6/1/2020
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Ewa Anna Gupta
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I had a 4th grade ESE student with Autism mainstreamed in my general elementary music class.Student was overstimulated by the sound which demonstrated by making crying sounds, covering his ears, and movements of his body. Any movement activities would end up for my student in running around the music room while trying to hit as many instruments as possible, particularly pianos and gong.I let the student use a keyboard with headphones and experiment with the sound in his own personal space. After only a few weeks my student surprise everyone by playing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" song. After the loud applause from other students Jonny would still cover his ears. Gradually Jonny was able to sing some parts of songs and stay on pitch. Jonny was allowed to modify his participation in classroom activities and was able to function and follow direction most of the time. Jonny was able to use Smartboard educational games, surprising other students by his quick correct answers. |
6/2/2020
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Ewa Anna Gupta
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I was teaching 2nd grade music class with two ESE students. The objective of the lesson was to identify four families of unpitched percussion instruments as skins, shakers/scrapers,woods, and metals. During independent practice of the lesson all students had a worksheet with pictures of instruments with spaces next to the pictures, to write the names of families of unpitched instruments. My two ESE students working together were selecting actual classroom instruments from the mixed pile and putting the instruments to four different containers. |