4/9/2019
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Brenda Flach
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Last year I had a 4th grade student that had an an orthopaedic impairment and difficulty holding mallets when we were learning how to play the xylophones. He also could not see well to hit the two notes I was asking for him to play. I was able to make some malletshave a thicker handle by wrapping them with tape and making them easier to grip. I also took off the notes of the xylophone that we were not going to play and left the two notes on the instrument that we were going to play. He was very proud to play the steady beat on those two notes while he held the mallets. |
4/10/2019
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Brenda Flach
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I often have students with behavioral disabilities. I try to seat those students close to the sound source and close to me. When teaching a song, I may teach the words and music in lots of differentiated ways. Many times I use movement and gestures to introduce the song and I most always have visuals that help them to remember the words. I usually do the diffentiated instruction in more than one lesson I sometimes teach the song one way on the first lesson and then use a powerpoint presentation with words and visuals on the 2nd instruction of the song. On the third, I may have them practice additional movements to the song. I also find that movement with a partner helps the EBD students to learn from their partner and to practice social skills. |