4/9/2020
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Robyn Samuelson
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Currently, I have 4 ASD students that come to Kindergarten music on a weekly basis. They come with an assistant and sometimes a speech/language teacher. One of the students is in Kindergarten, while the others are 1st and 2nd grade kids. Because I do the same Kindergarten show each year, the older kids already know the songs and I use them as demonstrators. The Kindergarten student is also paired with a strong singer who helps keep him on task. The assistant is also a singer and has learned all of the movement, so when I accompany the kids on the piano, she comes to the front of the class and models the movements for ALL of the students. It's been a wonderful working experience. Unforunately, the Kindergarten show was scheduled for April 3rd, and because of the distance learning, we were not able to perform it. Even through distance learning, I placed the lyrics and the accompaniments online and the kids have been able to sing along at home. Even the ASD kids!! It was exciting to get notification that they are still singing!! |
4/13/2020
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Robyn Samuelson
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One way that I have used adaptive technology in my music classroom for my students with disabilites is by using "Classics for Kids" with my 3rd grade recorder kids. After whole group instruction on the lines and spaces of the treble clef, I allow some of my kids to use this program for extra practice. ALL of my kids want to use it, so I demonstrate using the program and then I only "select" those kids who really understanding it to go into my office to use it. It allows the students to be wrong but not say "incorrect" on the screen. It just doesn't accept the wrong letter for that answer. The kids love it and it offers them repetitive practice for the lines and spaces. |
4/13/2020
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Robyn Samuelson
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A few years ago, I had a student who was Orthopedically Impared and used an electric wheel chair. I was assessing reading rhythms with my students and they were to play the written rhythm on drums. Because she had limited use of her hands, she could not use a drum or even a small percussion instrument, so she "said" the rhythms with ta's and ti-ti's or half note, or whole note "quish the bug". She was one of my "star" rhythm experts! |