4/6/2017
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Joshua Sall
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I taught a student with Williams Syndrome. We worked before school with an ESE specialist on how to read music. He could play the drums and could keep good time but he struggled with reading music. We taught him how to read music by associating food and names of people he admired with specific rhythms. After two semesters of working with him, he was able to play two rock tunes with our jazz band at a concert. |
4/6/2017
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Joshua Sall
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Option 2: We had a student with a VI disability in our band classroom. We used the school iPad to help with his vision issues. We were playing older march music that was small and difficult to read. We scanned the music and uploaded it to the App Four Score. In the App, we taught him how to take notes on the screen, how to zoom in, how to change pages, and most of the app's basic functions. He was so excited to use the app. |
4/6/2017
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Joshua Sall
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Option 1: Social disorders/anxiety - Students struggle performing in front of their peers or have test anxiety have the option of playing performance assessments through 3 options. 1 - A recorded performance of the assessment emailed to the director through their parent's email account. 2 - Play for a director in the office or a practice room away from other students. 3 - Record themselves on their phone and play the recording for us immediately. |