12/16/2018
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Karenna Holt
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I taught a child who had Fragile X from the time he was in Kindergarten all the way through 5th grade. He had very limited speech and extremely limited fine motor skills, but he loved music! He was in my Chorus from 2nd-5th grade! He had an aide for Kindergarten and 1st grade, and she would help him hold the mallets to play the Orff instruments or strike a drum. It became a little harder for him in 2nd grade, and I would help him get his hands around the mallets . I always had another child help him follow along with where we were in the music and demonstrate what we were doing, The other students we wonderfully supportive of him, and everybody went out of their way to provide assistance if he needed it. |
12/16/2018
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Karenna Holt
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His Fragile X did affect his learning in all subjects at school because things had to be repeated multiple times in order for him to remember them. I had to make sure that I repeated the critical content with him multiple times before I asked him to complete the task.My sentences to him had to be very short and to the point. He did understand me when I made sure to do this. |
12/18/2018
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Karenna Holt
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I have students from the Varying Exceptionalities Class push into my other classes. One strategy that could definitely be used is learning centers. I have tried this in the past, and it works very well. I am able to differentiate what each student is doing in a learning center depending on the particular skill or element we are working on at during that time. The task cards are a way for each child to work at a level where they are able to have a challenge and achieve success. A second strategy that I like to use is cooperative learning. My school uses Kagan throughout most of the classrooms, and so all of the students are actively participating. |
12/18/2018
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Karenna Holt
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An adaptation I used for one of my students who had Fragile X was to write the letter names of the notes in color on the paper underneath the notes. He was then able to somewhat successfully play the notes on the Orff instrument along with the other students. I also paired him with another student to reinforce the letter names written on the Orff bells. It still took lots of practice, but all the students were practicing sightreading the notes. He felt successful. |