1/30/2020
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Steve Tamburrino
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Our school has a disproportionately large percentage of behavioral issues, most of them undiagnosed due to parents' refusal to cooperate. So, we're on our own. These issues don't go away when the students come into the art classroom. Since I'm already an OCD kind of guy, it's not a problem for me to always use chaining/tiered instruction when presenting to the class. When I'm dealing with a particularly large percentage of students who can't/won't pay attention, I go back over each of the steps in our project with them, asking questions and frequently requiring the students to tell me why a certain step needs to take place. This pre-project interplay gives me something solid to refer to when I'm going around the class assisting students as they proceed with the project.
Graphing or charting or diagramming is another way I will display the scope of our project, using the white board and my own drawing skills to demonstrate what we're going to do or even should not do in order to make it clear what our goal is. |
1/31/2020
Topic:
Tools And Strategies
Steve Tamburrino
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Tools:
- I'll use mnemonic strategies to break down key words that the students' are unfamiliar with. This gives those with reading disabilities a hand up that they might not normally get in a whole classroom setting. We'll go through letter by letter or syllable by syllable and repeat until we have a unison response. This is followed by frequently revisiting the words throughout the year.
- Grouping is interesting in my art classes; the students who are not struggling tend to take their struggling peers under their wing and help them with their task without the instructor prompting or even generally suggesting that they do so (providing the one in need responds graciously to their offer of assistance!).
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1/31/2020
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Steve Tamburrino
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Adapted Assessment:
Students who respond with scribble in a clearly laid out drawing assignment. We judge by effort, color choices if appropriate, and any recognizable features in the drawing. Student is praised accordingly. |