess with classroom peers.

Newsletter:
Students write a monthly newsletter which includes a letter to you describing what they learned that month in Spectra, a self-evaluation and on the last page, I complete a brief form on their progress and behavior. Goal-setting is a focus for students. We are working on setting, monitoring and achieving specific,,measurable, achievable, realistic and timebound (to be completed in a given time period) goals.

Units of Study
Students vote on their units of interest at the beginning of the year. Unit topics will be shared in the newsletter.

The program has undergone some changes this year for Kindergarten Firecrackers. More information is available on the Francis Howell web site. Feel free to contact me if you have questions.
 * Needs**: Copy paper
 * Holiday Gifts or birthday presents for students**: Each year parents ask me for recommendations for their children for holiday gifts. I always suggest that you follow the interests of your child and get books and kits and art materials to engage them. The National Association of Gifted Children publishes a toy list which I am posting here. It is a year old, but the items found here would still be great extensions to our learning in the gifted classroom.
 * Field Trips:** We try to take at least one field trip per year related to our units of study. We use parent drivers and chaperones who must have attended volunteer training and have a background check on file.
 * Firecrackers Program Information**:


 * STUDENT PROJECTS: Coming soon[[file:Draft Fairmount Spectra Schedule 2012-13.doc]]**