9/7/2018
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Brigitte Emenheiser
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I teach choir, keyboard and AP Music Theory. I had a student in choir who was partially deaf and she loved singing in choir. Intonation, vowel formation, balance/blend and tone quality were challenging topics for her because of her inability to hear herself or others around her. She worked very hard with me throughout the year to find different ways to engage in the choral classroom. Visual cues, physical adaptations and peer section leaders helped her find her voice in choir. |
9/7/2018
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Brigitte Emenheiser
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I use technology to help several of my students with comprehension activities in both keyboarding and chorus. The use of www.musictheory.net Lesson and Exercises website is a phenomenal tool for helping students learn both simple and complex music theory principles including: note reading in different clefs, scale construction, aural listening (scale, chords, intervals), keyboard identification and matching to the staff, and many more. I use this for my students who may have difficultly processing information through traditional note taking. www.teoria.com is another great resource for students who process information better through visuals and auditory stimulus. |
9/7/2018
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Brigitte Emenheiser
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An example of an adapted assignment occurred in my keyboard classroom this year. One of my students has severe social and performance anxiety. For our performance quiz, he started to play and had a complete breakdown. He asked if he could leave the room to get water and calm down. After he came back, I asked if he could go into a practice room with his cell phone and record a video of himself performing the piece. He still performed the piece but modified the presentation. |