11/12/2019
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Erin Coatney
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I currently teach a student who is hearing impaired. I have to use a lot of visuals for him where I would usually teach by rote. I put the words for songs on the board, project the fingerings for recorder echoes, and assign a buddy to help him if he misses something. He is always willing to be right with us and as long as he has something visual that can compliment what he can hear, he finds success. |
11/12/2019
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Erin Coatney
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The first strategy I would like to implement is cooperative learning. I have class teams (named after the families of the orchestra) and I would like to utilize these more to increase student participation. For instance, these learning groups could be used to discuss a listening example instead of discussing whole group only. This way all students get a chance to share out.
The other strategy I would like to implement would be discovery learning. So often, I focus on teaching the students how to play an instrument correctly instead of allowing them the chance to explore and figure it out themselves. So for instance, with the recorder:
Describe it: What does the recorder look like?
Compare it: How does the recorder compare to the xylophones? What similarities do you find? What differences?
Associate it: What music have you heard with recorder? What other instruments does it remind you of?
Analyze it: Describe the parts of the recorder and what it is made of.
Apply it: How do you make beautiful sounds on the recorder? What do you need to do with your body (mouth, air, hands, fingers) to make beautiful sound? Is there a song we have learned that you could try to play on your recorder?
Argue for it or against it: "The recorder is a great learning tool for playing melodies!" |
11/12/2019
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Erin Coatney
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I had a student who was missing several fingers and could not play the piece on recorder we were learning. Instead, I had him use his knowledge of the lines and spaces of the staff to learn the music and play the assessment on a xylophone. |