12/22/2016
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Sarah Harris
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A few years ago I had 3 different classes of EBD students. Every day was very different emotional and academically for these students. To help these students get the most out of their art time I started a system of red/yellow/green buckets. The students could come in and pull a stick to tell me if they were green (good/ready to learn), yellow (ready soon/ needed a minute to calm down), red (not ready/need something independent to calm me down). The color stick they pulled that day was the color table they went to in my room (my 7 tables are each a color ROY G BIV). I would have a calming independent activity at the red table; simple color sheets that went with the lesson, word puzzles, etc. Yellow table was simply a spot for that group to have a minute or 2 to sit before instruction began. Green table I would start into the lesson of the day with that group as soon as they were in their seat. Once Green table was done I would move to yellow and ask if they were ready to start the lesson. After getting yellow started I would follow up with anyone at red to see if they would like to move to the main lesson of the day. I would continue this rotation checking on my green table students, then my yellow, and back to my red for the remainder of the class. If a student ever go frustrated they could move to the red table to calm down if they needed to. |
12/22/2016
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Sarah Harris
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I use an ELMO when demonstrating the process of creating the project we are working on. The ELMO allows my students to see every step projected on the wall in real time with high detail just as if they were sitting at their own table. I am able to zoom in for finer details and replay the instructions as needed through the record feature. The record feature is very beneficial for some of my students that need to hear and see the instructions more that one time. I can transfer the recordings on to other electronic devices for my students to access at any time during the project. I find the use of my ELMO highly beneficial for all of my students not just ones with disabilities. |
12/22/2016
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Sarah Harris
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For project assignments I give students a check list of things their project must have. For my CBS classes I teach the same grade level lesson, but I modify the assessment check list sheet. For example if my regular 3 grade class's check list had 5 items to check off my CBS sheet might only have 2 or 3. This allows these students to be mainstreamed for art and participate with their grad level peers without them feeling overwhelmed or frustrated. |