5/2/2019
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Kathryn Wright
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I currently have 2 students who are in second grade and have cerebral palsy. Both students are confined to a wheelchair and have no muscle ability from the waist down. In my second grade classes from time to time I teach folk dancing/square dancing. Because of their disability they are not able to participate in the dancing portion of the lesson. To help them feel included in the lesson I have them both play a steady beat on a hand drum using a mallet so that they still engaged in the lesson. |
5/2/2019
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Kathryn Wright
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I have been using Peer Partners in my classroom for most of the year in one of my first grade classes. This group contains several students who have been identified as Language Impaired. I have teamed each LI student with another student from a general ed. classroom. Their "buddy" will have them find pages in their book, help them with materials, set up and clean up. It is a great way for the LI students to continue to be actively engaged and not feel that they can't keep up.
Also, technology has played a huge role in teaching recorders to my fourth graders. I have another group of LI students that are mainstreamed into my class. They can struggle with finger placements however by using my document camera I can provide them with larger visuals and this helps them with finger placement quicker. They tend to fall behind and loose focus when I don't provide this extra support, which I learned very quickly at the beginning of this unit. By the second week, the lesson was more successful. |
5/3/2019
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Kathryn Wright
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An alternative assessment that I have used for my LI students is to have the student perform in a small group instead of individually. When I am using recorders I will sometimes call upon students individually to perform two or four measures by themselves. This is sometimes a struggle for my LI students. They are already self-aware of their limitations so instead of putting them in the spotlight by themselves, I will ask their buddy to perform with them, sometimes I have 2 buddies that will play with them. I can still hear if they are able to play the notes correctly, but having support from other students helps them tremendously. |