9/30/2019
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Sarah Hoyos
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I currently have a student with hearing loss. She wears a hearing aid and I wear a device around my neck when she is in my class that transmits my voice directly to her hearing aid. She sits in the front of the class to read my lips, and close to the speaker where she can hear best. I use a powerpoint so she is visually able to see what I am saying, and have paired her with a buddy who she can ask questions to when she needs a little extra assistance. Whenever we are doing a listening activity, I will tap her shoulder so she is able to feel the steady beat and reinforce what she hears. |
9/30/2019
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Sarah Hoyos
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I currently have a student who is visually impaired. Because of her disability, I have used a program called note flight to input most of the music we do in class. She is able to listen to her musical example, and plunk out her notes based on what it tells her to do. There are times I will have the melody played audibly and she plunks it out. Other times, I have it read to her the specific notes and she is able to play it after being given the notes to play. She is able to see enough to see the written notes on the keyboard, but if she was not able, I could use puffy stickers for her to feel the names of the notes. |
9/30/2019
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Sarah Hoyos
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For my student with autism, I allow him to take extra time to complete his assessments. He often gets overwhelmed when being tested in front of other students as well, so I allow him to go to a different classroom or pull him out of class to assess him individually- especially when it is a singing activity. He also responds much better when I play music more softly and when the classroom is calmer during testing. |