12/27/2019
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Christina Aldahondo
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I had a student with autism who struggled multitasking. This student was struggling to read music and make understanding between the note movement and finger movements on the instrument. I decided to take the instrument away and go back to just note reading and focus on that one task. I took the student aside to reiterate the placement of the notes on the staff and how we name them. I pulled up musictheory.net on their chromebook and let them do the lesson on note reading and then created a customized assignment for the student. After a few days of practice with this website, the student eventually was able to read notes at 100% accuracy and pretty quickly. I was then able to give the student the instrument again and connect their knowledge of notes to how they work on the instrument. |
12/27/2019
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Christina Aldahondo
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I currently have a student with extreme anxiety that sometimes breaks down and cries before their playing tests. We do playing tests one-by-one in front of the whole class. Luckily, I was able to contact their old teacher to see how they did playing tests in middle school. The student was just nervous playing in front of people they don't know at a new school, so I decided that the student could let me know on a case by case basis if they were feeling up to trying to play in front of everyone or if they needed to do it in my office with just me. We have been going back and forth all year from the classroom to my office, but the student's confidence seems to be growing and the rest of the class has caught on to how she behaves and has become very supportive of her and very encouraging. Eventually, I know she will have no problems playing in front of everyone, but for now, this accommodation is fine. |