7/7/2020
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Valerie Smith
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I have a student who is ASD and EBD. He wants to be included in every part of the lesson and loves to answer questions. In order to encourage him to participate, I gave him simple tasks and would always do my best to give him one question, if not more to answer each music class. He would help me in explaining concepts to his fellow students. His classmates would always help him calm down if he got upset about something by using visual cue cards. Eventually, he didn't need them anymore and could calm himself down quickly. |
7/8/2020
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Valerie Smith
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Two strategies that I like to use are graphic organizers and mnemonic devices. I use several different kinds of graphic organizers to help my visually impaired students and ASD students. This gives them a focus for what we are trying to comprehend for the day. I will often place music vocabulary words that can be difficult to remember for the students into songs, chants or rhythms. This helps them remember the concepts so much easier. |
7/8/2020
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Valerie Smith
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When working on reading the notes of the staff. I use visual representations such as stairs to help the students understand how the notes function (going up and down). I often ask the students to point to the notes on the smart board so that they don't have to write down their answers and they are still able to demonstrate comprehension.
edited by Valerie Smith on 7/8/2020 |